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Michael McKean

Actor

Michael McKean

  • Born: 15 April 1947, New York City, New York, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $4 million

Michael McKean is a versatile American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater. He gained fame for his roles in 'This Is Spinal Tap' and 'Better Call Saul.' With a career spanning decades, he is recognized for his distinctive voice and…

Michael McKean: best films and shows

About Michael McKean

Michael McKean is a versatile American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater. He gained fame for his roles in 'This Is Spinal Tap' and 'Better Call Saul.' With a career spanning decades, he is recognized for his distinctive voice and comedic talent, often portraying quirky characters that resonate with audiences.

Born
15 April 1947, New York City, New York, USA
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouses
Annabelle Gurwitch (1990-present)
Children
2 children (names not publicly known)
Parents
Murray McKean, Joan McKean
Estimated net worth
$4 million

Fun facts about Michael McKean

  • Michael McKean was a member of the comedy group The Credibility Gap in the 1970s.
  • He voiced the character of Mr. Book in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and had a cameo in 'This Is Spinal Tap.'

Famous Michael McKean quotes

“This is Spinal Tap!”
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984
“I think you have to approach every role as if it could be your last.”
Better Call Saul, 2015
“What do you mean, 'we,' white man?”
The Big Picture, 1989

Michael McKean filmography

Cast (245)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America TVMichael Finney5.5
2026In Memoriam MovieUnknown character
2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues MovieDavid St. Hubbins6.1
2023The Diplomat TVPresident William Rayburn (archive footage)7.6
2023The Diplomat TVPresident William Rayburn7.6
2022Who Done It: The Clue Documentary MovieSelf5.2
2022Jerry & Marge Go Large MovieHoward7.3
2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story MovieSleazy MC6.7
2021My Little Pony: A New Generation MovieArgyle (voice)7.7
2021Playing God MovieFrank6.0
Show 235 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2021Rugrats TVGrandpa Lou Pickles (voice)6.9
2020Pink Skies Ahead MovieRichard5.7
2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp MovieSelf6.8
2020The Happy Days of Garry Marshall MovieSelf8.0
2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time TVSelf7.2
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness MovieSelf6.0
2020Breeders TVMichael6.8
2019Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers MovieNarrator (voice)8.4
2019Daddio MoviePaul5.0
2019Good Omens TVSergeant Shadwell8.0
2016The Good Place TVDoug Forcett8.0
201650 Years of Star Trek MovieSelf6.2
2016The Meddler MovieMark6.0
2016Talking Saul TVSelf - Guest6.5
2016Billions TVMelville Revere7.8
2015Food: Fact or Fiction? TVHimself8.0
2015Grace and Frankie TVJack7.7
2015Better Call Saul TVChuck McGill8.7
201421 Years: Richard Linklater MovieSelf - Actor6.3
2014The 7D TVUncle Humidor (voice)6.2
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.8
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns MovieDr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)8.1
201310 Rules for Sleeping Around MovieJeffrey Fields3.5
2013Drunk History TVCarl Laemmle6.9
2013Family Tree TVKeith Chadwick6.4
2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 MovieBartholomew Wolper (voice)7.9
2012Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 MovieDr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)7.7
2012The Words MovieNelson Wylie6.7
2012Veep TVGovernor Ballentine7.5
2011Homeland TVJeffrey Turner7.6
2011ThunderCats TVVultaire (voice)7.9
2011Happy Endings TVBig Dave6.9
2011Off the Map TVEd Greenman6.8
2010Glory Daze TVStu5.7
2010Pure Country 2: The Gift MovieAngel Joseph6.7
2009Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer MovieSelf8.0
2009Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place MovieDavid St. Hubbins
2009Whatever Works MovieJoe - Boris' Friend #37.1
2009Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead MovieDavid St. Hubbins6.0
2009Castle TVVictor Baron8.0
2008Childrens Hospital TVDeath7.0
2008Adventures of Power MovieHarlan5.1
2007The Thick of It MovieGlen Glahm8.5
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen MovieKalgoron (voice)8.3
2007The Grand MovieSteve Lavisch5.8
2007Joshua MovieChester5.6
2006The Year Without a Santa Claus MovieSnow Miser5.8
2006For Your Consideration MovieLane Iverson5.8
