Michael McKean

ActorWriterProducerSoundComposer Oct 17 (age 78) New York City, New York, USA 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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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

Film

Better Call Saul

Chuck McGill

Film

Jaws

Crowd Voices (uncredited)

Film

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

Film

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

Film

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

State Trooper

Film

This Is Spinal Tap

David St. Hubbins

Film

Clue

Mr. Green

Film

Whatever Works

Joe - Boris' Friend #3

Filmography

Acting (219)

Movies (126)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025

as David St. Hubbins

6.4

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2022

as Sleazy MC

6.7

Making of Better Call Saul: Finale

2022

as Self

10.0

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022

as Howard

7.4

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary

2022

as Self

5.3

My Little Pony: A New Generation

as Argyle (voice)

Playing God

as Frank

Pink Skies Ahead

as Richard

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

2020

as Self

7.7

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020

as Self

6.8

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

as Self

Daddio

as Paul

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

as Narrator (voice)

The Meddler

as Mark

50 Years of Star Trek

2016

as Self

6.4

21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014

as Self - Actor

6.3

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

2013

as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

8.1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013

as Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

7.9

10 Rules for Sleeping Around

as Jeffrey Fields

The Words

as Nelson Wylie

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012

as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

7.7

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010

as Angel Joseph

6.7

Whatever Works

2009

as Joe - Boris' Friend #3

7.1

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

2009

as Self

8.0

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

2009

as David St. Hubbins

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

as David St. Hubbins

Adventures of Power

as Harlan

Joshua

as Chester

The Thick of It

as Glen Glahm

The Grand

as Steve Lavisch

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

2007

as Kalgoron (voice)

8.3

The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006

as Snow Miser

5.8

For Your Consideration

2006

as Lane Iverson

5.8

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside

2006

as Dr. Flossman (voice)

Relative Strangers

as Ken Hyman

The Aristocrats

as Self

The Producers

as Prison Trustee

Arnie the Doughnut

as Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)

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

2005

as Self

Candor City Hospital

2005

as Patient

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004

as David St. Hubbins

A Mighty Wind

2003

as Jerry Palter

6.8

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

2003

as Self

8.2

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

2003

as William Christy Cabanne

6.7

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

as Self

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

2003

as Captain Van Legge

5.5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

as Sarousch (voice)

Auto Focus

as Video Executive

The Guru

as Dwain

Slap Her... She's French

as Monsieur Duke

100 Mile Rule

as Howard

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Bird (voice)

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

2001

as Mr. Bream (voice)

6.3

Never Again

2001

as Alex The Transvestite

My First Mister

as Bob

Teddy Bears' Picnic

as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton

Best in Show

as Stefan Vanderhoof

Little Nicky

as Chief of Police

Beautiful

as Lance DeSalvo

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

2000

as David St. Hubbins

5.0

True Crime

1999

as Réverend Shillerman

Kill the Man

as Mr. Livingston

Mystery, Alaska

as Mr. Walsh

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

as Principal Potter

Snowden's Christmas

as (voice)

Small Soldiers

1998

as Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)

6.6

Archibald the Rainbow Painter

1998

as J.P. Bigelow

With Friends Like These

as Maxwell Hersh

The Pass

as Willie L.

Final Justice

as Merle Hammond

101 Dalmatians Christmas

as Jasper Badun

Still Breathing

as New Mark

Nothing to Lose

as Phillip "P.B." Barrow

6.6

That Darn Cat

1997

as Peter Randall

5.0

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

as Bill Case

No Strings Attached

as Elliot Lewis

Jack

as Paulie

Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild

as (Voice)

Edie & Pen

as Rick

The Sunshine Boys

as Scott Grogan

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995

as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer

6.1

MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice

as Ozzie Evans

Airheads

as Milo Jackson

Radioland Murders

as Rick Rochester

Across the Moon

as Frank

Coneheads

as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner

5.5

Man Trouble

1992

as Eddy Revere

4.9

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

as George Talbot

5.9

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

1992

as David St. Hubbins

7.8

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

1992

as David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter

6.1

Amnesty International's Big 30

as David St. Hubbins

True Identity

Murder in High Places

as Pettibone

Flashback

as Hal Cresciman

Book of Love

as Adult Jack Twiller

The Big Picture

as Emmet Sumner

Hider in the House

as Phil Dreyer

A Father's Homecoming

as Michael Fields

Earth Girls Are Easy

as Woody

Short Circuit 2

as Fred Ritter

Portrait of a White Marriage

1988

as Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock

3.0

Daniel and the Towers

1987

as Wexler Hatch

4.0

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

as State Trooper

Light of Day

as Bu Montgomery

Double Agent

as Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder

Classified Love

as Pete Newly

Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Leslie (uncredited)

