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Michael McDonald(XI)

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Michael McDonald in Cougar Town (2009)
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MADtv (1995–2016)
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Michael McDonald was born and raised in Fullerton, Orange County, California. 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. McDonald 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, McDonald 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. After numerous small roles in various television sitcoms in the mid-1990s, McDonald obtained a starring role on MADtv (1995).
BornDecember 31, 1964
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BornDecember 31, 1964
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations

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Jeannette Charles and Michael McDonald in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Michael McDonald in MADtv (1995)
Michael McDonald in MADtv (1995)
Michael McDonald in MADtv (1995)
Mo Collins, Michael McDonald, and Aries Spears in MADtv (1995)
Michael McDonald in MADtv (1995)
Michael McDonald in MADtv (1995)
Michael McDonald in Scrubs (2001)
Michael McDonald in Reaper (2007)
Victor Garber and Michael McDonald in Web Therapy (2011)
Michael McDonald in Web Therapy (2011)
Don Cheadle and Michael McDonald in House of Lies (2012)

Known for:

Amir K, Adam Ray, Piotr Michael, Chelsea Davison, Lyric Lewis, Jeremy D. Howard, Carlie Craig, and Michelle Ortiz in MADtv (1995)
MADtv
7.2
TV Series
  • Various
  • Carrie Bradshaw
  • Capt. Von Trapp
  • Host
  • Stuart
  • Stuart Larkin
Bill Barretta, Melissa McCarthy, and Dorien Davies in The Happytime Murders (2018)
The Happytime Murders
5.5
  • Ronovan Scargle
  • 2018
Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Christa Miller, and Brian Van Holt in Cougar Town (2009)
Cougar Town
7.0
TV Series
  • Wayne Gibbons
Melissa McCarthy in Spy (2015)
Spy
7.0
  • Patrick
  • 2015

Credits

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Actor

  • Mother of the Bride
    • In Production
  • Hilary Duff, Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Suraj Sharma, Tien Tran, and Tom Ainsley in How I Met Your Father (2022)
    How I Met Your Father
    • Warren
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Michael J. Fox in Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
    Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
    • Michael's Bodyguard
    • 2023
  • The Loud House (2014)
    The Loud House
    • Howard
    • Howard McBride
    • Harold ...
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2022
  • Pauline Chalamet in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
    The Sex Lives of College Girls
    • George
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
    What We Do in the Shadows
    • Gustave Leroy
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • God's Favorite Idiot (2022)
    God's Favorite Idiot
    • Leviathan
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • James Jude Courtney in Halloween Kills (2021)
    Halloween Kills
    • Little John
    • 2021
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    • Adam Jarver
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    • Open Mic MC
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Womp It Up! (2015)
    Womp It Up!
    • Cory Damron (voice)
    • Podcast Series
    • 2018
  • The Loud House: Clyde and His Dads
    • Howard McBride (voice)
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras in Nobodies (2017)
    Nobodies
    • Blaine Kaine
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Bill Barretta, Melissa McCarthy, and Dorien Davies in The Happytime Murders (2018)
    The Happytime Murders
    • Ronovan Scargle
    • 2018
  • Link Neal and Rhett McLaughlin in Rhett and Link's Buddy System (2016)
    Rhett and Link's Buddy System
    • Enrique
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Judd Hirsch and Jermaine Fowler in Superior Donuts (2017)
    Superior Donuts
    • Manfred
    • TV Series
    • 2017

Director

  • Gina Rodriguez in Not Dead Yet (2023)
    Not Dead Yet
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021)
    The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Topher Grace, Karla Souza, Sasheer Zamata, Caitlin McGee, and Jimmy Tatro in Home Economics (2021)
    Home Economics
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • God's Favorite Idiot (2022)
    God's Favorite Idiot
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2020
  • Outmatched (2020)
    Outmatched
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Unrelated
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Georgia Flood in American Princess (2019)
    American Princess
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Matt LeBlanc in Man with a Plan (2016)
    Man with a Plan
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Oliver Hudson, Jenna Fischer, Van Crosby, Sander Thomas, and Olivia Keville in Splitting Up Together (2018)
    Splitting Up Together
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon, Daniel DiMaggio, Meg Donnelly, and Giselle Eisenberg in American Housewife (2016)
    American Housewife
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras in Nobodies (2017)
    Nobodies
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Kaitlin Olson, Carla Jimenez, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Thomas Barbusca, and Jack Stanton in The Mick (2017)
    The Mick
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Judd Hirsch and Jermaine Fowler in Superior Donuts (2017)
    Superior Donuts
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Christina Kirk, Alan Tudyk, Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, and Ron Funches in Powerless (2016)
    Powerless
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017

Producer

  • God's Favorite Idiot (2022)
    God's Favorite Idiot
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras in Nobodies (2017)
    Nobodies
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Agatha
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Christa Miller, and Brian Van Holt in Cougar Town (2009)
    Cougar Town
    • co-executive producer
    • supervising producer
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2012
  • Beautiful People
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Michael McDonald: Model Citizen (2010)
    Michael McDonald: Model Citizen
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2010
  • Kumite
    • co-producer
    • 2000

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  • Alternative names
    • Michael James McDonald
  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • December 31, 1964
    • Fullerton, California, USA
  • Other works
    He acted in A.R. Gurney's play, "The Dining Room," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Brian Murray, Harriet Harris, Stephanie Weir, Prentiss Benjamin, and Jeremy Webb in the cast.

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    With his appearances in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and Halloween Kills (2021), McDonald has the dubious distinction of being the only person in the history of cinema to be killed on screen by both Mike Myers and Michael Myers.
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