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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2025
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2012
Law & Order
2008
The Simpsons
1999
Family Guy
2002
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
American Dad!
2013
The Mike Douglas Show
1977
Saturday Night Live
1994
Jeopardy!
2006
The View
2003
Smallville
2003

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
245
Directing
3
Writing
7
Producing
2
Sound
6
2026
In Memoriam
2026
The Oscars
as Self
2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
as Michael Finney
2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as David St. Hubbins
2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as David St. Hubbins - Guest/Musical Guest
2025
The Diplomat
as President William Rayburn (archive footage)
2025
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2023
The Diplomat
as President William Rayburn
2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Howard
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Sleazy MC
2022
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self
2022
Billions
as Melville Revere
2021
Playing God
as Frank
2021
My Little Pony: A New Generation
as Argyle (voice)
2021
Rugrats
as Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020
Pink Skies Ahead
as Richard
2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
as Self
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
2020
Breeders
as Michael
2020
Grace and Frankie
as Jack
2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
as Self
2019
Daddio
as Paul
2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Veep
as Governor Ballentine
2019
Good Omens
as Sergeant Shadwell
2018
The Good Place
as Doug Forcett
2017
Talking Saul
as Self - Guest
2016
The Meddler
as Mark
2016
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2016
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Lonnie (voice)
2015
Better Call Saul
as Chuck McGill
2015
Drunk History
as Carl Laemmle
2015
Food: Fact or Fiction?
as Himself
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
2014
The 7D
as Uncle Humidor (voice)
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
as Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2013
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
as Jeffrey Fields
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2013
American Dad!
as Emperor Zing (voice)
2013
Family Tree
as Keith Chadwick
2012
The Words
as Nelson Wylie
2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Kurt Sandow
2012
ThunderCats
as Vultaire (voice)
2012
Happy Endings
as Big Dave
2012
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Captain Frostymug (voice)
2011
Castle
as Victor Baron
2011
Off the Map
as Ed Greenman
2011
Childrens Hospital
as Death
2011
Homeland
as Jeffrey Turner
2010
Pure Country 2: The Gift
as Angel Joseph
2010
Glory Daze
as Stu
2009
Whatever Works
as Joe - Boris' Friend #3
2009
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
as David St. Hubbins
2009
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
as Self
2009
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
as David St. Hubbins
2008
Adventures of Power
as Harlan
2008
Law & Order
as Bill Nolan
2008
The Unit
as Dr. Donald Metz
2007
Joshua
as Chester
2007
The Grand
as Steve Lavisch
2007
The Thick of It
as Glen Glahm
2007
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
as Kalgoron (voice)
2007
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Matt Tessler
2006
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
as Dr. Flossman (voice)
2006
For Your Consideration
as Lane Iverson
2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Snow Miser
2006
Relative Strangers
as Ken Hyman
2006
Help Me Help You
2006
Jeopardy!
as Self
2006
Catscratch
as Groink (voice)
2005
The Producers
as Prison Trustee
2005
The Aristocrats
as Self
2005
Arnie the Doughnut
as Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
2005
Candor City Hospital
as Patient
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
Alias
as Atticus Liddell
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2005
Boston Legal
as Dwight Biddle
2005
Hopeless Pictures
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
as David St. Hubbins
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as William Christy Cabanne
2003
A Mighty Wind
as Jerry Palter
2003
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
as Captain Van Legge
2003
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
as Self
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2003
The View
as Self
2003
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
2003
Smallville
as Perry White
2002
The Guru
as Dwain
2002
Auto Focus
as Video Executive
2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
as Sarousch (voice)
2002
Slap Her... She's French
as Monsieur Duke
2002
100 Mile Rule
as Howard
2002
Family Guy
as Pengrove Pig / Andy Rooney / Camel Salesman (voice)
2002
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
as Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
2002
The Zeta Project
2002
Justice League
as The Sportsman / Sgt. O'Shaughnessey (voice)
2002
As Told by Ginger
as Bobby Lightfoot (voice)
2002
Clerks
as Professor Ram / Creepy Old Guy (voice)
2001
My First Mister
as Bob
2001
Never Again
as Alex The Transvestite
2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic
as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Bird (voice)
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
as Mr. Bream (voice)
2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
as Self
2001
Strip Mall
2001
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Primetime Glick
as Adrien Van Voorhees
2001
Oswald
as Louie (voice)
2000
Little Nicky
as Chief of Police
2000
Best in Show
as Stefan Vanderhoof
2000
Beautiful
as Lance DeSalvo
2000
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
as David St. Hubbins
2000
Batman Beyond
as Ian Peek (voice)
2000
The Early Show
as David St. Hubbins
2000
The Huntress
2000
Where Are They Now?
as Self
2000
Family Guy
as Pawtucket Pat (voice)
2000
Law & Order
as Elias Grace
1999
True Crime
as Réverend Shillerman
1999
Snowden's Christmas
as Drummer (voice)
1999
Kill the Man
as Mr. Livingston
1999
Mystery, Alaska
as Mr. Walsh
1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Principal Potter
1999
The Simpsons
as Jerry Rude (voice)
1999
Hey Arnold!
