Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Known for
Acting
Born
July 11, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Biography

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. Of his extensive film and television credits, he is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as D-Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.

Known For

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Filmography

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Waiting Game poster

Waiting Game

Movie · as Mel

2025
Black Zone poster

Black Zone

Movie · as General Bruce Wright

2023
Love & Death poster

Love & Death

TV · as Judge Tom Ryan · 3 eps

2023
Lioness poster

Lioness

TV · as NSA Advisor Hollar, Monty Holler · 7 eps

2022
Buried in Barstow poster

Buried in Barstow

Movie · as Von

2022
Reacher poster

Reacher

TV · as Mayor Teale · 8 eps

2021
American Underdog poster

American Underdog

Movie · as Jim Foster

2021
Blue Miracle poster

Blue Miracle

Movie · as Wayne Bisbee

2021
The Crew poster

The Crew

TV · as Bobby Spencer · 4 eps

2020
Troubled Waters poster

Troubled Waters

Movie · as Jerry Paar

2020
The Big Ugly poster

The Big Ugly

Movie · as Milt

2020
Belushi poster

Belushi

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Best of Enemies poster

The Best of Enemies

Movie · as Carvie Oldham

2019
Poms poster

Poms

Movie · as Chief Carl

2016
Ride Along 2 poster

Ride Along 2

Movie · as Lt. Brooks

2016
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Detective Greer · 1 ep

2015
Run All Night poster

Run All Night

Movie · as Pat Mullen

2014
Ride Along poster

Ride Along

Movie · as Lt. Brooks

2012
Lincoln poster

Lincoln

Movie · as Edwin Stanton

2012
FDR: American Badass! poster

FDR: American Badass!

Movie · as Louis

2012
Unconditional poster

Unconditional

Movie · as Detective Miller

2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory poster

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Movie · as President Calvin Coolidge

2011
Apart poster

Apart

Movie · as Dr. Thomas Abner

2011
Me Again poster

Me Again

Movie · as Big Earl

2011
Suits poster

Suits

TV · as Stanley Gordon · 3 eps

2010
Fair Game poster

Fair Game

Movie · as Jim Pavitt

2010
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! poster

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

Movie · as John Williams (voice)

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as Detective Vince Korsak · 105 eps

2009
Law Abiding Citizen poster

Law Abiding Citizen

Movie · as Jonas Cantrell

2009
Held Hostage poster

Held Hostage

Movie · as Ben Summers

2009
Obsessed poster

Obsessed

Movie · as Joe Gage

2009
The Perfect Game poster

The Perfect Game

Movie · as Mr. Tanner

2009
From Mexico With Love poster

From Mexico With Love

Movie · as Billy

2009
Imagine That poster

Imagine That

Movie · as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)

2009
The Cleveland Show poster

The Cleveland Show

TV · as Mr. Waterman (voice), Lloyd Waterman (voice) · 6 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Jeremy Breslow · 1 ep

2008
W. poster

W.

Movie · as George Tenet

2008
Recount poster

Recount

Movie · as Mac Stipanovich

2008
A Line in the Sand poster

A Line in the Sand

Movie · as Marty Kopac

2008
Vantage Point poster

Vantage Point

Movie · as Phil McCullough

2008
Animal House: The Inside Story poster

Animal House: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2007
The Good Life poster

The Good Life

Movie · as Frank Jones

2007
The Lookout poster

The Lookout

Movie · as Robert Pratt

2007
Area 57 poster

Area 57

Movie · as Gen. Keller

2007
Humble Pie poster

Humble Pie

Movie · as Mr. Grigoratus

2007
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives poster

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil poster

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

Movie · as Gen. Norman T. Vance

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Dan Trombly · 1 ep

2005
Cinderella Man poster

Cinderella Man

Movie · as Jimmy Johnston

2005
Elizabethtown poster

Elizabethtown

Movie · as Bill Banyon

2005
Slow Burn poster

Slow Burn

Movie · as Godfrey

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Jerry Carlisle · 1 ep

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Austin · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Judge (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Collateral poster

Collateral

Movie · as Frank Pedrosa

2003
Path to War poster

Path to War

Movie · as George Ball

2003
Runaway Jury poster

Runaway Jury

Movie · as Judge Harkin

2003
Matchstick Men poster

Matchstick Men

Movie · as Chuck Frechette

2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde poster

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Movie · as Stanford Marks

2003
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Movie · as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Henry Rogers · 1 ep

2002
The Sum of All Fears poster

The Sum of All Fears

Movie · as National Security Advisor Revell

2002
Live from Baghdad poster

Live from Baghdad

Movie · as Peter Arnett

2001
61* poster

61*

Movie · as Ralph Houk

2001
Ali poster

Ali

Movie · as Bradley

2001
Shallow Hal poster

Shallow Hal

Movie · as Reverend Larson

2001
Exit Wounds poster

Exit Wounds

Movie · as Frank Daniels

2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple poster

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Movie · as Jonas Scatter

2001
Inside The Osmonds

Inside The Osmonds

Movie · as George Osmond

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as General McCormick (voice) · 2 eps

