Bruce McGill

Actor Jul 11 (age 75) San Antonio, Texas, USA 1977–2025 (48 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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

Film

Reacher

Mayor Teale

Film

Law Abiding Citizen

Jonas Cantrell

Film

Collateral

Frank Pedrosa

Film

Cinderella Man

Jimmy Johnston

Film

Lincoln

Edwin Stanton

Film

The Insider

Ron Motley

Film

My Cousin Vinny

Sheriff Farley

Film

A Perfect World

Paul Saunders

Filmography

Acting (151)

Movies (110)

Black Zone

2025

as General Bruce Wright

Buried in Barstow

as Von

American Underdog

as Jim Foster

Blue Miracle

as Wayne Bisbee

Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

The Big Ugly

as Milt

Troubled Waters

as Jerry Paar

Poms

as Chief Carl

The Best of Enemies

as Carvie Oldham

Ride Along 2

as Lt. Brooks

Run All Night

as Pat Mullen

Ride Along

as Lt. Brooks

Lincoln

as Edwin Stanton

FDR: American Badass!

as Louis

Unconditional

as Detective Miller

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012

as President Calvin Coolidge

Apart

as Dr. Thomas Abner

Me Again

as Big Earl

Fair Game

as Jim Pavitt

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

2010

as John Williams (voice)

Law Abiding Citizen

as Jonas Cantrell

Held Hostage

as Ben Summers

Imagine That

as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)

The Perfect Game

as Mr. Tanner

Obsessed

as Joe Gage

From Mexico With Love

as Billy

Vantage Point

as Phil McCullough

as George Tenet

Recount

as Mac Stipanovich

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self

4.0

A Line in the Sand

2008

as Marty Kopac

Area 57

as Gen. Keller

The Lookout

as Robert Pratt

Humble Pie

as Mr. Grigoratus

The Good Life

as Frank Jones

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

2006

as Gen. Norman T. Vance

Cinderella Man

as Jimmy Johnston

Elizabethtown

as Bill Banyon

Slow Burn

as Godfrey

Collateral

as Frank Pedrosa

Runaway Jury

as Judge Harkin

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

as Stanford Marks

Matchstick Men

as Chuck Frechette

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

2003

as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day

Path to War

2003

as George Ball

6.7

The Sum of All Fears

2002

as National Security Advisor Revell

Live from Baghdad

as Peter Arnett

61*

as Ralph Houk

Shallow Hal

as Reverend Larson

Ali

as Bradley

Exit Wounds

as Frank Daniels

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Jonas Scatter

Inside The Osmonds

as George Osmond

Deep Core

as Sam Dalton

Running Mates

as Sen. Mitchell Morris

4.8

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as Walter Hagen

The Insider

as Ron Motley

A Dog of Flanders

as William

Everything That Rises

1998

as Alan jamison

4.7

Letters from a Killer

as Brinker

Ground Control

as T.C. Bryant

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

1998

as Sheriff Rick

7.6

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

as Self - D-Day

Rosewood

as Duke Purdy

Lawn Dogs

as Nash

Courage Under Fire

as McQuillan

Black Sheep

as Neuschwander

Shadow of a Doubt

as Dr. Fred Williams

Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie

as James Konklin

Perfect Alibi

The Good Old Boys

as City Marshall

Timecop

as Commander Eugene Matuzak

Cliffhanger

as Treasury Agent

A Perfect World

as Paul Saunders

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

1993

as Morgan

7.4

Shameful Secrets

1993

as Judge Ian Greenstein

My Cousin Vinny

as Sheriff Farley

Play Nice

as Captain Foxx

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

1992

as Dan Ryan

3.9

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992

as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak

The Last Boy Scout

as Mike Matthews

The Perfect Tribute

as Lamon

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance

as Shifton

The Easter Story

as (voice)

Little Vegas

as Harvey

Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

1990

as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara

5.0

The Flockens

1990

as Philip Flocken

Three Fugitives

1989

as Charlie

6.6

Let's Get Mom

1989

as Bruce

Out Cold

1989

as Ernie

5.9

The Secret of My Success

1987

as W. Shaw (uncredited)

6.5

End of the Line

1987

as Billy Haney

5.2

The Man Who Fell to Earth

as Vernon Gage

Waiting for the Moon

as Ernest Hemingway

The Last Innocent Man

as Burt Matson

Wildcats

as Dan Darwell

No Mercy

as Lt. Hall

Club Paradise

as Dave the Fireman

As Summers Die

as V.D. Skinner

Into the Night

as Charlie

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

1985

as Edward Philbrick

Silkwood

1983

as Mace Hurley

6.9

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

as Reporter Blakely

Tough Enough

as Tony Fallon

The Hand

as Brian Ferguson

A Whale for the Killing

1981

as Glenn

7.0

Animal House

1978

as Daniel Simpson Day

7.0

F.I.S.T.

1978

as Hitman (uncredited)

6.5

Citizens Band

1977

as Blood

4.9

Waiting Game

as Mel

Television (41)

Lioness

2023

as NSA Advisor Hollar

Love & Death

as Judge Tom Ryan

Reacher

as Mayor Teale

The Crew

as Bobby Spencer

MacGyver

as Detective Greer

Ben and Kate

as Randy Fox

Suits

as Stanley Gordon

Rizzoli & Isles

as Detective Vince Korsak

The Good Wife

as Jeremy Breslow

The Cleveland Show

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

as Self

Psych

as Dan Trombly

American Dad!

as Judge (voice)

Numb3rs

as Austin

Medium

as Jerry Carlisle

NCIS

as Henry Rogers

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Peter Bellingham

7.6

Justice League

2001

as General McCormick (voice)

8.2

Wolf Lake

2001

as Dr. Sokolov

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Jimmy Tadero

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Gordon Garrison

7.9

Family Guy

1999

as Santa Claus (voice)

7.4

The Magnificent Seven

1998

as Dicky O'Shea

6.3

The Practice

1997

as Judge Charles Fleming

Cow and Chicken

I Am Weasel

as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)

Star Trek: Voyager

as Captain Braxton

Live Shot

as Joe Vitale

Babylon 5

as Major Ed Ryan

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Boone Waxwell

Dave's World

as Mr. Holroyd

Bakersfield P.D.

as Captain Stocker

Home Improvement

as Doug O'Brien

The Commish

Tales from the Crypt

as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Quantum Leap

as Weird Ernie

Baby M

as Harold Cassidy

MacGyver

as Jack Dalton

Miami Vice

as Hank Weldon

Semi-Tough

Delta House

as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)

5.3