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Michael McKean

Birth Place: New York, NY, USA

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BIO

Recent New York theatre includes King Lear (Public), Our Town, Superior Donuts, The Homecoming, The Pajama Game, A Second Hand Memory, Hairspray. Elsewhere: Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, Los Angeles; On the Razzle, Williamstown; Love Song, West End. Film: This Is Spinal Tap; Clue; Best in Show; A Mighty Wind; Whatever Works; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; The Brady Bunch Movie; and the upcoming The Words. TV: "Homeland," "Law & Order: SVU," "Castle," "Happy Endings," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Sesame Street," "Laverne & Shirley," "The X-Files," "Smallville," etc. He is the first million-dollar "Celebrity Jeopardy" champion. Theatre World Award for Rupert Holmes's Accomplice; Grammy for title song "A Mighty Wind," written with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy; Oscar nomination for Best Song, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," written with Annette O'Toole.

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STAGE CREDITS

Glengarry Glen Ross Glengarry Glen Ross
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2025
George Aaronow
The True The True
[Off-Broadway]
The New Group World Premiere, 2018
Erastus Corning II
The Little Foxes The Little Foxes
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway Revival Production, 2017
Ben Hubbard
The Band Wagon The Band Wagon
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Special Event, 2014
Performer
All the Way All the Way
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2014
J. Edgar Hoover
Gore Vidal's The Best Man Gore Vidal's The Best Man
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2012
Dick Jensen
King Lear King Lear
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater Production, 2011
Gloucester
Superior Donuts Superior Donuts
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2009
Arthur Przybyszewski
Our Town Our Town
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Revival, 2009
Stage Manager [Replacement]
The Homecoming The Homecoming
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2007
Sam
The Pajama Game The Pajama Game
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2006
Hines
A Second Hand Memory
[Off-Broadway]
2004
Phil Wellman
Hair
[Broadway]
Actors' Fund Concert, 2004
Other Roles
Performer
Hairspray Hairspray
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2002
Edna Turnblad [Replacement]
Accomplice
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1990
Performer

