Michael McKean

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Kurt Sandow

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

Himself

Family Guy

Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)

Family Guy

Pawtucket Pat (voice)

The Simpsons

Jerry Rude (voice)

The Simpsons

David St. Hubbins (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Spinal Tap II: The End Continues	David St. Hubbins
2022	Jerry & Marge Go Large	Howard
2022	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Sleazy MC
2022	Who Done It: The Clue Documentary	Self
2021	Playing God	Frank
2021	My Little Pony: A New Generation	Argyle (voice)
2020	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness	Self
2020	Pink Skies Ahead	Richard
2020	The Happy Days of Garry Marshall	Self
2020	Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp	Self
2019	Daddio	Paul
2019	Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers	Narrator (voice)
2016	The Meddler	Mark
2016	50 Years of Star Trek	Self
2014	21 Years: Richard Linklater	Self - Actor
2013	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2	Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2013	10 Rules for Sleeping Around	Jeffrey Fields
2013	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2012	The Words	Nelson Wylie
2012	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1	Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2010	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Angel Joseph
2009	Whatever Works	Joe - Boris' Friend #3
2009	Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer	Self
2009	Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place	David St. Hubbins
2009	Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead	David St. Hubbins
2008	Adventures of Power	Harlan
2007	Joshua	Chester
2007	The Grand	Steve Lavisch
2007	The Thick Of It	Glen Glahm
2007	Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen	Kalgoron (voice)
2006	Open Wide: Tooth School Inside	Dr. Flossman (voice)
2006	For Your Consideration	Lane Iverson
2006	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Snow Miser
2006	Relative Strangers	Ken Hyman
2005	The Producers	Prison Trustee
2005	The Aristocrats	Self
2005	Arnie the Doughnut	Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
2005	Candor City Hospital	Patient
2004	The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition	David St. Hubbins
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	William Christy Cabanne
2003	A Mighty Wind	Jerry Palter
2003	Haunted Lighthouse 4-D	Captain Van Legge
2003	Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)	Self
2002	The Guru	Dwain
2002	Auto Focus	Video Executive
2002	The Hunchback of Notre Dame II	Sarousch (voice)
2002	Slap Her... She's French	Monsieur Duke
2002	100 Mile Rule	Howard
2001	My First Mister	Bob
2001	Never Again	Alex The Transvestite
2001	Teddy Bears' Picnic	Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Bird (voice)
2001	Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street	Mr. Bream (voice)
2000	Little Nicky	Chief of Police
2000	Best in Show	Stefan Vanderhoof
2000	Beautiful	Lance DeSalvo
2000	Catching Up with Marty DiBergi	David St. Hubbins
1999	True Crime	Réverend Shillerman
1999	Snowden's Christmas	(voice)
1999	Kill the Man	Mr. Livingston
1999	Mystery, Alaska	Mr. Walsh
1999	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Principal Potter
1998	Small Soldiers	Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
1998	The Pass	Willie L.
1998	Archibald the Rainbow Painter	J.P. Bigelow
1998	Final Justice	Merle Hammond
1998	With Friends Like These	Dr. Maxwell Hersh
1998	101 Dalmatians Christmas	Jasper Badun
1997	That Darn Cat	Peter Randall
1997	Nothing to Lose	Phillip "P.B." Barrow
1997	Casper: A Spirited Beginning	Bill Case
1997	No Strings Attached	Elliot Lewis
1997	Still Breathing	New Mark
1996	The Sunshine Boys	Scott Grogan
1996	The Jungle Book's Jungle Cubs - Born to be Wild	(Voice)
1996	Edie & Pen	Rick
1996	Jack	Paulie
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
1994	Radioland Murders	Rick Rochester
1994	Airheads	Milo Jackson
1994	Spinal Tap: The Final Tour	David St. Hubbins
1994	Across the Moon	Frank
1994	MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice	Ozzie Evans
1993	Coneheads	Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
1992	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	George Talbot
1992	Metallica: A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica	David St. Hubbins
1992	Man Trouble	Eddy Revere
1992	The Return of Spinal Tap	David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
1991	Amnesty International's Big 30	David St. Hubbins
1991	Murder in High Places	Pettibone
1990	Flashback	Hal Cresciman
1990	Book of Love	Adult Jack Twiller
1989	Hider in the House	Phil Dreyer
1989	The Big Picture	Emmet Sumner
1988	Earth Girls Are Easy	Woody
1988	Short Circuit 2	Fred Ritter
1988	A Father's Homecoming	Michael Fields
1988	Portrait of a White Marriage	Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
1987	Light of Day	Bu Montgomery
1987	Planes, Trains and Automobiles	State Trooper
1987	Double Agent	Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder
1987	Daniel and the Towers	Wexler Hatch
1986	Johnny Appleseed	Mac Macintosh
1986	Davy Crockett	Mr. Wallace
1986	The Hear 'n Aid Sessions	David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
1986	Classified Love	Pete Newly
1986	The History of White People in America: Volume II	Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Leslie (uncredited)
1985	Clue	Mr. Green
1985	D.A.R.Y.L.	Andy Richardson
1984	This Is Spinal Tap	David St. Hubbins
1983	Imps*	Fritz #2
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Dr. Simon August
1981	Likely Stories Vol. 1
1980	Used Cars	Eddie Winslow
1979	1941	Willy
1978	More Than Friends	Terry Christopher
1977	Cracking Up
	In Memoriam

