Michael McKean

Michael McKean

Known for
Acting
Born
October 17, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, writer, composer and musician, perhaps best known for Laverne & Shirley, Spinal Tap and Better Call Saul.

Known For

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Filmography

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Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale poster

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

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The Cackling of the Dodos

The Cackling of the Dodos

Movie

2026
In Memoriam poster

In Memoriam

Movie

2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America poster

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

TV · as Michael Finney · 1 ep

2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues poster

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

2023
The Diplomat poster

The Diplomat

TV · as President William Rayburn, President William Rayburn (archive footage) · 5 eps

2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large poster

Jerry & Marge Go Large

Movie · as Howard

2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Movie · as Sleazy MC

2022
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary poster

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary

Movie · as Self

2021
Playing God poster

Playing God

Movie · as Frank

2021
My Little Pony: A New Generation poster

My Little Pony: A New Generation

Movie · as Argyle (voice)

2021
Rugrats poster

Rugrats

TV · as Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice) · 109 eps

2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness poster

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Movie · as Self

2020
Pink Skies Ahead poster

Pink Skies Ahead

Movie · as Richard

2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall poster

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

Movie · as Self

2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp poster

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Movie · as Self

2020
Breeders poster

Breeders

TV · as Michael · 5 eps

2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time poster

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
Daddio poster

Daddio

Movie · as Paul

2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers poster

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Sergeant Shadwell · 5 eps

2016
The Meddler poster

The Meddler

Movie · as Mark

2016
50 Years of Star Trek poster

50 Years of Star Trek

Movie · as Self

2016
Talking Saul poster

Talking Saul

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2016
Billions poster

Billions

TV · as Melville Revere · 1 ep

2016
The Good Place poster

The Good Place

TV · as Doug Forcett · 1 ep

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Chuck McGill · 33 eps

2015
Food: Fact or Fiction? poster

Food: Fact or Fiction?

TV · as Himself · 65 eps

2015
Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie

TV · as Jack · 6 eps

2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater poster

21 Years: Richard Linklater

Movie · as Self - Actor

2014
The 7D poster

The 7D

TV · as Uncle Humidor (voice) · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Movie · as Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

2013
10 Rules for Sleeping Around poster

10 Rules for Sleeping Around

Movie · as Jeffrey Fields

2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Movie · as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Carl Laemmle · 1 ep

2013
Family Tree poster

Family Tree

TV · as Keith Chadwick · 4 eps

2012
The Words poster

The Words

Movie · as Nelson Wylie

2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Movie · as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

2012
Veep poster

Veep

TV · as Governor Ballentine · 1 ep

2011
Off the Map poster

Off the Map

TV · as Ed Greenman · 1 ep

2011
ThunderCats poster

ThunderCats

TV · as Vultaire (voice) · 2 eps

2011
Homeland poster

Homeland

TV · as Jeffrey Turner · 1 ep

2011
Happy Endings poster

Happy Endings

TV · as Big Dave · 2 eps

2010
Pure Country 2: The Gift poster

Pure Country 2: The Gift

Movie · as Angel Joseph

2010
Glory Daze poster

Glory Daze

TV · as Stu · 1 ep

2009
Whatever Works poster

Whatever Works

Movie · as Joe - Boris' Friend #3

2009
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

2009
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer poster

Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer

Movie · as Self

2009
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead poster

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Victor Baron · 1 ep

2008
Adventures of Power poster

Adventures of Power

Movie · as Harlan

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Death · 1 ep

2007
Joshua poster

Joshua

Movie · as Chester

2007
The Grand poster

The Grand

Movie · as Steve Lavisch

2007
The Thick of It poster

The Thick of It

Movie · as Glen Glahm

2007
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen poster

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

Movie · as Kalgoron (voice)

2006
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside poster

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside

Movie · as Dr. Flossman (voice)

2006
For Your Consideration poster

For Your Consideration

Movie · as Lane Iverson

2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus poster

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Movie · as Snow Miser

2006
Relative Strangers poster

Relative Strangers

Movie · as Ken Hyman

2006
Help Me Help You poster

Help Me Help You

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as Dr. Donald Metz · 2 eps

2005
The Producers poster

The Producers

Movie · as Prison Trustee

2005
The Aristocrats poster

The Aristocrats

Movie · as Self

2005
Arnie the Doughnut poster

Arnie the Doughnut

Movie · as Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)

2005
Candor City Hospital

Candor City Hospital

Movie · as Patient

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Movie · as Self

2005
Hopeless Pictures poster

Hopeless Pictures

TV · 8 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Emperor Zing (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Catscratch poster

Catscratch

TV · as Groink (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Dwight Biddle · 1 ep

2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself poster

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Movie · as William Christy Cabanne

2003
A Mighty Wind poster

A Mighty Wind

Movie · as Jerry Palter

2003
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D poster

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

Movie · as Captain Van Legge

2003
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) poster

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

Movie · as Self

2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as David St. Hubbins - Guest/Musical Guest, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
The Guru poster