Movies

Economic Love-in
[ 1973 ]
Cracking Up
[ 1977 ] Dr. Edward O'Mazuraski
More Than Friends
[ 1978 ] Terry Christopher
Used Cars
[ 1980 ] Eddie Winslow
Likely Stories, Vol. 1
[ 1981 ]
Young Doctors in Love
[ 1982 ] Dr. Simon August
Imps*
[ 1983 ] Fritz #2
The Bounder
[ 1984 ] Howard Bender
This Is Spinal Tap
[ 1984 ] David St. Hubbins
Clue
[ 1985 ] Mr. Green
D.A.R.Y.L.
[ 1985 ] Andy Richardson
Classified Love
[ 1986 ] Pete Newly
The History of White People in America: Volume II
[ 1986 ] Rev. Prufrock
Daniel and the Towers
[ 1987 ] Wexler Hatch
Light of Day
[ 1987 ] Bu Montgomery
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
[ 1987 ] State Trooper
A Father's Homecoming
[ 1988 ] Michael Fields
Earth Girls Are Easy
[ 1988 ] Woody
Portrait of a White Marriage
[ 1988 ] Reverend Prufrock
Short Circuit 2
[ 1988 ] Fred Ritter
Hider in the House
[ 1989 ] Phil Dreyer
The Big Picture
[ 1989 ] Emmet Sumner
Book of Love
[ 1990 ] Adult Jack Twiller
Flashback
[ 1990 ] Hal
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
[ 1990 ] Principal Ford
Murder in High Places
[ 1991 ] Pettibone
True Identity
[ 1991 ] Harvey Cooper
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
[ 1992 ]
Halloween Jam at Universal Studios
[ 1992 ] David St. Hubbins
Man Trouble
[ 1992 ] Eddy Revere
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
[ 1992 ] George Talbot
Coneheads
[ 1993 ] Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
Across the Moon
[ 1994 ] Frank
Airheads
[ 1994 ] Milo Jackson
MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice
[ 1994 ] Ozzie Evans
Radioland Murders
[ 1994 ] Rick Rochester
The Brady Bunch Movie
[ 1995 ] Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
The Pompatus of Love
[ 1995 ] Sitcom Star
Edie & Pen
[ 1996 ] Rick
Jack
[ 1996 ] Paulie
The Best of Tracey Takes on...
[ 1996 ] Barrington 'Barry' LeTissier
The Sunshine Boys
[ 1996 ] Scott Grogan
Waiting for Guffman
[ 1996 ]
Heaven Will Wait
[ 1997 ] Harvey Baines
No Strings Attached
[ 1997 ] Elliot Lewis
Nothing to Lose
[ 1997 ] Phillip "P.B" Barrow
Still Breathing
[ 1997 ] New Mark
That Darn Cat
[ 1997 ] Peter Randall
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
[ 1998 ] J.P. Bigelow
Final Justice
[ 1998 ] Merle Hammond
Small Soldiers
[ 1998 ] Insaniac / Freakenstein - Voice
Sugar: The Fall of the West
[ 1998 ] Head Of Sex Clinic
The Pass
[ 1998 ] Willie L.
With Friends Like These
[ 1998 ] Dr. Maxwell Hersh
Kill the Man
[ 1999 ] Mr. Livingston
Legal Aid
[ 1999 ] Nathan Pugh
Masters of Horror and Suspense
[ 1999 ] Will Masters
Mystery, Alaska
[ 1999 ] Mr. Walsh
Snowden's Christmas
[ 1999 ] Drummer - Voice
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
[ 1999 ] Principal Potter
The Whitey Show
[ 1999 ] Self - Host of Original Pilot Episode
True Crime
[ 1999 ] Reverend Shillerman
Beautiful
[ 2000 ] Lance DeSalvo
Best in Show
[ 2000 ] Stefan Vanderhoof
Little Nicky
[ 2000 ] Chief of Police
Dr. Dolittle 2
[ 2001 ] Bird - Voice
My First Mister
[ 2001 ] Bob
Never Again
[ 2001 ] Alex The Transvestite
Teddy Bears' Picnic
[ 2001 ] Porty Pendleton
100 Mile Rule
[ 2002 ] Howard
Auto Focus
[ 2002 ] Video Executive
Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again
[ 2002 ] Self / Lenny Kosnowski
Slap Her, She's French!
[ 2002 ] Monsieur Duke
The Burbs
[ 2002 ]
The Guru
[ 2002 ] Dwain
A Mighty Wind
[ 2003 ] Jerry Palter
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
[ 2003 ] William Christy Cabanne
Blue Skies
[ 2005 ] Fred
The Producers
[ 2005 ] Prison Trustee
For Your Consideration
[ 2006 ] Lane Iverson
Relative Strangers
[ 2006 ] Ken Hyman
The Year Without a Santa Claus
[ 2006 ] Snow Miser
The Devil's Child
[ 2007 ] Chester Jenkins
The Grand
[ 2007 ] Steve Lavisch
The Thick of It
[ 2007 ] Glen Glahm
Adventures of Power
[ 2008 ] Harlan
Whatever Works
[ 2009 ] Boris' Friend
Open Books
[ 2010 ] Bert
Pure Country 2: The Gift
[ 2010 ] Peter
The Words
[ 2012 ] Nelson Wylie
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
[ 2013 ] Jeffrey Fields
The Meddler
[ 2015 ] Mark
Delilah
[ 2020 ] Tom Childs Sr.
Pink Skies Ahead
[ 2020 ] Robert
My Little Pony: A New Generation
[ 2021 ] Argyle - Voice
Playing God
[ 2021 ] Frank
Jerry & Marge Go Large
[ 2022 ] Howard
Spinal Tap II
[ 2024 ] David St. Hubbins

