Michael McDonald
Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1964
Place of birth: Fullerton, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
50 movies · 56 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Portal to Hell
2025
5.4
It's Florida, Man.
2024
6.2
English Teacher
2024
5.9
Mother of the Bride
2024
5.5
Good Times
2024
7.0
Not Dead Yet
2023
7.8
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023
6.2
God's Favorite Idiot
2022
6.4
How I Met Your Father
2022
7.2
The Sex Lives of College Girls
2021
6.4
Halloween Kills
2021
6.6
Home Economics
2021
7.8
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
2021
7.0
Outmatched
2020
7.4
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
2019
8.0
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
5.8
The Happytime Murders
2018
5.2
25 Words or Less
2018
6.2
Powerless
2017
6.8
Man with a Plan
2016
7.0
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
2016
7.7
American Housewife
2016
8.0
The Good Place
2016
5.3
Ghostbusters
2016
7.8
The Loud House
2016
5.8
The Boss
2016
6.8
Spy
2015
6.9
Benched
2014
5.9
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
8.2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
6.6
The Heat
2013
6.7
Save Me
2013
6.6
Men at Work
2012
6.6
House of Lies
2012
7.2
2 Broke Girls
2011
6.6
Web Therapy
2011
6.7
Mike & Molly
2010
3.5
Michael McDonald: Model. Citizen.
2010
6.5
Cougar Town
2009
8.0
Community
2009
4.9
Kath & Kim
2008
7.5
Web Therapy
2008
7.9
Pushing Daisies
2007
7.1
Reaper
2007
6.3
Head Case
2007
5.5
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006
7.1
Hannah Montana
2006
5.0
Moonpie
2006
5.3
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
5.0
Fat Actress
2005
4.3
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
5.3
Outing Riley
2004
7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
5.1
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003
7.5
Clone High
2002
6.0
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
6.1
Greg the Bunny
2002
5.2
Slackers
2002
8.2
Scrubs
2001
8.5
Invader ZIM
2001
6.3
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
4.7
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998
5.9
Casper Meets Wendy
1998
3.8
Men in White
1998
6.9
Alien Avengers II
1997
5.5
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
6.6
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
4.0
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
1996
6.4
7th Heaven
1996
6.5
Alien Avengers
1996
4.8
Criminal Hearts
1996
7.1
MADtv
1995
4.3
Bloodfist 7: Manhunt
1995
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
1995
5.0
A Bucket of Blood
1995
4.5
Twisted Love
1995
4.3
Virtual Seduction
1995
5.0
Sherman Oaks
1995
7.4
NewsRadio
1995
5.2
Hideaway
1995
4.3
Carnosaur 2
1995
4.8
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero
1995
5.3
The Crazysitter
1994
3.0
Revenge of the Red Baron
1994
5.5
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
1994
4.6
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994
4.6
The Unborn II
1994
5.4
Leprechaun 2
1994
6.1
Ellen
1994
5.1
Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994
6.8
The John Larroquette Show
1993
5.3
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992
4.6
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992
4.0
Final Judgement
1992
3.4
Body Waves
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
4.4
Dance with Death
1992
3.9
In the Heat of Passion
1992
4.5
Uncaged
1991
4.7
Watchers II
1990
6.7
Family Matters
1989
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Pursuit Of Victory
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Beautiful People
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