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	The Diplomat	President William Rayburn
2021	Rugrats	Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
2020	Breeders	Michael
2019	Good Omens	Sergeant Shadwell
2016	Talking Saul	Self - Guest
2016	Billions	Melville Revere
2016	The Good Place	Doug Forcett
2015	Better Call Saul	Chuck McGill
2015	Food: Fact or Fiction?	Himself
2015	Grace and Frankie	Jack
2014	The 7D	Uncle Humidor (voice)
2013	Drunk History	Carl Laemmle
2013	Family Tree	Keith Chadwick
2012	Veep	Governor Ballentine
2011	Off the Map	Ed Greenman
2011	ThunderCats	Vultaire (voice)
2011	Homeland	Jeffrey Turner
2011	Happy Endings	Big Dave
2010	Glory Daze
2009	Castle	Victor Baron
2008	Childrens Hospital	Death
2006	Help Me Help You
2006	The Unit
2005	Hopeless Pictures
2005	American Dad!	Emperor Zing (voice)
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2004	Boston Legal	Dwight Biddle
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Himself
2001	Alias	Atticus Liddell
2001	Smallville	Perry White
2001	The Zeta Project
2001	The Lone Gunmen
2001	Primetime Glick	Adrien Van Voorhees
2001	Justice League	The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)
2001	Oswald	Louie (voice)
2000	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
2000	Strip Mall
2000	The Huntress
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Matt Tessler
2000	As Told by Ginger	Bobby Lightfoot (voice)
2000	Clerks	Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)
1999	Batman Beyond	Ian Peek (voice)
1999	Family Guy	Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)
1999	Providence	Sherman Smith
1999	The Early Show	David St. Hubbins
1999	Where Are They Now?	Self
1999	Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
1999	Family Guy	Pawtucket Pat (voice)
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kurt Sandow
1999	SpongeBob SquarePants
1999	SpongeBob SquarePants	Captain Frostymug (voice)
1998	LateLine
1997	The Weird Al Show	Miner
1997	The View	Self
1997	The New Batman Adventures	50's Joker (voice)
1997	101 Dalmatians: The Series	Jasper Badun (voice)
1997	Veronica's Closet	Dave Whitby
1996	Hey Arnold!
1996	Tracey Takes On...	Barry
1996	Jungle Cubs
1996	Road Rovers	Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)
1995	Star Trek: Voyager	The Clown
1995	Caroline in the City	Father Damian
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Professor Peens
1994	Friends	Mr. Rastatter
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1993	Boy Meets World
1993	The Nanny	Professor Noel Babcock PhD
1993	The X-Files	Morris Fletcher
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993	Animaniacs	Spink (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Guy in the Lab Coat (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Mr. Myman (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Officer Bettleheim (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Kyle (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Ed (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Police Chief Parish (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Bryant (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Ansel (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Dr. Herder (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Les (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Inspector (voice)
1991	Dinosaurs	Hank (voice)
1990	Law & Order	Bill Nolan
1990	Dream On	Gibby Fiske
1990	Grand	Tom Smithson
1990	Law & Order	Elias Grace
1989	The Simpsons	Jerry Rude (voice)
1989	The Simpsons	David St. Hubbins (voice)
1985	Tall Tales & Legends	Mac Macintosh
1985	Tall Tales & Legends	Mr. Wallace
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ross McKay
1984	Jeopardy!
1980	Fridays
1980	Goodtime Girls
1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self
1976	Laverne & Shirley	Lenny
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Various Characters
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1974	Happy Days
1974	Dinah!	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self