TV Shows

American Bandstand
Lenny
Happy Days
Lenny Kosnowski
Goodtime Girls
Joey
Laverne & Shirley
[ 1976-1983 ] Lenny Kosnowski
The Joe Franklin Show
David St. Hubbins
Tall Tales & Legends
Mr. Wallace, Mac Macintosh
Disneyland
Jason Starr, Warren Starbinder
Empty Nest
Dennis
Grand
Tom Smithson
Murder, She Wrote
Ross McKay
Morton & Hayes
Dr. Mummenschvantz
MTV News: The Week in Rock
David St. Hubbins
Sessions
Dan Carver
Headbangers Ball
David St. Hubbins - Host
Rockline on MTV
David St. Hubbins
The Arsenio Hall Show
David St. Hubbins
The Simpsons
Arthur Fortune, Jerry Rude, David St. Hubbins
Tonight with Jonathan Ross
David St. Hubbins
Beavis and Butt-Head
David St. Hubbins
Family Album
Mr. Gordon
Dinosaurs
[ 1992-1994 ] Les, Inspector
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
Bob Hiney
Getting By
Dirk Clearfield
The New Adventures of Superman
Dr. Fabian Leek
Friends
Mr. Rastatter
The Nanny
Professor Noel Babcock PhD
Caroline in the City
Father Damian
Dream On
[ 1991-1996 ] Gibby Fiske
Secret Service Guy
Frank McClellan
Star Trek: Voyager
The Clown
Johnny Bravo
King Raymond, Rupert, Rhino
Road Rovers
Dr. Jeffrey Otitus
The Weird Al Show
Miner
Animaniacs
[ 1993-1998 ] Neivel Nosenest
Jungle Cubs
[ 1996-1998 ] Cecil
Mr. Show with Bob and David
Professor Peens
Murphy Brown
Dennis Page
My Generation
David St. Hubbins
Pinky and the Brain
[ 1996-1998 ] Mel Aroma, Herbert Schniederlander, Ponytail
Recess
Mr. Bream
The Angry Beavers
L.G. Algae, Raccoon
The Closer
Arthur Willhaven
The New Batman Adventures
50's Joker, Mutant Member
Veronica's Closet
Dave Whitby
Boy Meets World
Jedediah Lawrence
Maggie Winters
[ 1998-1999 ] Lewis Stickley
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
Grocer
Politically Incorrect
Freud
Providence
Sherman Smith
Tracey Takes On...
[ 1996-1999 ] Barrington 'Barry' LeTissier
Batman of the Future
Ian Peek
Life's Too Short
Marek Kohler
The Early Show
David St. Hubbins
The List
David St. Hubbins
Clerks
[ 2000-2001 ] Professor Ram, Creepy Old Guy, Doorman
Oswald
[ 2001-2001 ] Maestro Bingo Bunny, Cousin Louie, Louie
Strip Mall
Psycho-Vivor Host
The Huntress
[ 2000-2001 ] Ralph Thorson, Lt. Praeger
The Lone Gunmen
Morris Fletcher
As Told by Ginger
Bobby Lightfoot
Family Guy
[ 2000-2002 ] Pengrove Pig, Andy Rooney
Justice League
The Sportsman, Sgt. O'Shaughnessey
Teamo Supremo
Mean Thumb, Lo-Fi
The X Files
[ 1998-2002 ] Morris Fletcher
The Zeta Project
Dr. Marcus Edmund
Hey Arnold!
[ 1999-2003 ] Pinkerton, Earthflower, Johnny Stitches
MadTV
Jerry Palter
Primetime Glick
[ 2001-2003 ] Adrien Van Voorhees
Alias
Dr. Atticus Liddell
Boston Legal
Dwight Biddle
Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law
[ 2002-2005 ] Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton
Hopeless Pictures
Mel Wax
Catscratch
Groink
Help Me Help You
Dr. Howard 'J.' Hubbins
Breakfast
David St. Hubbins
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Kalgoron
Law & Order
[ 2000-2008 ] Bill Nolan, Elias Grace
The Unit
Dr. Donald Metz
Theater Talk
[ 2008-2009 ] Arthur, Sam
Glory Daze
Stu
Sesame Street
Vergil Von Vivaldi
Castle
Victor Baron
Childrens Hospital
Death
Curb Your Enthusiasm
[ 2007-2011 ] Matt Tessler
Glenn Martin DDS
Eye-Hawk, Sarge
Homeland
Judge Jeffrey Turner
Off the Map
Ed Greenman
Smallville
[ 2003-2011 ] Perry White
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Fred Sandow
Thundercats
Vultaire
American Dad!
Emperor Zing
Family Tree
Keith Chadwick
Happy Endings
[ 2012-2013 ] Big Dave
The 7D
Uncle Humidor, Uncle Hamidor
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Zeus
Drunk History
[ 2015-2016 ] Arthur Jell, Carl Laemmle
SpongeBob SquarePants
[ 2012-2016 ] Lonnie, Captain Frosty Mug
Goldie and Bear
[ 2016-2018 ] Mr. Locks
The Good Place
Doug Forcett
Good Omens
Shadwell
Veep
Governor Ballentine
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Guy Lombardi
Breeders
Michael
Helpsters
Roy
Better Call Saul
[ 2015-2022 ] Chuck McGill
Billions
Melville Revere
Grace and Frankie
[ 2020-2022 ] Jack, Jack Ayres
Rugrats
[ 2021-2022 ] Lou, Grandpa Lou Pickles

Awards and Nominations


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Ensemble Performances

Michael McKean, The Homecoming


winner
Theatre World Awards - 1990 - Performance

Michael McKean, Accomplice

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Michael McKean and More Join GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS on Broadway

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Video: Netflix Releases Trailer for THE DIPLOMAT Season 2

Netflix has shared the official trailer for the second season of The Diplomat, which will premiere on the streamer on October 31, 2024. 
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Michael McKean Joins GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Revival

Michael McKean, who appeared opposite Bob Odenkirk as Chuck McGill, Esq., on AMC's 'Better Call Saul,' is set to play George Aaronow in the upcoming revival of Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Interview: John Shartzer of CLUE at Saenger Theatre

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Video: Watch a Preview for CLUE, Coming to State Theatre New Jersey Next Weekend

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State Theatre New Jersey Will Present CLUE This Month

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Michael McKean been in?

Michael McKean has appeared on Broadway in 10 shows.

How many West End shows has Michael McKean been in?

Michael McKean has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Michael McKean been nominated for?

Outstanding Ensemble Performances (Drama Desk Awards) for The Homecoming and Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Accomplice.

What awards has Michael McKean won?

Michael McKean has won the Outstanding Ensemble Performances at the Drama Desk Awards for The Homecoming and the Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for Accomplice.

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