The Guru

Movie · as Dwain

2002
Auto Focus poster

Auto Focus

Movie · as Video Executive

2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

Movie · as Sarousch (voice)

2002
Slap Her... She's French poster

Slap Her... She's French

Movie · as Monsieur Duke

2002
100 Mile Rule poster

100 Mile Rule

Movie · as Howard

2001
My First Mister poster

My First Mister

Movie · as Bob

2001
Never Again poster

Never Again

Movie · as Alex The Transvestite

2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic poster

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Movie · as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton

2001
Dr. Dolittle 2 poster

Dr. Dolittle 2

Movie · as Bird (voice)

2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street poster

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Movie · as Mr. Bream (voice)

2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell poster

Adam Sandler Goes to Hell

Movie · as Self

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Atticus Liddell · 2 eps

2001
Smallville poster

Smallville

TV · as Perry White · 2 eps

2001
The Zeta Project poster

The Zeta Project

TV · 1 ep

2001
The Lone Gunmen poster

The Lone Gunmen

TV · 1 ep

2001
Primetime Glick poster

Primetime Glick

TV · as Adrien Van Voorhees · 30 eps

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice) · 2 eps

2001
Oswald poster

Oswald

TV · as Louie (voice) · 52 eps

2000
Little Nicky poster

Little Nicky

Movie · as Chief of Police

2000
Best in Show poster

Best in Show

Movie · as Stefan Vanderhoof

2000
Beautiful poster

Beautiful

Movie · as Lance DeSalvo

2000
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi poster

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

2000
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law poster

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

TV · as Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice) · 4 eps

2000
Strip Mall poster

Strip Mall

TV · 2 eps

2000
The Huntress poster

The Huntress

TV · 1 ep

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Matt Tessler · 2 eps

2000
As Told by Ginger poster

As Told by Ginger

TV · as Bobby Lightfoot (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Clerks poster

Clerks

TV · as Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice) · 1 ep

1999
True Crime poster

True Crime

Movie · as Réverend Shillerman

1999
Snowden's Christmas poster

Snowden's Christmas

Movie · as Drummer (voice)

1999
Kill the Man poster

Kill the Man

Movie · as Mr. Livingston

1999
Mystery, Alaska poster

Mystery, Alaska

Movie · as Mr. Walsh

1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle poster

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

Movie · as Principal Potter

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Ian Peek (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice), Pawtucket Pat (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Providence poster

Providence

TV · as Sherman Smith · 1 ep

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as David St. Hubbins · 1 ep

1999
Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean

Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean

TV · 6 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Kurt Sandow · 1 ep

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Captain Frostymug (voice), Lonnie (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)

1998
The Pass poster

The Pass

Movie · as Willie L.

1998
Archibald the Rainbow Painter poster

Archibald the Rainbow Painter

Movie · as J.P. Bigelow

1998
Final Justice poster

Final Justice

Movie · as Merle Hammond

1998
With Friends Like These poster

With Friends Like These

Movie · as Maxwell Hersh

1998
101 Dalmatians Christmas poster

101 Dalmatians Christmas

Movie · as Jasper Badun

1998
LateLine

LateLine

TV · 1 ep

1997
That Darn Cat poster

That Darn Cat

Movie · as Peter Randall

1997
Nothing to Lose poster

Nothing to Lose

Movie · as Phillip "P.B." Barrow

1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning poster

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Movie · as Bill Case

1997
No Strings Attached poster

No Strings Attached

Movie · as Elliot Lewis

1997
Still Breathing poster

Still Breathing

Movie · as New Mark

1997
The Weird Al Show poster

The Weird Al Show

TV · as Miner · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as 50's Joker (voice) · 1 ep

1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series poster

101 Dalmatians: The Series

TV · as Jasper Badun (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Veronica's Closet poster

Veronica's Closet

TV · as Dave Whitby · 1 ep

1996
The Sunshine Boys poster

The Sunshine Boys

Movie · as Scott Grogan

1996
Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild poster

Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild

Movie · as (Voice)

1996
Edie & Pen poster

Edie & Pen

Movie · as Rick

1996
Jack poster

Jack

Movie · as Paulie

1996
The Pompatus of Love poster

The Pompatus of Love

Movie · as Sitcom Star

1996
Hey Arnold! poster

Hey Arnold!

TV · 1 ep

1996
Tracey Takes On... poster

Tracey Takes On...