Davy Crockett

as Mr. Wallace

Johnny Appleseed

as Mac Macintosh

The History of White People in America: Volume II

1986

as Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock

7.7

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions

1986

as David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]

Clue

as Mr. Green

D.A.R.Y.L.

as Andy Richardson

This Is Spinal Tap

as David St. Hubbins

Imps*

as Fritz #2

Young Doctors in Love

1982

as Dr. Simon August

5.2

Likely Stories Vol. 1

1981

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

as David St. Hubbins

Used Cars

as Eddie Winslow

1941

as Willy

More Than Friends

as Terry Christopher

Cracking Up

1977

1.0

Jaws

1975

as Crowd Voices (uncredited)

7.7

In Memoriam

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

as David St. Hubbins

Better Call Saul

as Chuck McGill

Television (93)

The Diplomat

2023

as President William Rayburn

7.6

Rugrats

2021

as Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)

Breeders

as Michael

Good Omens

as Sergeant Shadwell

Billions

as Melville Revere

The Good Place

as Doug Forcett

Talking Saul

as Self - Guest

Better Call Saul

as Chuck McGill

Better Call Saul

as Chuck McGill (archive footage)

8.7

Grace and Frankie

2015

as Jack

7.7

Food: Fact or Fiction?

2015

as Himself

8.0

The 7D

2014

as Uncle Humidor (voice)

Drunk History

as Carl Laemmle

Family Tree

as Keith Chadwick

Veep

as Governor Ballentine

Homeland

as Jeffrey Turner

Happy Endings

as Big Dave

ThunderCats

as Vultaire (voice)

Off the Map

as Ed Greenman

Glory Daze

as Stu

Castle

as Victor Baron

Childrens Hospital

as Death

The Unit

Help Me Help You

American Dad!

as Emperor Zing (voice)

Hopeless Pictures

Boston Legal

as Dwight Biddle

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as David St. Hubbins

Smallville

as Perry White

Justice League

as The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)

The Lone Gunmen

Oswald

as Louie (voice)

The Zeta Project

Alias

as Atticus Liddell

Primetime Glick

as Adrien Van Voorhees

6.8

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

as Matt Tessler

8.0

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

2000

as Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)

8.0

As Told by Ginger

2000

as Bobby Lightfoot (voice)

6.7

Clerks

2000

as Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)

The Huntress

Strip Mall

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Kurt Sandow

7.9

Family Guy

1999

as Pawtucket Pat (voice)

7.4

Batman Beyond

1999

as Ian Peek (voice)

8.2

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999

as Captain Frostymug (voice)

Where Are They Now?

as Self

Providence

as Sherman Smith

The Early Show

as David St. Hubbins

Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean

LateLine

The View

as Self

101 Dalmatianere

as Jasper Badun (voice)

6.6

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as 50's Joker (voice)

Veronica's Closet

as Dave Whitby

The Weird Al Show

as Miner

Hey Arnold!

Tracey Takes On...

as Barry

Jungle Cubs

Road Rovers

as Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)

6.5

Star Trek: Voyager

1995

as The Clown

7.8

Mr. Show with Bob and David

as Professor Peens

Caroline in the City

as Father Damian

Pinky and the Brain

as Toll Collector (voice)

Friends

as Mr. Rastatter

Duckman

as Bob Hiney (voice)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The X-Files

as Morris Fletcher

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

The Nanny

1993

as Professor Noel Babcock PhD

8.1

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Dr. Fabian Leek

Animaniacs

as Spink (voice)

Boy Meets World

as Jedediah Lawrence

Dinosaurs

as Officer Bettleheim (voice)

7.8

Sessions

1991

as Dan Carver

Law & Order

as Elias Grace

Dream On

as Gibby Fiske

Grand

as Tom Smithson

The Simpsons

as David St. Hubbins (voice)

Tall Tales & Legends

as Mac Macintosh

Jeopardy!

as Self

Murder, She Wrote

as Ross McKay

Fridays

as Self - Guest Host

Goodtime Girls

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

Laverne & Shirley

as Lenny

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

as David St. Hubbins (uncredited)

Dinah!

as Self

Happy Days

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (16)

Movies (12)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025

Characters

6.4

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025

Producer

6.4

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Writer

A Mighty Wind

Songs

Waiting for Guffman

Lyricist

Waiting for Guffman

Original Music Composer

7.0

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

1994

Original Music Composer

4.7

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

1992

Producer

6.1

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

Writer

The Big Picture

Screenplay

This Is Spinal Tap

Original Music Composer

7.4

This Is Spinal Tap

1984

Writer

7.4

Television (4)

Morton & Hayes

Director

Dream On

Director

Laverne & Shirley

Director

Saturday Night Live

Writer