Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

1950-07-11 San Antonio, Texas, USA 106 Credits

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.

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Black Zone

Black Zone

2025

as General Bruce Wright

Acting

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

Buried in Barstow

2022

as Von

7.2
Acting

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

American Underdog

2021

as Jim Foster

7.1
Acting

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

Blue Miracle

2021

as Wayne Bisbee

7.4
Acting

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

Belushi

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

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

The Big Ugly

2020

as Milt

5.0
Acting

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

Poms

2019

as Chief Carl

6.6
Acting

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

The Best of Enemies

2019

as Carvie Oldham

7.4
Acting

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

Ride Along 2

2016

as Lt. Brooks

6.3
Acting

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

Run All Night

2015

as Pat Mullen

6.4
Acting

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

Ride Along

2014

as Lt. Brooks

6.3
Acting

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

Troubled Waters

2013

as Jerry Paar

3.5
Acting

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

Lincoln

2012

as Edwin Stanton

6.9
Acting

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!

FDR: American Badass!

2012

as Louis

5.2
Acting

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

Unconditional

2012

as Detective Miller

6.6
Acting

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

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012

as President Calvin Coolidge

6.8
Acting

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

Me Again

2011

as Big Earl

5.3
Acting

Things don't go as expected when a disenchanted pastor wishes for a different life.

Apart

Apart

2011

as Dr. Thomas Abner

4.0
Acting

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!

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

2010

as John Williams (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

Fair Game

2010

as Jim Pavitt

6.5
Acting

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

The Perfect Game

2009

as Mr. Tanner

7.1
Acting

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

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

as Jonas Cantrell

7.4
Acting

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

Held Hostage

2009

as Ben Summers

4.4
Acting

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

Imagine That

2009

as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

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

From Mexico With Love

2009

as Billy

5.2
Acting

A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.

Obsessed

Obsessed

2009

as Joe Gage

5.8
Acting

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.

W.

2008

as George Tenet

6.2
Acting

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

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary about the making of Animal House

Recount

Recount

2008

as Mac Stipanovich

6.8
Acting

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

A Line in the Sand

2008

as Marty Kopac

Acting

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

Vantage Point

2008

as Phil McCullough

6.4
Acting

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

The Lookout

2007

as Robert Pratt

6.7
Acting

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

The Good Life

2007

as Frank Jones

6.5
Acting

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

Area 57

2007

as Gen. Keller

6.7
Acting

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

Humble Pie

2007

as Mr. Grigoratus

6.4
Acting

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

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

2006

as Gen. Norman T. Vance

4.8
Acting

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

Elizabethtown

2005

as Bill Banyon

6.2
Acting

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

Slow Burn

2005

as Godfrey

5.3
Acting

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

Cinderella Man

2005

as Jimmy Johnston

7.6
Acting

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

Collateral

2004

as Frank Pedrosa

7.2
Acting

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

Path to War

2003

as George Ball

6.7
Acting

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

Matchstick Men

2003

as Chuck Frechette

7.0
Acting

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

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

2003

as Stanford Marks

5.7
Acting

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

Runaway Jury

2003

as Judge Harkin

6.9
Acting

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

Live from Baghdad

2002

as Peter Arnett

6.7
Acting

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

The Sum of All Fears

2002

as National Security Advisor Revell

6.4
Acting

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

Ali

2001

as Bradley

6.8
Acting

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

Shallow Hal

2001

as Reverend Larson

6.2
Acting

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*

61*

2001

as Ralph Houk

7.0
Acting

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

Exit Wounds

2001

as Frank Daniels

5.8
Acting

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

8.0
Acting

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

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

2001

as Jonas Scatter

5.7
Acting

The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000

as Walter Hagen

6.6
Acting

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

Deep Core

2000

as Sam Dalton

3.6
Acting

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

Running Mates

2000

as Sen. Mitchell Morris

5.2
Acting

A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.

The Insider

The Insider

1999

as Ron Motley

7.5
Acting

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

A Dog of Flanders

1999

as William

6.3
Acting

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

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

1998

as Sheriff Rick

7.6
Acting

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

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

1998

as Self - D-Day

7.0
Acting

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

Ground Control

1998

as T.C. Bryant

5.6
Acting

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

Letters from a Killer

1998

as Brinker

5.3
Acting

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

Everything That Rises

1998

as Alan jamison

4.7
Acting

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

Lawn Dogs

Lawn Dogs

1997

as Nash

7.1
Acting

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

Rosewood

Rosewood

1997

as Duke Purdy

6.5
Acting

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

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1996

as Dr. Fred Williams

5.0
Acting

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

Black Sheep

1996

as Neuschwander

6.1
Acting

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

Perfect Alibi

1995

3.5
Acting

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

The Good Old Boys

1995

as City Marshall

6.7
Acting

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

4.3
Acting

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

Timecop

1994

as Commander Eugene Matuzak

6.0
Acting

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

A Perfect World

1993

as Paul Saunders

7.5
Acting

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

Shameful Secrets

1993

as Judge Ian Greenstein

5.8
Acting

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

Cliffhanger

1993

as Treasury Agent

6.5
Acting

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

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

1993

as Morgan

7.4
Acting

Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. ...

Play Nice

Play Nice

1992

as Captain Foxx

4.4
Acting

A serial killer is on the loose, and a cop must track him (or her) down.

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

1992

as Dan Ryan

3.9
Acting

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

My Cousin Vinny

1992

as Sheriff Farley

7.5
Acting

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

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992

as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak

5.8
Acting

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

The Last Boy Scout

1991

as Mike Matthews

6.8
Acting

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

The Perfect Tribute

1991

as Lamon

6.0
Acting

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

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance

1991

as Shifton

7.0
Acting

A San Antonio, Texas policeman must stop his best friend, a fellow officer turned vigilante.

Little Vegas

Little Vegas

1990

as Harvey

1.0
Acting

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

Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

1990

as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara

5.0
Acting

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

The Easter Story

1990

as (voice)

7.5
Acting

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

Out Cold

1989

as Ernie

5.9
Acting

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

Three Fugitives

1989

as Charlie

6.7
Acting

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

End of the Line

1987

as Billy Haney

5.2
Acting

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

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1987

as Vernon Gage

5.3
Acting

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

Waiting for the Moon

1987

as Ernest Hemingway

5.0
Acting

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

The Last Innocent Man

1987

as Burt Matson

5.2
Acting

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

The Secret of My Success

1987

as W. Shaw (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

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

No Mercy

1986

as Lt. Hall

5.8
Acting

An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

Club Paradise

Club Paradise

1986

as Dave the Fireman

5.1
Acting

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

As Summers Die

1986

as V.D. Skinner

6.2
Acting

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

Wildcats

1986

as Dan Darwell

6.2
Acting

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

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

1985

as Edward Philbrick

Acting

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

Into the Night

1985

as Charlie

6.5
Acting

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

Silkwood

1983

as Mace Hurley

7.0
Acting

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

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

as Reporter Blakely

6.9
Acting

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

Tough Enough

1983

as Tony Fallon

5.1
Acting

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

The Hand

1981

as Brian Ferguson

6.0
Acting

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

A Whale for the Killing

1981

as Glenn

7.0
Acting

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

Animal House

1978

as Daniel Simpson Day

7.0
Acting

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.

F.I.S.T.

1978

as Hitman (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

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

Citizens Band

1977

as Blood

5.2
Acting

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

Waiting Game

Waiting Game

N/A

as Mel

Acting

A young man taking care of his terminally ill father must decide whether to help his father end his own life.