2006Help Me Help You TVUnknown character4.5
2006Relative Strangers MovieKen Hyman5.3
2006The Unit TVDr. Donald Metz7.4
2006Open Wide: Tooth School Inside MovieDr. Flossman (voice)
2005The Producers MoviePrison Trustee6.2
2005Arnie the Doughnut MovieNarrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)9.0
2005Hopeless Pictures TVUnknown character6.8
2005The Aristocrats MovieSelf5.9
2005Catscratch TVGroink (voice)7.5
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found MovieSelf8.0
2005Candor City Hospital MoviePatient8.0
2005American Dad! TVEmperor Zing (voice)7.0
2004Boston Legal TVDwight Biddle7.9
2004The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition MovieDavid St. Hubbins
2004The Tony Danza Show TVSelf - Guest6.4
2003And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself MovieWilliam Christy Cabanne6.7
2003Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) MovieSelf8.4
2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration MovieSelf8.0
2003A Mighty Wind MovieJerry Palter6.8
2003Haunted Lighthouse 4-D MovieCaptain Van Legge5.2
2003Real Time with Bill Maher TVSelf6.0
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVDavid St. Hubbins - Guest/Musical Guest5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2002100 Mile Rule MovieHoward5.5
2002Auto Focus MovieVideo Executive6.4
2002The Guru MovieDwain5.4
2002Slap Her... She's French MovieMonsieur Duke4.7
2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame II MovieSarousch (voice)5.4
2001Justice League TVThe Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)8.2
2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street MovieMr. Bream (voice)6.3
2001Smallville TVPerry White8.2
2001My First Mister MovieBob6.6
2001Alias TVAtticus Liddell6.8
2001Oswald TVLouie (voice)7.2
2001Dr. Dolittle 2 MovieBird (voice)5.3
2001Primetime Glick TVAdrien Van Voorhees7.2
2001Teddy Bears' Picnic MoviePorterfield 'Porty' Pendleton4.0
2001Adam Sandler Goes to Hell MovieSelf10.0
2001Never Again MovieAlex The Transvestite4.2
2001The Lone Gunmen TVUnknown character6.8
2001The Zeta Project TVUnknown character7.5
2000Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law TVEvelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)8.0
2000Little Nicky MovieChief of Police5.8
2000As Told by Ginger TVBobby Lightfoot (voice)6.9
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm TVMatt Tessler8.1
2000Best in Show MovieStefan Vanderhoof6.9
2000Beautiful MovieLance DeSalvo5.8
2000Catching Up with Marty DiBergi MovieDavid St. Hubbins5.0
2000The Huntress TVUnknown character5.6
2000Strip Mall TVUnknown character4.2
2000Clerks TVProfessor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)7.2
1999Snowden's Christmas MovieDrummer (voice)
1999The Early Show TVDavid St. Hubbins6.2
1999Mystery, Alaska MovieMr. Walsh6.3
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TVKurt Sandow8.0
1999Teaching Mrs. Tingle MoviePrincipal Potter5.5
1999Where Are They Now? TVSelf6.7
1999SpongeBob SquarePants TVLonnie (voice)7.7
1999SpongeBob SquarePants TVCaptain Frostymug (voice)7.7
1999Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean TVUnknown character
1999True Crime MovieRéverend Shillerman6.5
1999Family Guy TVPengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)7.4
1999Family Guy TVPawtucket Pat (voice)7.4
1999Kill the Man MovieMr. Livingston5.7
1999Batman Beyond TVIan Peek (voice)8.2
1999Providence TVSherman Smith6.7
1998101 Dalmatians Christmas MovieJasper Badun6.0
1998With Friends Like These MovieMaxwell Hersh6.5
1998Archibald the Rainbow Painter MovieJ.P. Bigelow7.0
1998Small Soldiers MovieInsaniac / Freakenstein (voice)6.6
1998Final Justice MovieMerle Hammond6.7
1998The Pass MovieWillie L.6.8
1998LateLine TVUnknown character7.0
1997Veronica's Closet TVDave Whitby5.4
1997The New Batman Adventures TV50's Joker (voice)8.1
1997101 Dalmatians: The Series TVJasper Badun (voice)6.6
1997The Weird Al Show TVMiner7.0
1997Casper: A Spirited Beginning MovieBill Case5.5
1997Still Breathing MovieNew Mark6.5
1997No Strings Attached MovieElliot Lewis2.8
1997The View TVSelf4.3
1997Nothing to Lose MoviePhillip "P.B." Barrow6.6
1997That Darn Cat MoviePeter Randall5.0
1996Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild Movie(Voice)7.8
1996Hey Arnold! TVUnknown character8.0
1996Jungle Cubs TVUnknown character6.6
1996Road Rovers TVDr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)6.9
1996Jack MoviePaulie6.3
1996The Sunshine Boys MovieScott Grogan5.0
1996Edie & Pen MovieRick5.6
1996Tracey Takes On... TVBarry8.2
1995Mr. Show with Bob and David TVProfessor Peens7.5
1995Caroline in the City TVFather Damian6.6
1995Pinky and the Brain TVToll Collector (voice)7.7
