Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born October 17, 1947
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.
TVLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An almost History of America
2026
as Michael Finney
MovieIn Memoriam
2026
MovieSpinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
as David St. Hubbins
TVThe Diplomat
2023
as President William Rayburn
MovieWho Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022
as Self
MovieJerry & Marge Go Large
2022
as Howard
MovieWeird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
as Sleazy MC
MovieMy Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
as Argyle (voice)
MoviePlaying God
2021
as Frank
TVRugrats
2021
as Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
MoviePink Skies Ahead
2020
as Richard
MovieTime Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
MovieThe Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
MovieTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
TVTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
TVBreeders
2020
as Michael
MovieImage Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDaddio
2019
as Paul
TVGood Omens
2019
as Sergeant Shadwell
TVThe Good Place
2016
as Doug Forcett
Movie50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
MovieThe Meddler
2016
as Mark
TVTalking Saul
2016
as Self - Guest
TVBillions
2016
as Melville Revere
TVFood: Fact or Fiction?
2015
as Himself
TVGrace and Frankie
2015
as Jack
TVBetter Call Saul
2015
as Chuck McGill
Movie21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
TVThe 7D
2014
as Uncle Humidor (voice)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieBatman: The Dark Knight Returns
2013
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
Movie10 Rules for Sleeping Around
2013
as Jeffrey Fields
TVDrunk History
2013
as Carl Laemmle
TVFamily Tree
2013
as Keith Chadwick
MovieBatman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013
as Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
MovieBatman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
MovieThe Words
2012
as Nelson Wylie
TVVeep
2012
as Governor Ballentine
TVHomeland
2011
as Jeffrey Turner
TVThunderCats
2011
as Vultaire (voice)
TVHappy Endings
2011
as Big Dave
TVOff the Map
2011
as Ed Greenman
TVGlory Daze
2010
as Stu
MoviePure Country 2: The Gift
2010
as Angel Joseph
MovieUnwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
as Self
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
as David St. Hubbins
MovieWhatever Works
2009
as Joe - Boris' Friend #3
MovieSpinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
as David St. Hubbins
TVCastle
2009
as Victor Baron
TVChildrens Hospital
2008
as Death
MovieAdventures of Power
2008
as Harlan
MovieThe Thick of It
2007
as Glen Glahm
MovieBilly & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007
as Kalgoron (voice)
MovieThe Grand
2007
as Steve Lavisch
MovieJoshua
2007
as Chester
MovieThe Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
as Snow Miser
MovieFor Your Consideration
2006
as Lane Iverson
TVHelp Me Help You
2006
MovieRelative Strangers
2006
as Ken Hyman
TVThe Unit
2006
as Dr. Donald Metz
MovieOpen Wide: Tooth School Inside
2006
as Dr. Flossman (voice)
MovieThe Producers
2005
as Prison Trustee
MovieArnie the Doughnut
2005
as Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
TVHopeless Pictures
2005
MovieThe Aristocrats
2005
as Self
TVCatscratch
2005
as Groink (voice)
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
Candor City Hospital
2005
as Patient
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Emperor Zing (voice)
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Dwight Biddle
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as David St. Hubbins
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
MovieAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
as William Christy Cabanne
MovieGigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
as Self
MovieABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self
MovieA Mighty Wind
2003
as Jerry Palter
MovieHaunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
as Captain Van Legge
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as David St. Hubbins - Guest/Musical Guest
Movie100 Mile Rule
2002
as Howard
MovieAuto Focus
2002
as Video Executive
MovieThe Guru
2002
as Dwain
MovieSlap Her... She's French
2002
as Monsieur Duke
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002
as Sarousch (voice)
TVJustice League
2001
as The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)
MovieRecess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mr. Bream (voice)
TVSmallville
2001
as Perry White
MovieMy First Mister
2001
as Bob
TVAlias
2001
as Atticus Liddell
TVOswald
2001
as Louie (voice)
MovieDr. Dolittle 2
2001
as Bird (voice)
TVPrimetime Glick
2001
as Adrien Van Voorhees
MovieTeddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
MovieAdam Sandler Goes to Hell
2001
as Self
MovieNever Again
2001
as Alex The Transvestite
TVThe Lone Gunmen
2001
TVThe Zeta Project
2001
TVHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
as Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
MovieLittle Nicky
2000
as Chief of Police
TVAs Told by Ginger
2000
as Bobby Lightfoot (voice)
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Matt Tessler
MovieBest in Show
2000
as Stefan Vanderhoof
MovieBeautiful
2000
as Lance DeSalvo
MovieCatching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
as David St. Hubbins
TVThe Huntress
2000
TVStrip Mall
2000
TVClerks
2000
as Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)
MovieSnowden's Christmas
1999
as Drummer (voice)
TVThe Early Show
1999
as David St. Hubbins
MovieMystery, Alaska
1999
as Mr. Walsh
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Kurt Sandow
MovieTeaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
as Principal Potter
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Captain Frostymug (voice)
Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
1999
MovieTrue Crime
1999
as Réverend Shillerman
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)
MovieKill the Man
1999
as Mr. Livingston
TVBatman Beyond
1999
as Ian Peek (voice)
TVProvidence
1999
as Sherman Smith
Movie101 Dalmatians Christmas
1998
as Jasper Badun
MovieWith Friends Like These
1998
as Maxwell Hersh
MovieArchibald the Rainbow Painter
1998
as J.P. Bigelow
MovieSmall Soldiers
1998
as Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
MovieFinal Justice
1998
as Merle Hammond
MovieThe Pass
1998
as Willie L.