1999
Providence
as Sherman Smith
1999
Boy Meets World
as Jedediah Lawrence
1999
Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
1998
Small Soldiers
as Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
1998
The Pass
as Willie L.
1998
Archibald the Rainbow Painter
as J.P. Bigelow
1998
Final Justice
as Merle Hammond
1998
With Friends Like These
as Maxwell Hersh
1998
101 Dalmatians Christmas
as Jasper Badun
1998
LateLine
1998
The X-Files
as Morris Fletcher
1998
The New Batman Adventures
as 50's Joker (voice)
1998
Veronica's Closet
as Dave Whitby
1998
Mr. Show with Bob and David
as Professor Peens
1998
Animaniacs
as Neivel Nosenest (voice)
1997
That Darn Cat
as Peter Randall
1997
Nothing to Lose
as Phillip "P.B." Barrow
1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Bill Case
1997
No Strings Attached
as Elliot Lewis
1997
Still Breathing
as New Mark
1997
The Weird Al Show
as Miner
1997
Road Rovers
as Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)
1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series
as Jasper Badun (voice)
1997
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1997
Saturday Night Live
as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1996
The Sunshine Boys
as Scott Grogan
1996
Jungle Cubs (Volume 1): Born to be Wild
as (Voice)
1996
Edie & Pen
as Rick
1996
Jack
as Paulie
1996
Star Trek: Voyager
as The Clown
1996
Tracey Takes On...
as Barry
1996
Jungle Cubs
1996
Caroline in the City
as Father Damian
1996
Pinky and the Brain
as Toll Collector (voice)
1995
The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
1995
Friends
as Mr. Rastatter
1995
The Nanny
as Noel Babcock
1995
Dinosaurs
as Les (voice)
1995
Dinosaurs
as Inspector (voice)
1995
Dinosaurs
as Hank (voice)
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1994
Radioland Murders
as Rick Rochester
1994
Airheads
as Milo Jackson
1994
Across the Moon
as Frank
1994
MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
as Ozzie Evans
1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Dr. Fabian Leek
1994
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1994
Dinosaurs
as Ed (voice)
1994
Dinosaurs
as Police Chief Parish (voice)
1994
Dinosaurs
as Bryant (voice)
1994
Dinosaurs
as Ansel (voice)
1994
Dinosaurs
as Dr. Herder (voice)
1994
Duckman
as Bob Hiney (voice)
1994
Animaniacs
as Jake (voice)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Coneheads
as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
1993
Dinosaurs
as Mr. Myman (voice)
1993
Dinosaurs
as Kyle (voice)
1993
Animaniacs
as Spink (voice)
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as George Talbot
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
as David St. Hubbins
1992
Man Trouble
as Eddy Revere
1992
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
as David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
1992
The Simpsons
as David St. Hubbins (voice)
1992
Dinosaurs
as Guy in the Lab Coat (voice)
1992
Dinosaurs
as Officer Bettleheim (voice)
1991
Amnesty International's Big 30
as David St. Hubbins
1991
Murder in High Places
as Pettibone
1991
True Identity
as Harvey Cooper
1991
Dream On
as Gibby Fiske
1991
Sessions
as Dan Carver
1990
Flashback
as Hal Cresciman
1990
Book of Love
as Adult Jack Twiller
1990
Murder, She Wrote
as Ross McKay
1990
Grand
as Tom Smithson
1989
Hider in the House
as Phil Dreyer
1989
The Big Picture
as Emmet Sumner
1988
Earth Girls Are Easy
as Woody
1988
Short Circuit 2
as Fred Ritter
1988
A Father's Homecoming
as Michael Fields
1988
Portrait of a White Marriage
as Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
1987
Light of Day
as Bu Montgomery
1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as State Trooper
1987
Double Agent
as Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder
1987
Daniel and the Towers
as Wexler Hatch
1986
Johnny Appleseed
as Mac Macintosh
1986
Davy Crockett
as Mr. Wallace
1986
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
as David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
1986
Classified Love
as Pete Newly
1986
The History of White People in America: Volume II
as Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Leslie (uncredited)
1986
Tall Tales & Legends
as Mac Macintosh
1986
Tall Tales & Legends
as Mr. Wallace
1985
Clue
as Mr. Green
1985
D.A.R.Y.L.
as Andy Richardson
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
as David St. Hubbins
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1984
Saturday Night Live
as David St. Hubbins (uncredited)
1983
Imps*
as Fritz #2
1982
Young Doctors in Love
as Dr. Simon August
1981
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
as David St. Hubbins
1981
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Fridays
as Self - Guest Host
1980
Used Cars
as Eddie Winslow
1980
Goodtime Girls
1979
1941
as Willy
1979
The T.V. Show
1979
Happy Days
1978
More Than Friends
as Terry Christopher
1977
Cracking Up
1977
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1976
Laverne & Shirley
as Lenny
1976
Dinah!
as Self
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
as David St. Hubbins
The Cackling of the Dodos