1995The Brady Bunch Movie MovieMr. Larry Dittmeyer6.1
1995Star Trek: Voyager TVThe Clown7.8
1994Radioland Murders MovieRick Rochester5.8
1994Across the Moon MovieFrank4.2
1994Friends TVMr. Rastatter8.4
1994Airheads MovieMilo Jackson6.2
1994MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice MovieOzzie Evans7.5
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast TVUnknown character7.8
1994Duckman TVBob Hiney (voice)7.3
1993The Nanny TVNoel Babcock8.1
1993Boy Meets World TVJedediah Lawrence8.3
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Animaniacs TVJake (voice)8.0
1993Animaniacs TVSpink (voice)8.0
1993Animaniacs TVNeivel Nosenest (voice)8.0
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TVDr. Fabian Leek6.9
1993The X-Files TVMorris Fletcher8.4
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Guest6.5
1993Coneheads MovieGorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner5.5
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out MovieDavid St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter6.1
1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica MovieDavid St. Hubbins7.8
1992Man Trouble MovieEddy Revere4.9
1992Memoirs of an Invisible Man MovieGeorge Talbot5.9
1991Amnesty International's Big 30 MovieDavid St. Hubbins4.0
1991Sessions TVDan Carver
1991True Identity MovieHarvey Cooper5.6
1991Murder in High Places MoviePettibone4.7
1991Dinosaurs TVPolice Chief Parish (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVOfficer Bettleheim (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVEd (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVKyle (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVMr. Myman (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVBryant (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVAnsel (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVDr. Herder (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVLes (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVInspector (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVHank (voice)7.8
1991Dinosaurs TVGuy in the Lab Coat (voice)7.8
1990Law & Order TVElias Grace7.3
1990Law & Order TVBill Nolan7.3
1990Book of Love MovieAdult Jack Twiller5.5
1990Dream On TVGibby Fiske6.9
1990Flashback MovieHal Cresciman6.4
1990Grand TVTom Smithson6.7
1989The Simpsons TVDavid St. Hubbins (voice)8.0
1989The Simpsons TVJerry Rude (voice)8.0
1989The Big Picture MovieEmmet Sumner5.9
1989Hider in the House MoviePhil Dreyer6.0
1988Earth Girls Are Easy MovieWoody5.6
1988Portrait of a White Marriage MovieReverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock3.7
1988Short Circuit 2 MovieFred Ritter6.2
1988A Father's Homecoming MovieMichael Fields6.5
1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles MovieState Trooper7.3
1987Daniel and the Towers MovieWexler Hatch5.5
1987Double Agent MovieJason Starr / Warren Starbinder5.8
1987Light of Day MovieBu Montgomery5.5
1986Davy Crockett MovieMr. Wallace10.0
1986Johnny Appleseed MovieMac Macintosh
1986Jumpin' Jack Flash MovieLeslie (uncredited)6.1
1986Classified Love MoviePete Newly7.0
1986The History of White People in America: Volume II MovieRev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock8.2
1986The Hear 'n Aid Sessions MovieDavid St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
1985Clue MovieMr. Green7.2
1985Tall Tales & Legends TVMac Macintosh6.0
1985Tall Tales & Legends TVMr. Wallace6.0
1985D.A.R.Y.L. MovieAndy Richardson6.4
1984Murder, She Wrote TVRoss McKay7.5
1984Jeopardy! TVSelf6.9
1984This Is Spinal Tap MovieDavid St. Hubbins7.4
1983Imps* MovieFritz #23.9
1982Young Doctors in Love MovieDr. Simon August5.3
1981Spinal Tap: The Final Tour MovieDavid St. Hubbins6.0
1981Likely Stories Vol. 1 MovieUnknown character8.0
1980Used Cars MovieEddie Winslow6.4
1980Fridays TVSelf - Guest Host6.0
1980Goodtime Girls TVUnknown character6.5
19791941 MovieWilly5.8
1979The T.V. Show MovieUnknown character
1979CBS News Sunday Morning TVSelf6.8
1978More Than Friends MovieTerry Christopher10.0
1977Cracking Up MovieUnknown character4.0
1976Laverne & Shirley TVLenny7.1
1975Saturday Night Live TVDavid St. Hubbins (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Host6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Various Characters6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVAnnouncer (voice) (uncredited)6.9
1974Dinah! TVSelf7.0
1974Happy Days TVUnknown character7.6
1961The Mike Douglas Show TVSelf5.8
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
TBASpinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale MovieDavid St. Hubbins
TBAThe Cackling of the Dodos MovieUnknown character

