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Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for starring in the sketch comedy show MADtv. He was also a writer, director, and producer of the ABC TV series Cougar Town. His best known movie roles are as Little John in Halloween Kills, Ronovan Scargle in The Happy time Murders, Jonathan in Ghostbusters (2016), Bryce Crean in The Boss, Patrick in Spy, Julian in The Heat, and small roles in each Austin Powers movie. 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. He 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, he 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. He joined MADtv during the fourth season (1998) and remained in the cast until the end of the thirteenth and penultimate season, having become the longest-tenured cast member. After 10 years on MADtv, he left the cast, but was a contributing writer and director for the show's final season. He was the last member of the cast to be hired in the 1990s, and the last cast member to have been born in the 1960s, and is the only cast member to have a "best of" clip show special dedicated to him.

Personal information

Birthday

1964-12-31

Birth Place

Fullerton, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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25 Words or Less

2018

6.7

TV
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7th Heaven

1996

6.4

TV
A Bucket of Blood

A Bucket of Blood

1995

5.3

Movie
Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002

6.0

Movie
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997

6.6

Movie
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999

6.3

Movie
Bloodfist V: Human Target

Bloodfist V: Human Target

1994

5.0

Movie
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

1995

4.2

Movie
Body Waves

Body Waves

1992

4.0

Movie
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

8.2

TV
Carnosaur 2

Carnosaur 2

1995

4.3

Movie
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

1996

4.1

Movie
Casper Meets Wendy

Casper Meets Wendy

1998

6.0

Movie
Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

1997

5.4

Movie
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Clone High

2002

7.4

TV
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Community

2009

8.0

TV
Confessions of an Action Star

Confessions of an Action Star

2005

4.3

Movie
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Cougar Town

2009

6.4

TV
Criminal Hearts

Criminal Hearts

1996

5.4

Movie
Dance with Death

Dance with Death

1992

4.2

Movie
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Desperate Housewives

2004

7.9

TV
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

5.0

Movie
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Ellen

1994

6.4

TV
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Family Matters

1989

6.7

TV
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Fat Actress

2005

6.2

TV
Final Judgement

Final Judgement

1992

3.4

Movie
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

2016

5.4

Movie
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God's Favorite Idiot

2022

6.3

TV
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Good Times

2024

6.8

TV
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Greg the Bunny

2002

6.0

TV
Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills

2021

6.4

Movie
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Hannah Montana

2006

7.2

TV
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Head Case

2007

6.5

TV
Hideaway

Hideaway

1995

5.2

Movie
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How I Met Your Father

2022

6.7

TV
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Invader ZIM

2001

8.4

TV
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

2019

7.4

Movie
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Just Shoot Me!

1997

6.7

TV
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Kath & Kim

2008

5.1

TV
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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

2005

5.0

TV
Leprechaun 2

Leprechaun 2

1994

5.6

Movie
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
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MADtv

1995

6.9

TV
Michael McDonald: Model. Citizen.

Michael McDonald: Model. Citizen.

2010

3.5

Movie
Moonpie

Moonpie

2006

2.0

Movie
Mother of the Bride

Mother of the Bride

2024

5.9

Movie
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NewsRadio

1995

7.3

TV
Outing Riley

Outing Riley

2004

5.9

Movie
Portal to Hell

Portal to Hell

2025

0.0

Movie
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Pushing Daisies

2007

7.8

TV
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Reaper

2007

7.0

TV
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

1992

4.5

Movie
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love

1994

4.6

Movie
Revenge of the Red Baron

Revenge of the Red Baron

1994

2.6

Movie
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Rhett & Link's Buddy System

2016

7.3

TV
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

1998

4.7

Movie
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Scrubs

2001

8.0

TV
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Seinfeld

1989

8.3

TV
Slackers

Slackers

2002

5.1

Movie
Spy

Spy

2015

6.8

Movie
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023

7.7

Movie
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Talkshow with Spike Feresten

2006

5.5

TV
The Boss

The Boss

2016

5.8

Movie
The Crazysitter

The Crazysitter

1994

4.9

Movie
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The Drew Carey Show

1995

6.5

TV
The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders

2018

5.7

Movie
The Heat

The Heat

2013

6.6

Movie
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The John Larroquette Show

1993

6.7

TV
The Pursuit Of Victory

The Pursuit Of Victory

0.0

Movie
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The Sex Lives of College Girls

2021

7.2

TV
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
The Unborn II

The Unborn II

1994

4.1

Movie
Twisted Love

Twisted Love

1995

0.0

Movie
Uncaged

Uncaged

1991

5.0

Movie
Virtual Seduction

Virtual Seduction

1995

3.6

Movie
Watchers II

Watchers II

1990

4.9

Movie
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Web Therapy

2008

7.5

TV
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Web Therapy

2011

7.0

TV
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What We Do in the Shadows

2019

8.0

TV