Biography
Bruce Travis McGill is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as D-Day in National Lampoon's Animal House. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce McGill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Black Zone
2025
as General Bruce Wright
An unknown object crashes and disables all electronics within a fifty mile radius, later causing extreme manias to surface within the affected populat...

Buried in Barstow
2022
as Von
Follows Hazel King, a single mother determined to protect her daughter from the life she once had while defending and protecting those who can't prote...

American Underdog
2021
as Jim Foster
The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.

Blue Miracle
2021
as Wayne Bisbee
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competiti...

Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short lif...

The Big Ugly
2020
as Milt
Neeyln has always been the loyal enforcer for crime boss Harris back in London, taking care of problems and people that disrupt his illicit business. ...

Poms
2019
as Chief Carl
After moving to a retirement community, loner Martha eventually befriends her fun-loving neighbor, Sheryl, and forms a cheerleading club for young-at-...

The Best of Enemies
2019
as Carvie Oldham
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctan...

Ride Along 2
2016
as Lt. Brooks
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of ...

Run All Night
2015
as Pat Mullen
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—...

Ride Along
2014
as Lt. Brooks
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game jun...

Troubled Waters
2013
as Jerry Paar
The story of a comedian, Ron Waters, who is a Richard Pryor-type of entertainer who makes commentary about the world rather than one-liners. After a s...

Lincoln
2012
as Edwin Stanton
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...

FDR: American Badass!
2012
as Louis
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying...

Unconditional
2012
as Detective Miller
Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she’s happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she’s tol...

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
as President Calvin Coolidge
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

Me Again
2011
as Big Earl
Things don't go as expected when a disenchanted pastor wishes for a different life.

Apart
2011
as Dr. Thomas Abner
Linked by a rare psychological disorder, Noah Greene and Emily Gates must uncover the mystery of a tragic past in order to find hope for the future.

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010
as John Williams (voice)
With the Griffins stuck again at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.”

Fair Game
2010
as Jim Pavitt
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at ris...

The Perfect Game
2009
as Mr. Tanner
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

Law Abiding Citizen
2009
as Jonas Cantrell
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer...

Held Hostage
2009
as Ben Summers
Michelle a single mother is kidnapped by three masked men and held hostage until she is forced to rob a bank which is the only option she has to savin...

Imagine That
2009
as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

From Mexico With Love
2009
as Billy
A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.

Obsessed
2009
as Joe Gage
Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has a wonderful marriage with his beautiful wife, Sharon....

W.
2008
as George Tenet
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up...

Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
Documentary about the making of Animal House

Recount
2008
as Mac Stipanovich
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...

A Line in the Sand
2008
as Marty Kopac
A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal with a tormented man thrown into the cage after urinati...

Vantage Point
2008
as Phil McCullough
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have ...

The Lookout
2007
as Robert Pratt
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he ...

The Good Life
2007
as Frank Jones
A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectionist living in Nebraska. His encounters with vario...

Area 57
2007
as Gen. Keller
A comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.

Humble Pie
2007
as Mr. Grigoratus
At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people ...

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as Gen. Norman T. Vance
Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...

Elizabethtown
2005
as Bill Banyon
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend...

Slow Burn
2005
as Godfrey
A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an at...

Cinderella Man
2005
as Jimmy Johnston
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Collateral
2004
as Frank Pedrosa
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

Path to War
2003
as George Ball
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside t...

Matchstick Men
2003
as Chuck Frechette
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Stanford Marks
Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test...

Runaway Jury
2003
as Judge Harkin
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, w...

Live from Baghdad
2002
as Peter Arnett
A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winni...

The Sum of All Fears
2002
as National Security Advisor Revell
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia a...

Ali
2001
as Bradley
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...

Shallow Hal
2001
as Reverend Larson
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected...

61*
2001
as Ralph Houk
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally ha...

Exit Wounds
2001
as Frank Daniels
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds ...
Inside The Osmonds
2001
as George Osmond
The story of the personal lives and professional careers of the show-business family The Osmonds, and how the stresses and strains of their careers an...

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
as Jonas Scatter
The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.

The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
as Walter Hagen
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tourn...

