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Michael McKean

Michael John McKean is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and musician known for various roles in film and television such as Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley, David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap, and Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul.

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Filmography

10 Rules for Sleeping Around

2014
as Jeffrey Fields

100 Mile Rule

2002
as Howard

1941

1979
as Willy

21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014
as Himself

50 Years of Star Trek

2016
as himself

A Mighty Wind

2003
as Jerry Palter

Across the Moon

1994
as Frank

Adventures of Power

2008
as Harlan

Airheads

1994
as Milo Jackson

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

2003
as William Christy Cabanne

Arnie the Doughnut

2005
as Narrator

Auto Focus

2002
as Video Executive

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)

Beautiful

2000
as Lance DeSalvo

Best in Show

2000
as Stefan Vanderhoof

Book of Love

1990

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

1997
as Bill Case

Clue

1985
as Mr. Green

Coneheads

1993
as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985
as Andy Richardson

Daddio

2019
as Paul

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001
as Bird (voice)

Earth Girls Are Easy

1988
as Woody

Edie & Pen

1996
as Rick

Final Justice

1998
as Merle Hammond

Flashback

1990
as Hal Cresciman

For Your Consideration

2006
as Lane Iverson

Haunted Lighthouse

2003
as Captain Van Legge

Hider in the House

1989
as Phil Dreyer

Imps*

1983
as Fritz #2

Jack

1996
as Paulie

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022
as Howard

Joshua

2007
as Chester

Kill the Man

1999
as Mr. Livingston

Light of Day

1987
as Bu Montgomery

Likely Stories Vol. 1

1981

Little Nicky

2000
as Chief of Police

MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice

1994
as Ozzie Evans

Man Trouble

1992
as Eddy Revere

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992
as George Talbot

My First Mister

2001
as Bob

My Little Pony: A New Generation

2021
as Argyle (voice)

Mystery, Alaska

1999
as Mr. Walsh

Never Again

2002
as Alex The Transvestite

No Strings Attached

1997
as Elliot Lewis

Nothing to Lose

1997
as Phillip "P.B." Barrow

Observatory Blues

2017
as Jim

Pink Skies Ahead

2020
as Richard

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987
as State Trooper

Portrait of a White Marriage

1988
as Reverend Prufrock

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010
as Angel Joseph

Radioland Murders

1994
as Rick Rochester

Relative Strangers

2006
as Ken Hyman

Sesame Street: Learning Rocks

2014
as Virgil Von Vivald

Short Circuit 2

1988
as Fred Ritter

Slap Her... She's French

2002
as Monsieur Duke

Small Soldiers

1998
as Insaniac / Freakenstein

Snowden's Christmas

1999
as Drummer

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

2009
as David St. Hubbins

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

1994
as David St. Hubbins

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999
as Principal Potter

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2002
as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton

That Darn Cat

1997
as Peter Randall

The Aristocrats

2005
as Himself

The Big Picture

1989
as Emmet Sumner

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995
as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer

The Grand

2007
as Steve Lavisch

The Guru

2002
as Dwain

The Harry Smith Project Live

2006
as Jerry Palter

The History of White People in America: Volume II

1986
as Rev. Prufrock

The Homefront

1998
as J.P. Bigelow

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

2002
as Sarousch (voice)

The Meddler

2016
as Mark

The Pass

1998
as Willie L.

The Producers

2005
as Prison Trustee

The Return of Spinal Tap

1992
as David St. Hubbins

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004
as David St. Hubbins

The Sunshine Boys

1996
as Scott Grogan

The Words

2012
as Nelson Wylie

This Is Spinal Tap

1984
as David St. Hubbins

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time - Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020
as Michael McKean

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time - Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020
as Self

True Crime

1999
as Réverend Shillerman

Unwigged and Unplugged: Live in Concert

2009
as Michael McKean

Used Cars

1980
as Eddie Winslow

Whatever Works

2009
as Joe - Boris' Friend #3

Young Doctors in Love

1982
as Dr. Simon August

Writer

Movie The Big Picture 1989
Movie The Return of Spinal Tap 1992
Movie This Is Spinal Tap 1984