2001
Wolf Lake poster

Wolf Lake

TV · as Willard Cates · 6 eps

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Peter Bellingham · 1 ep

2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance poster

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Movie · as Walter Hagen

2000
Deep Core poster

Deep Core

Movie · as Sam Dalton

2000
Running Mates poster

Running Mates

Movie · as Sen. Mitchell Morris

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Jimmy Tadero · 1 ep

1999
The Insider poster

The Insider

Movie · as Ron Motley

1999
A Dog of Flanders poster

A Dog of Flanders

Movie · as William

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Santa Claus (voice), John Williams (voice), Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Gordon Garrison · 1 ep

1998
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery poster

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Movie · as Sheriff Rick

1998
Ground Control poster

Ground Control

Movie · as T.C. Bryant

1998
Everything That Rises poster

Everything That Rises

Movie · as Alan jamison

1998
Letters from a Killer poster

Letters from a Killer

Movie · as Brinker

1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion poster

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

Movie · as Self - D-Day

1998
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

TV · as Dicky O'Shea · 2 eps

1997
Rosewood poster

Rosewood

Movie · as Duke Purdy

1997
Lawn Dogs poster

Lawn Dogs

Movie · as Nash

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Judge Charles Fleming · 1 ep

1997
I Am Weasel poster

I Am Weasel

TV · as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Cow and Chicken poster

Cow and Chicken

TV · as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Black Sheep poster

Black Sheep

Movie · as Neuschwander

1996
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · as Dr. Fred Williams

1996
Courage Under Fire poster

Courage Under Fire

Movie · as McQuillan

1995
Perfect Alibi poster

Perfect Alibi

Movie

1995
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie

Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie

Movie · as James Konklin

1995
The Good Old Boys poster

The Good Old Boys

Movie · as City Marshall

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Captain Braxton · 1 ep

1995
Live Shot poster

Live Shot

TV · as Joe Vitale · 13 eps

1994
Timecop poster

Timecop

Movie · as Commander Eugene Matuzak

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as Major Ed Ryan · 1 ep

1993
A Perfect World poster

A Perfect World

Movie · as Paul Saunders

1993
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story poster

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

Movie · as Morgan

1993
Cliffhanger poster

Cliffhanger

Movie · as Treasury Agent

1993
Shameful Secrets poster

Shameful Secrets

Movie · as Judge Ian Greenstein

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Boone Waxwell · 1 ep

1993
Bakersfield P.D. poster

Bakersfield P.D.

TV · as Captain Stocker · 1 ep

1993
Dave's World poster

Dave's World

TV · as Mr. Holroyd · 1 ep

1992
My Cousin Vinny poster

My Cousin Vinny

Movie · as Sheriff Farley

1992
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child poster

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Movie · as Dan Ryan

1992
Play Nice poster

Play Nice

Movie · as Captain Foxx

1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 poster

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

Movie · as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak

1991
The Last Boy Scout poster

The Last Boy Scout

Movie · as Mike Matthews

1991
The Perfect Tribute poster

The Perfect Tribute

Movie · as Lamon

1991
Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance poster

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance

Movie · as Shifton

1991
Home Improvement poster

Home Improvement

TV · as Doug O'Brien · 1 ep

1991
The Commish poster

The Commish

TV · 1 ep

1990
Little Vegas poster

Little Vegas

Movie · as Harvey

1990
The Easter Story poster

The Easter Story

Movie · as (voice)

1990
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston poster

Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

Movie · as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara

1990
The Flockens

The Flockens

Movie · as Philip Flocken

1989
Three Fugitives poster

Three Fugitives

Movie · as Charlie

1989
Out Cold poster

Out Cold

Movie · as Ernie

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Weird Ernie, Al the Bartender · 1 ep

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap") · 1 ep

1988
Baby M poster

Baby M

TV · as Harold Cassidy · 2 eps

1987
End of the Line poster

End of the Line

Movie · as Billy Haney

1987
The Man Who Fell to Earth poster

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Movie · as Vernon Gage

1987
Waiting for the Moon poster

Waiting for the Moon

Movie · as Ernest Hemingway

1987
The Secret of My Success poster

The Secret of My Success

Movie · as W. Shaw (uncredited)

1987
The Last Innocent Man poster

The Last Innocent Man

Movie · as Burt Matson

1986
No Mercy poster

No Mercy

Movie · as Lt. Hall

1986
As Summers Die poster

As Summers Die

Movie · as V.D. Skinner

1986
Wildcats poster

Wildcats

Movie · as Dan Darwell

1986
Club Paradise poster

Club Paradise

Movie · as Dave the Fireman

1985
Into the Night poster

Into the Night

Movie · as Charlie

1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom poster

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Movie · as Edward Philbrick

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Jack Dalton · 18 eps

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Hank Weldon · 1 ep

1983
Silkwood poster

Silkwood

Movie · as Mace Hurley

1983
Tough Enough poster

Tough Enough

Movie · as Tony Fallon

1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez poster

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Movie · as Reporter Blakely

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Reporter Blakely, Edward Philbrick, Ernest Hemingway · 1 ep

1981
The Hand poster

The Hand

Movie · as Brian Ferguson

1981
A Whale for the Killing poster

A Whale for the Killing

Movie · as Glenn

1980
Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough

TV · as Billy Clyde 'B.C.' Puckett · 5 eps

1979
Delta House poster

Delta House

TV · as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day) · 13 eps

1978
Animal House poster

Animal House

Movie · as Daniel Simpson Day

1978
F.I.S.T. poster

F.I.S.T.

Movie · as Hitman (uncredited)

1977
Citizens Band poster

Citizens Band

Movie · as Blood