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Michael McKean(I)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Composer
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Michael McKean | Career Retrospective
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McKean was born in New York City at Manhattan Women's Hospital, now part of the Mt. Sinai St. Luke's complex on Amsterdam Avenue. He is the son of Ruth Stewart McKean, a librarian, and Gilbert S. McKean, one of the founders of Decca Records, and was raised in Sea Cliff, New York, on Long Island. McKean is of Irish, English, Scottish, and some German and Dutch descent. He graduated from high school in 1965. In early 1967, he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band The Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy" single (B-side: "And Suddenly").
BornOctober 17, 1947
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BornOctober 17, 1947
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

Photos255

Nicholas Bearde, Graham Beckel, John Finn, Bernard Hill, Michael McKean, and Kelvin Han Yee in True Crime (1999)
Michael McKean in True Crime (1999)
Michael McKean in Better Call Saul (2015)
Michael McKean and Rhea Seehorn in Better Call Saul (2015)
Annette Bening, Ann Harada, Michael McKean, Subhash Mandal, and Lindsay Rootare in Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022)
Michael McKean in Good Omens (2019)
Michael McKean in Better Call Saul (2015)
Michael McKean and Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul (2015)
Michael McKean and Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul (2015)
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer in A Mighty Wind (2003)
Michael McKean in A Mighty Wind (2003)
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer in A Mighty Wind (2003)

Known for

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, R.J. Parnell, Harry Shearer, Spinal Tap, and David Kaff in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap
7.9
  • David St. Hubbins
  • 1984
Parker Posey, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Dooley, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Christopher Moynihan, and Harry Shearer in A Mighty Wind (2003)
A Mighty Wind
7.2
  • Jerry Palter
  • 2003
Clue (1985)
Clue
7.2
  • Mr. Green
  • 1985
Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul (2015)
Better Call Saul
8.9
TV Series
  • Chuck McGill

Credits

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Actor

  • Scoob!: Holiday Haunt
    • (voice)
    • Completed
  • Spinal Tap II
    • Pre-production
  • Daniel Radcliffe in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
  • Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul (2015)
    Better Call Saul
  • Annette Bening and Bryan Cranston in Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022)
    Jerry and Marge Go Large
  • Grace and Frankie (2015)
    Grace and Frankie
  • Rugrats (2021)
    Rugrats
    • (voice) ...
  • Billions (2016)
    Billions
  • James Marsden, Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, Sofia Carson, and Liza Koshy in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021)
    My Little Pony: A New Generation
    • (voice)
  • Playing God (2021)
    Playing God
  • Delilah
  • Jessica Barden and Odeya Rush in Pink Skies Ahead (2020)
    Pink Skies Ahead
  • Helpsters (2019)
    Helpsters
  • At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)
    At Home with Amy Sedaris
  • Martin Freeman, Daisy Haggard, Alex Eastwood, and Eve Prenelle in Breeders (2020)
    Breeders
  • Michael McKean and Casey Wilson in Daddio (2019)
    Daddio
  • Michael Sheen and David Tennant in Good Omens (2019)
    Good Omens

Director

  • Tracey Ullman in Tracey Takes On... (1996)
    Tracey Takes On...
  • Dream On (1990)
    Dream On
  • Kevin Pollak and Bob Amaral in Morton & Hayes (1991)
    Morton & Hayes
  • The Rich Hall Show
  • Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams in Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley

Composer

  • Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
  • Waiting for Guffman (1996)
    Waiting for Guffman
  • Spinal Tap: Break Like the Wind - The Videos
    • (as David St. Hubbins)
  • A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992)
    A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
  • Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, R.J. Parnell, Harry Shearer, Spinal Tap, and David Kaff in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
    This Is Spinal Tap
  • Inland Sea Odyssey
    • (as Michael John McKean)

Videos47

Michael McKean Got Tricked by Vince Gilligan and Can't Embarrass Bob Odenkirk
Full Episode 7:44
Michael McKean Got Tricked by Vince Gilligan and Can't Embarrass Bob Odenkirk
Michael McKean | Career Retrospective
Clip 1:32
Michael McKean | Career Retrospective
The Meddler
Clip 1:13
The Meddler
The Meddler
Clip 1:40
The Meddler
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
Clip 1:23
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
Clip 1:00
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
Clip 1:31
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
Clip 1:23
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: 2 Movie Collection
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:23
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:15
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Trailer
Trailer 1:39
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Extender Trailer
Trailer 6:32
Extender Trailer

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Official Site
    • Official Site - Spinal Tap
    • October 17, 1947
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • Annette O'TooleMarch 20, 1999 - present
  • Other works
    Part of Los Angeles radio comedy group The Credibility Gap, which produced comedy shows and albums from the late 1960s into the mid-'70s. Other members included Harry Shearer, David L. Lander and the late Richard Beebe. They even appeared in nightclubs and on television. They did an episode of the "National Lampoon Radio Hour." Also, their voices were heard in an educational film titled "Statistics At A Glance." The surviving members have even reunited twice. One of those times was at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 2 Pictorials

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Dan Aykroyd and McKean are the only ones to have appeared as musical guests, hosts and regulars on Saturday Night Live (1975).
  • Quotes
    [describing how he and wife Annette O'Toole go about writing a song's music and lyrics] When we've done it - and this sounds like I'm talking about sex, doesn't it? - we've done it every way you can.
    • Lenny Kosnowski's "Lone Wolf" jacket on Laverne & Shirley (1976)

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