LateLine
1998
TVVeronica's Closet
1997
as Dave Whitby
TVThe Weird Al Show
1997
as Miner
TVThe New Batman Adventures
1997
as 50's Joker (voice)
TV101 Dalmatians Series
1997
as Jasper Badun (voice)
MovieCasper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Bill Case
MovieStill Breathing
1997
as New Mark
MovieNo Strings Attached
1997
as Elliot Lewis
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieNothing to Lose
1997
as Phillip "P.B." Barrow
MovieThat Darn Cat
1997
as Peter Randall
MovieJungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild
1996
as (Voice)
TVHey Arnold!
1996
TVJungle Cubs
1996
TVRoad Rovers
1996
as Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)
MovieJack
1996
as Paulie
MovieThe Sunshine Boys
1996
as Scott Grogan
MovieEdie & Pen
1996
as Rick
TVTracey Takes On...
1996
as Barry
TVMr. Show with Bob and David
1995
as Professor Peens
TVCaroline in the City
1995
as Father Damian
TVPinky and the Brain
1995
as Toll Collector (voice)
MovieThe Brady Bunch Movie
1995
as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
TVStar Trek: Voyager
1995
as The Clown
MovieRadioland Murders
1994
as Rick Rochester
MovieAcross the Moon
1994
as Frank
TVFriends
1994
as Mr. Rastatter
MovieAirheads
1994
as Milo Jackson
MovieMacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
1994
as Ozzie Evans
TVSpace Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
TVDuckman
1994
as Bob Hiney (voice)
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Noel Babcock
TVBoy Meets World
1993
as Jedediah Lawrence
TVAnimaniacs
1993
as Spink (voice)
TVLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Dr. Fabian Leek
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Morris Fletcher
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieConeheads
1993
as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
MovieA Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
as David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
MovieMetallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as David St. Hubbins
MovieMan Trouble
1992
as Eddy Revere
MovieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as George Talbot
MovieAmnesty International's Big 30
1991
as David St. Hubbins
TVSessions
1991
as Dan Carver
MovieTrue Identity
1991
as Harvey Cooper
MovieMurder in High Places
1991
as Pettibone
TVDinosaurs
1991
as Officer Bettleheim (voice)
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Bill Nolan
MovieBook of Love
1990
as Adult Jack Twiller
TVDream On
1990
as Gibby Fiske
MovieFlashback
1990
as Hal Cresciman
TVGrand
1990
as Tom Smithson
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Jerry Rude (voice)
MovieThe Big Picture
1989
as Emmet Sumner
MovieHider in the House
1989
as Phil Dreyer
MovieEarth Girls Are Easy
1988
as Woody
MoviePortrait of a White Marriage
1988
as Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
MovieShort Circuit 2
1988
as Fred Ritter
MovieA Father's Homecoming
1988
as Michael Fields
MoviePlanes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as State Trooper
MovieDaniel and the Towers
1987
as Wexler Hatch
MovieDouble Agent
1987
as Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder
MovieLight of Day
1987
as Bu Montgomery
MovieDavy Crockett
1986
as Mr. Wallace
MovieJohnny Appleseed
1986
as Mac Macintosh
MovieJumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Leslie (uncredited)
MovieClassified Love
1986
as Pete Newly
MovieThe Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986
as David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
MovieThe History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
as Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
MovieClue
1985
as Mr. Green
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Mac Macintosh
MovieD.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Andy Richardson
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Ross McKay
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self
MovieThis Is Spinal Tap
1984
as David St. Hubbins
MovieImps*
1983
as Fritz #2
MovieYoung Doctors in Love
1982
as Dr. Simon August
MovieSpinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981
as David St. Hubbins
MovieLikely Stories Vol. 1
1981
MovieUsed Cars
1980
as Eddie Winslow
TVFridays
1980
as Self - Guest Host
TVGoodtime Girls
1980
Movie1941
1979
as Willy
MovieThe T.V. Show
1979
TVCBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
MovieMore Than Friends
1978
as Terry Christopher
MovieCracking Up
1977
TVLaverne & Shirley
1976
as Lenny
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
TVHappy Days
1974
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieSpinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
as David St. Hubbins
The Cackling of the Dodos