TV · as Barry · 50 eps

1996
Jungle Cubs poster

Jungle Cubs

TV · 34 eps

1996
Road Rovers poster

Road Rovers

TV · as Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Performer (segment: Lost in Translation) · 1 ep

1995
The Brady Bunch Movie poster

The Brady Bunch Movie

Movie · as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as The Clown · 1 ep

1995
Caroline in the City poster

Caroline in the City

TV · as Father Damian · 1 ep

1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David poster

Mr. Show with Bob and David

TV · as Professor Peens · 1 ep

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · as Toll Collector (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders

Movie · as Rick Rochester

1994
Airheads poster

Airheads

Movie · as Milo Jackson

1994
Across the Moon poster

Across the Moon

Movie · as Frank

1994
MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice poster

MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice

Movie · as Ozzie Evans

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Mr. Rastatter · 1 ep

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · 1 ep

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Bob Hiney (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Coneheads poster

Coneheads

Movie · as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner

1993
Boy Meets World poster

Boy Meets World

TV · as Jedediah Lawrence · 1 ep

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Noel Babcock · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Morris Fletcher · 4 eps

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Dr. Fabian Leek · 1 ep

1993
Animaniacs poster

Animaniacs

TV · as Spink (voice), Jake (voice), Neivel Nosenest (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man poster

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Movie · as George Talbot

1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica poster

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

1992
Man Trouble poster

Man Trouble

Movie · as Eddy Revere

1992
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out poster

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

Movie · as David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter

1991
Amnesty International's Big 30 poster

Amnesty International's Big 30

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

1991
Murder in High Places poster

Murder in High Places

Movie · as Pettibone

1991
True Identity poster

True Identity

Movie · as Harvey Cooper

1991
Dinosaurs poster

Dinosaurs

TV · as Officer Bettleheim (voice), Guy in the Lab Coat (voice), Mr. Myman (voice), Kyle (voice), Police Chief Parish (voice), Ed (voice), Ansel (voice), Dr. Herder (voice), Bryant (voice), Hank (voice), Inspector (voice), Les (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Sessions poster

Sessions

TV · as Dan Carver · 6 eps

1990
Flashback poster

Flashback

Movie · as Hal Cresciman

1990
Book of Love poster

Book of Love

Movie · as Adult Jack Twiller

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Bill Nolan, Elias Grace · 1 ep

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Gibby Fiske · 25 eps

1990
Grand poster

Grand

TV · as Tom Smithson · 13 eps

1989
Hider in the House poster

Hider in the House

Movie · as Phil Dreyer

1989
The Big Picture poster

The Big Picture

Movie · as Emmet Sumner

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Jerry Rude (voice), David St. Hubbins (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Earth Girls Are Easy poster

Earth Girls Are Easy

Movie · as Woody

1988
Short Circuit 2 poster

Short Circuit 2

Movie · as Fred Ritter

1988
A Father's Homecoming poster

A Father's Homecoming

Movie · as Michael Fields

1988
Portrait of a White Marriage poster

Portrait of a White Marriage

Movie · as Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock

1987
Light of Day poster

Light of Day

Movie · as Bu Montgomery

1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles poster

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Movie · as State Trooper

1987
Double Agent poster

Double Agent

Movie · as Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder

1987
Daniel and the Towers poster

Daniel and the Towers

Movie · as Wexler Hatch

1986
Johnny Appleseed poster

Johnny Appleseed

Movie · as Mac Macintosh

1986
Davy Crockett poster

Davy Crockett

Movie · as Mr. Wallace

1986
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions poster

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions

Movie · as David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]

1986
Classified Love poster

Classified Love

Movie · as Pete Newly

1986
The History of White People in America: Volume II poster

The History of White People in America: Volume II

Movie · as Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock

1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash poster

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Movie · as Leslie (uncredited)

1985
Clue poster

Clue

Movie · as Mr. Green

1985
D.A.R.Y.L. poster

D.A.R.Y.L.

Movie · as Andy Richardson

1985
Tall Tales & Legends poster

Tall Tales & Legends

TV · as Mac Macintosh, Mr. Wallace · 1 ep

1984
This Is Spinal Tap poster

This Is Spinal Tap

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Ross McKay · 1 ep

1984
Jeopardy! poster

Jeopardy!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
Imps* poster

Imps*

Movie · as Fritz #2

1982
Young Doctors in Love poster

Young Doctors in Love

Movie · as Dr. Simon August

1981
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour poster

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

Movie · as David St. Hubbins

1981
Likely Stories Vol. 1 poster

Likely Stories Vol. 1

Movie

1980
Used Cars poster

Used Cars

Movie · as Eddie Winslow

1980
Fridays poster

Fridays

TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1980
Goodtime Girls poster

Goodtime Girls

TV · 1 ep

1979
1941 poster

1941

Movie · as Willy

1979
The T.V. Show poster

The T.V. Show

Movie

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
More Than Friends poster

More Than Friends

Movie · as Terry Christopher

1977
Cracking Up poster

Cracking Up

Movie

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · as Lenny · 178 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters, Self - Host, David St. Hubbins (uncredited), Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · 26 eps

1974
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

TV · 1 ep

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · as Vergil Von Vivaldi · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep