Michael McKean
Department: Acting
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
Light of Day
1987
Earth Girls Are Easy
1988
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
Adventures of Power
2008
That Darn Cat
1997
1941
1979
Joshua
2007
Small Soldiers
1998
Nothing to Lose
1997
Radioland Murders
1994
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Short Circuit 2
1988
The Guru
2002
My First Mister
2001
Coneheads
1993
Flashback
1990
Little Nicky
2000
A Mighty Wind
2003
The Producers
2005
Airheads
1994
Imps*
1983
Best in Show
2000
Auto Focus
2002
Used Cars
1980
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
2006
For Your Consideration
2006
Clue
1985
The Aristocrats
2005
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
Young Doctors in Love
1982
Book of Love
1990
Whatever Works
2009
The Words
2012
Johnny Appleseed
1986
Davy Crockett
1986
Hider in the House
1989
Pure Country 2: The Gift
2010
Never Again
2001
Double Agent
1987
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013
Cracking Up
1977
The Pass
1998
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
The Sunshine Boys
1996
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
1998
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild
1996
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
2013
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
A Father's Homecoming
1988
True Crime
1999
Final Justice
1998
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002
Snowden's Christmas
1999
Arnie the Doughnut
2005
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
Edie & Pen
1996
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
Classified Love
1986
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022
No Strings Attached
1997
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
Murder in High Places
1991
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
The Meddler
2016
The Grand
2007
Daniel and the Towers
1987
The Big Picture
1989
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Slap Her... She's French
2002
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Beautiful
2000
Candor City Hospital
2005
Kill the Man
1999
Man Trouble
1992
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
The Thick of It
2007
Mystery, Alaska
1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007
100 Mile Rule
2002
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2013
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
Across the Moon
1994
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
Relative Strangers
2006
Jack
1996
Daddio
2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019
MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
1994
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Pink Skies Ahead
2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
With Friends Like These
1998
Playing God
2021
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
More Than Friends
1978
Still Breathing
1997
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
In Memoriam
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101 Dalmatians Christmas
1998
True Identity
1991
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
—
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Jaws
1975
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Simpsons
1989
Batman Beyond
1999
Hey Arnold!
1996
Law & Order
1990
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Castle
2009
Family Guy
1999
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
Dream On
1990
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Weird Al Show
1997
Help Me Help You
2006
Providence
1999
Friends
1994
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Alias
2001
Boy Meets World
1993
The Unit
2006
The Nanny
1993
The View
1997
Tracey Takes On...
1996
LateLine
1998
Strip Mall
2000
Happy Days
1974
Jeopardy!
1984
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Laverne & Shirley
1976
The Early Show
1999
The X-Files
1993
Smallville
2001
The Zeta Project
2001
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
The New Batman Adventures
1997
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Huntress
2000
Boston Legal
2004
Fridays
1980
Jungle Cubs
1996
Grand
1990
Rugrats
2021
Where Are They Now?
1999
Primetime Glick
2001
Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
1999
Hopeless Pictures
2005
Off the Map
2011
The Simpsons
1989
Glory Daze
2010
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Diplomat
2023
Justice League
2001
Talking Saul
2016
Better Call Saul
2015
Family Guy
1999
Childrens Hospital
2008
Drunk History
2013
Oswald
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Law & Order
1990
Saturday Night Live
1975
As Told by Ginger
2000
Billions
2016
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Road Rovers
1996
The 7D
2014
Food: Fact or Fiction?
2015
101 Dalmatianere
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Dinah!
1974
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Breeders
2020
The Good Place
2016
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Dinosaurs
1991
Animaniacs
1993
Veep
2012
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
ThunderCats
2011
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
American Dad!
2005
Homeland
2011
Grace and Frankie
2015
Happy Endings
2011
Goodtime Girls
1980
Veronica's Closet
1997
Caroline in the City
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
Clerks
2000
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Good Omens
2019
Family Tree
2013
Duckman
1994
Animaniacs
1993
The Diplomat
2023
Saturday Night Live
1975
Pinky and the Brain
1995
The Oscars
1953
Sessions
1991
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Late Show with David Letterman
1993