Don Lake

Don Lake

Known for
Acting
Born
November 26, 1956 (age 69)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Donald Lake (born November 26, 1956) is a Canadian actor, writer, and television producer. He is frequently cast by director Christopher Guest, and is also a close friend and frequent collaborator of Bonnie Hunt. He had a role in The Bonnie Hunt Show, for which he received comedic praise. He also had roles in the comedy films Police Academy, Hot Shots!, Dumb & Dumber To, and Corner Gas: The Movie. He played more serious roles in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Super Mario Bros., along with a voice role as Stu Hopps in Zootopia. He is also known as Dr. Carl Whitehorn on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, he returned to Toronto to join the Second City Touring Company, and later was promoted to The Second City. He also appeared in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.

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Filmography

2026
The Dink poster

The Dink

Movie · as Gary

2025
Zootopia 2 poster

Zootopia 2

Movie · as Stu Hopps (voice)

2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues poster

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Movie · as Tour Guide

2025
John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me

Movie · as Self - Actor, Wagons East

2024
ted poster

ted

TV · as Bert · 2 eps

2023
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Dean Melvin · 1 ep

2023
Not Dead Yet poster

Not Dead Yet

TV · as Rand · 1 ep

2022
Zootopia+ poster

Zootopia+

TV · as Stu Hopps (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

TV · as Tom · 1 ep

2020
Space Force poster

Space Force

TV · as Brig. Gen. Brad Gregory · 16 eps

2019
Pup Academy poster

Pup Academy

TV · as Charlie · 26 eps

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Doc Hogsbottom (voice), Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep

2018
The Resident poster

The Resident

TV · as Jerry Tolman · 1 ep

2017
Downsizing poster

Downsizing

Movie · as Leisureland Guide Matt

2017
Marlon poster

Marlon

TV · as Hank Hoffstetter · 1 ep

2016
Mascots poster

Mascots

Movie · as Buddy Campbell

2016
Zootopia poster

Zootopia

Movie · as Stu Hopps (voice)

2016
Teachers poster

Teachers

TV · as Bob · 1 ep

2015
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Kent · 1 ep

2014
Dumb and Dumber To poster

Dumb and Dumber To

Movie · as Dr. Meldman

2014
Corner Gas: The Movie poster

Corner Gas: The Movie

Movie · as Jerome

2013
Grudge Match poster

Grudge Match

Movie · as Video Game Producer

2013
Family Tree poster

Family Tree

TV · as Harvey Krupp · 1 ep

2012
Anger Management poster

Anger Management

TV · as James · 1 ep

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Dr. Zagelman · 2 eps

2011
Avalon High poster

Avalon High

Movie · as Allie's Father

2011
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

TV · as Professor · 1 ep

2010
$#*! My Dad Says poster

$#*! My Dad Says

TV · as Marvin · 1 ep

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Dr. Sendroff · 1 ep

2008
Smother poster

Smother

Movie · as Minister

2006
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk poster

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk

Movie · as Tom Thumb / Gingerbread Man (voice)

2006
For Your Consideration poster

For Your Consideration

Movie · as Love It Film Critic

2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine

TV · as Carl · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as C. Lee Banting · 1 ep

2005
American Dragon: Jake Long poster

American Dragon: Jake Long

TV · as Stan the Sewer Troll (voice) · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Bad Larry / Spy (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Committed poster

Committed

TV · as Richard · 1 ep

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Albert Donovan · 1 ep

2003
A Mighty Wind poster

A Mighty Wind

Movie · as Elliott Steinbloom

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Phillip Brooks · 3 eps

2002
Watching Ellie poster

Watching Ellie

TV · as Dr. Don Zimmerman · 19 eps

2002
Life with Bonnie poster

Life with Bonnie

TV · as Dr. Bill McClaw, Micky Travisi, Clown · 1 ep

2001
Philly poster

Philly

TV · 1 ep

2000
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave poster

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave

Movie · as Don

2000
Best in Show poster

Best in Show

Movie · as Graham Chissolm

2000
Return to Me poster

Return to Me

Movie · as Transplant Man

2000
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

TV · 1 ep

1999
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Movie · as HBO Director

