Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 31, 1964
Place of Birth
Fullerton, California, USA
Credits
105 titles
Michael McDonald
Biography
Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for starring in the sketch comedy show MADtv. He was also a writer, director, and producer of the ABC TV series Cougar Town. His best known movie roles are as Little John in Halloween Kills, Ronovan Scargle in The Happy time Murders, Jonathan in Ghostbusters (2016), Bryce Crean in The Boss, Patrick in Spy, Julian in The Heat, and small roles in each Austin Powers movie. He graduated from USC with a degree in Business and became a loan officer at a bank in Los Angeles. A friend took him to see a sketch comedy/improv show at L.A.'s famous Groundling Theater, and everything changed for him. He quit his job as a banker, enrolled in the Groundling's Improv Program, and became a member of the troupe from 1992 to 1997. His first professional writing and acting jobs came from Concorde Pictures, Roger Corman's infamous low-budget movie studio. Starting as an extra, he landed small roles in many B-movies of the early 1990s, and he gradually earned bigger roles as well as eventually writing and directing some films. He joined MADtv during the fourth season (1998) and remained in the cast until the end of the thirteenth and penultimate season, having become the longest-tenured cast member. After 10 years on MADtv, he left the cast, but was a contributing writer and director for the show's final season. He was the last member of the cast to be hired in the 1990s, and the last cast member to have been born in the 1960s, and is the only cast member to have a "best of" clip show special dedicated to him.
Known For
Filmography
Portal to Hell
David Pepperdine
It's Florida, Man.
John Walsh
English Teacher
Director
Mother of the Bride
Clay
Good Times
Elon Musk (voice)
Not Dead Yet
Director
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Michael's Bodyguard
God's Favorite Idiot
Leviathan
How I Met Your Father
Warren
The Sex Lives of College Girls
George
Halloween Kills
Little John
Home Economics
Director
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
Director
Outmatched
Director
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
Robo-Dad (voice)
What We Do in the Shadows
Gustave Leroy
The Happytime Murders
Ronovan Scargle
25 Words or Less
Self
Powerless
Director
Man with a Plan
Director
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
Enrique
American Housewife
Director
The Good Place
Director
Ghostbusters
Jonathan the Theater Manager
The Loud House
Howard McBride / Antonio (voice)
The Boss
Bryce Crean
Spy
Patrick
Benched
Director
The Michael J. Fox Show
Director
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Jarver
The Heat
Julian
Save Me
Director
Men at Work
Director
2 Broke Girls
Director
Web Therapy
Ben Tomlund
Mike & Molly
Director
Michael McDonald: Model. Citizen.
Self
Cougar Town
Wayne Gibbons
Community
Insurance Man
Kath & Kim
Neil
Web Therapy
Ben Tomlund
Pushing Daisies
Galveston Gus
Reaper
Mr. Elliott Sprong
Head Case
Stanley
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Hannah Montana
Chef Duncan Keats
Moonpie
Mitch Henderson
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
Fat Actress
Sam Rascal
Confessions of an Action Star
Raymond Fischer