Deep Core
2000
as Sam Dalton
A powerful laser machine rips the core of the earth causing earthquakes and tsunamis, and only one man and his team can save the planet from destructi...

Running Mates
2000
as Sen. Mitchell Morris
A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.

The Insider
1999
as Ron Motley
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

A Dog of Flanders
1999
as William
Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flem...

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998
as Sheriff Rick
A small-town cat-and-dog detective duo investigate a new neighbor who they believe may have committed a murder, but the snag is, locals are attempting...

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - D-Day
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...

Ground Control
1998
as T.C. Bryant
An air-traffic controller quits after a plane crash but, years later, goes to help an airport that is in the path of a terrible storm.

Letters from a Killer
1998
as Brinker
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his se...

Everything That Rises
1998
as Alan jamison
His son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.

Lawn Dogs
1997
as Nash
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb...

Rosewood
1997
as Duke Purdy
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Shadow of a Doubt
1996
as Dr. Fred Williams
Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdau...

Black Sheep
1996
as Neuschwander
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media...

Perfect Alibi
1995
Melanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from Fra...

The Good Old Boys
1995
as City Marshall
An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
1995
as James Konklin
Designed as an interactive movie, it is approximately 20 to 30 minutes long, depending on audience interaction. It requires the audience to vote for v...

Timecop
1994
as Commander Eugene Matuzak
In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

A Perfect World
1993
as Paul Saunders
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Shameful Secrets
1993
as Judge Ian Greenstein
A woman and her children seemingly live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the kids are being brutally abused...

Cliffhanger
1993
as Treasury Agent
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to r...

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
as Morgan
Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. ...

Play Nice
1992
as Captain Foxx
A serial killer is on the loose, and a cop must track him (or her) down.

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Dan Ryan
Sixteen-year-old Cassie Robbins is a spirited teenage girl, who loves her father Richard and stepmother Mel and dotes on her six-year-old half-brother...

My Cousin Vinny
1992
as Sheriff Farley
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortuna...

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak
Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on J...

The Last Boy Scout
1991
as Mike Matthews
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case...

The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Lamon
A boy risks life and limb to travel across the war-torn southern states of America during the height of hostilities in the Civil War, hoping to visit ...

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance
1991
as Shifton
A San Antonio, Texas policeman must stop his best friend, a fellow officer turned vigilante.

Little Vegas
1990
as Harvey
Quirky serio-comedy about the unusual residents of a desert trailer park that mobsters want to turn into a gambling mecca.

Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
1990
as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara
Dramatic recounting of the true story of Bostonians Charles and Carol Stuart and the events before and after October 23, 1989, the night of the latter...

The Easter Story
1990
as (voice)
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers—Derek, Margo, an...

Out Cold
1989
as Ernie
Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private inve...

Three Fugitives
1989
as Charlie
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decide...

End of the Line
1987
as Billy Haney
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
as Vernon Gage
An alien lands on Earth, and decides that he needs to a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can return to his home planet.

Waiting for the Moon
1987
as Ernest Hemingway
Fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples: Stein & Toklas. Summer 1930s France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fer...

The Last Innocent Man
1987
as Burt Matson
A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.

The Secret of My Success
1987
as W. Shaw (uncredited)
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and gir...

No Mercy
1986
as Lt. Hall
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

Club Paradise
1986
as Dave the Fireman
When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they...

As Summers Die
1986
as V.D. Skinner
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threate...

Wildcats
1986
as Dan Darwell
High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant,...

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Edward Philbrick
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners f...

Into the Night
1985
as Charlie
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Silkwood
1983
as Mace Hurley
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possi...

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as Reporter Blakely
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in d...

Tough Enough
1983
as Tony Fallon
An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some...

The Hand
1981
as Brian Ferguson
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon retur...

A Whale for the Killing
1981
as Glenn
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a t...

Animal House
1978
as Daniel Simpson Day
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

F.I.S.T.
1978
as Hitman (uncredited)
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher ...

Citizens Band
1977
as Blood
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.

Waiting Game
N/A
as Mel
A young man taking care of his terminally ill father must decide whether to help his father end his own life.