1998
Almost Heroes poster

Almost Heroes

Movie · as Elias

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Harold Fervel (voice) · 1 ep

1997
RocketMan poster

RocketMan

Movie · as Le Chirurgien du Vol

1997
Waiting for Guffman poster

Waiting for Guffman

Movie · as Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian

1997
Pepper Ann poster

Pepper Ann

TV · as Mr. Sherman Finky (voice), Mr. Sherman Finky / Butler (voice) · 3 eps

1996
Goode Behavior

Goode Behavior

TV · 1 ep

1996
Men Behaving Badly poster

Men Behaving Badly

TV · as Epstein · 1 ep

1995
Murder One poster

Murder One

TV · as Joel Mytelka · 2 eps

1995
Double Rush

Double Rush

TV · 1 ep

1995
Bonnie

Bonnie

TV · as Keith Jedzik · 11 eps

1994
Hostage for a Day poster

Hostage for a Day

Movie · as Lieutenant Sneed

1994
Sodbusters poster

Sodbusters

Movie · as Roy Poulet

1994
Wagons East! poster

Wagons East!

Movie · as Lt. Bailey

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Bob · 1 ep

1993
Beethoven's 2nd poster

Beethoven's 2nd

Movie · as Window Display Manager

1993
Super Mario Bros. poster

Super Mario Bros.

Movie · as Sgt. Simon

1993
The Building

The Building

TV · as Brad · 5 eps

1992
Camp Wilder poster

Camp Wilder

TV · 2 eps

1992
Love & War poster

Love & War

TV · 1 ep

1992
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures poster

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures

TV · as Mr. Preston · 7 eps

1992
Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire poster

Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire

TV · as (voice) · 13 eps

1991
Hot Shots! poster

Hot Shots!

Movie · as Doctor

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Movie · as Mossberg

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Dr. Whitehorn · 1 ep

1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose poster

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

TV · 1 ep

1990
Blossom poster

Blossom

TV · 1 ep

1990
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show

The Dave Thomas Comedy Show

TV · 5 eps

1989
Speed Zone poster

Speed Zone

Movie · as Whitman

1989
The Rocket Boy poster

The Rocket Boy

Movie · as Store Customer

1988
The Best of SCTV poster

The Best of SCTV

Movie

1988
Short Circuit 2 poster

Short Circuit 2

Movie · as Manic Mike

1988
110 Lombard poster

110 Lombard

Movie · as Frankie

1988
Something About Love poster

Something About Love

Movie · as Sam

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · as Stage Manager · 1 ep

1988
Empty Nest poster

Empty Nest

TV · 1 ep

1987
The Pink Chiquitas poster

The Pink Chiquitas

Movie · as Deputy Barney Drum

1987
Blue Monkey poster

Blue Monkey

Movie · as Elliot Jacobs

1987
The Big Town poster

The Big Town

Movie · as Patsy Fuqua

1987
Hands of a Stranger poster

Hands of a Stranger

Movie · as Grady

1987
Super Dave poster

Super Dave

TV · as Donald Glanz · 97 eps

1986
Really Weird Tales poster

Really Weird Tales

Movie · as Hugh Mullins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")

1986
Murder Sees the Light poster

Murder Sees the Light

Movie · as Thornton

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Bob Steinlage · 1 ep

1986
Hot Shots poster

Hot Shots

TV · as Dr. Post · 1 ep

1985
Mr. Belvedere poster

Mr. Belvedere

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls

TV · as Mr. Porter · 1 ep

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as A.C. Boone · 1 ep

1984
Police Academy poster

Police Academy

Movie · as Mr. Wig

1982
Lookin' to Get Out poster

Lookin' to Get Out

Movie · as Alfred Jordon - Registration Desk

1979
The Littlest Hobo poster

The Littlest Hobo

TV · as Mr. Wilkinson · 2 eps