Crew (18)

YearTitleRoleRating
2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues MovieWriter · Writing6.1
2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues MovieCharacters · Writing6.1
2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues MovieProducer · Production6.1
2003A Mighty Wind MovieSongs · Sound6.8
1997Waiting for Guffman MovieLyricist · Writing7.0
Show 13 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1997Waiting for Guffman MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound7.0
1994Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound4.7
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out MovieProducer · Production6.1
1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out MovieWriter · Writing6.1
1991Morton & Hayes TVDirector · Directing6.3
1990Dream On TVDirector · Directing6.9
1989The Big Picture MovieScreenplay · Writing5.9
1984This Is Spinal Tap MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound7.4
1984This Is Spinal Tap MovieWriter · Writing7.4
1979The T.V. Show MovieMusician · Sound
1976Laverne & Shirley TVDirector · Directing7.1
1975Saturday Night Live TVWriter · Writing6.9
1975Jaws MovieADR & Dubbing · Sound7.7

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Questions about Michael McKean

What are some of Michael McKean's most notable films?

Michael McKean is best known for his roles in 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Best in Show,' and 'A Mighty Wind.' These films showcase his comedic talent and ability to portray eccentric characters.

Has Michael McKean won any awards?

Michael McKean received a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role on 'Saturday Night Live' in 1993. He has also been nominated for several other awards throughout his career.

What was Michael McKean's first film?

Michael McKean made his film debut in 'The Last Detail' (1973), which marked the beginning of his successful acting career.

What is Michael McKean's role in 'Better Call Saul'?

In 'Better Call Saul,' Michael McKean plays Chuck McGill, the older brother of protagonist Jimmy McGill. His performance has been critically acclaimed and is central to the show's narrative.

What is Michael McKean's estimated net worth?

Michael McKean's estimated net worth is around $4 million, a reflection of his extensive career in film, television, and theater.

How many children does Michael McKean have?

Michael McKean has two children, though their names are not publicly known, as he tends to keep his family life private.

What type of roles is Michael McKean known for?

Michael McKean is known for his comedic roles, often portraying quirky and eccentric characters that highlight his unique voice and humor.

What other projects has Michael McKean been involved in?

In addition to acting, Michael McKean has been involved in theater, music, and voice acting, contributing to productions like 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and various stage plays.