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
Complete Filmography

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
as David St. Hubbins
Spinal Tap, England's loudest and most punctual band, reunite following a 15-year hiatus for one final concert.

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022
as Self
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the...

Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
as Howard
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, M...

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
as Sleazy MC
Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid c...

My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
as Argyle (voice)
Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove ...

Playing God
2021
as Frank
A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.

Pink Skies Ahead
2020
as Richard
A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping out of school.

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.

Daddio
2019
as Paul
A tale of a daughter and her eccentric father, separately struggling to cope with a tragedy. When Dad comes to visit, they will have to work together ...

50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the ...

The Meddler
2016
as Mark
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily r...

21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; ...

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2013
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and co...

10 Rules for Sleeping Around
2013
as Jeffrey Fields
By following ten simple rules, 20-somethings Vince and Cameron spice up their relationship by sleeping around. But when their straitlaced friends get...

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013
as Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of St...

The Words
2012
as Nelson Wylie
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. The...

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice)
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But,...

Pure Country 2: The Gift
2010
as Angel Joseph
Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.

Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
as Self
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer perform songs from their films and other projects before a live audience in a concert that took pl...
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
as David St. Hubbins
Spinal Tap, having put Stonehenge on the map in their legendary song about the world heritage site, pay their first visit to the monument. As if drawn...

Whatever Works
2009
as Joe - Boris' Friend #3
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When...

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
as David St. Hubbins
The concept of Back from the Dead is that Spinal Tap has reunited in honor of the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and have launched an "unwigg...

Adventures of Power
2008
as Harlan
In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007
as Kalgoron (voice)
The Spider Queen wants to take revenge on Grim for denying her the rightful place as the Ripper.

The Grand
2007
as Steve Lavisch
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poke...

Joshua
2007
as Chester
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper...

The Thick Of It
2007
as Glen Glahm
A put-upon member of Congress is harassed by inept politicians. Based on the BBC series, "The Thick of It."

The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
as Snow Miser
Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the meaning of the holidays.

For Your Consideration
2006
as Lane Iverson
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star ...

Relative Strangers
2006
as Ken Hyman
An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
2006
as Dr. Flossman (voice)
Dr. Flossman (voiced by McKean) teaches the 32 teeth how to take care of themselves.

The Producers
2005
as Prison Trustee
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times...

Arnie the Doughnut
2005
as Narrator / Arnie the Doughnut (voice)
When Mr. Bing buys Arnie in a doughnut shop he must persuade Mr. Bing that a doughnut can be more than just a sweet snack.

The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Candor City Hospital
2005
as Patient
Short film from David Paymer

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as David St. Hubbins
Compilation of all the best musical performances from Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball series. All the brilliant moments from the orig...

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
as William Christy Cabanne
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing gu...

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
as Self
John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—wou...

A Mighty Wind
2003
as Jerry Palter
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
as Captain Van Legge
Two ghosts that are children are forced to stay on a haunted beach and 100 years later find two children on the same beach trying to turn them into gh...

100 Mile Rule
2002
as Howard
A dark comedy about three salesmen from Detroit who come to Los Angeles for a two week seminar and get themselves involved in a world of trouble when ...

Auto Focus
2002
as Video Executive
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona...

The Guru
2002
as Dwain
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the c...

Slap Her... She's French
2002
as Monsieur Duke
Welcome to Splendona High School, Texas, where football players, cheerleaders and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady, the most popular ...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002
as Sarousch (voice)
Now that Frollo is gone, Quasimodo rings the bell with the help of his new friend and Esmeralda's and Phoebus' little son, Zephyr. But when Quasi stop...

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mr. Bream (voice)
Principal Prickly gets his car stuck in a snowbank and decides it has to be the Recess gang's fault, but the teachers look back and remember all the g...

My First Mister
2001
as Bob
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Alber...

Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
as Bird (voice)
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...

Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as Porterfield 'Porty' Pendleton
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual ...

Never Again
2001
as Alex The Transvestite
A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar.

Little Nicky
2000
as Chief of Police
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

Best in Show
2000
as Stefan Vanderhoof
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across Amer...
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
as David St. Hubbins
Produced for the "This is Spinal Tap" Special Edition DVD.

Beautiful
2000
as Lance DeSalvo
Determined to win the Miss American Miss pageant, Mona is ready to sacrifice anything and everything to guarantee herself the crown including her own ...

Snowden's Christmas
1999
as (voice)
When the moving truck hits a bump in the road, a quartet of toys stuck in Ohio decide to trek down their owner, who is moving to New York City.

Mystery, Alaska
1999
as Mr. Walsh
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpecte...

Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
as Principal Potter
A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade...

True Crime
1999
as Réverend Shillerman
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row ...

Kill the Man
1999
as Mr. Livingston
The two owners of an independent copying shop struggle against a corporate giant, trying to find a way to keep their company afloat or fold. They star...

101 Dalmatians Christmas
1998
as Jasper Badun
In Disney's fourth adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Cruella de Vil appears in the role of Scrooge, Jasper and Horace as Marley, Cadpi...

With Friends Like These
1998
as Dr. Maxwell Hersh
Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

Archibald the Rainbow Painter
1998
as J.P. Bigelow
Vietnam veteran Archibald Wright is a house painter hired to work on a Beverly Hills mansion where he becomes involved in the life of the resident fam...

Small Soldiers
1998
as Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Final Justice
1998
as Merle Hammond
Merle Hammond (Michael McKean), a sleazy attorney, uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to acquit his client who is a killer. Gwen (Annette O'Too...

The Pass
1998
as Willie L.
A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes ...

Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Bill Case
Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Ca...

Still Breathing
1997
as New Mark
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find th...

No Strings Attached
1997
as Elliot Lewis
A renowned journalist becomes a suspect in a series of murders after he becomes intimately involved with a mysterious woman. In an attempt to clear hi...

Nothing to Lose
1997
as Phillip "P.B." Barrow
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attem...

That Darn Cat
1997
as Peter Randall
While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enl...

The Jungle Book's Jungle Cubs - Born to be Wild
1996
as (Voice)
They’re wild. They’re funny. And they’re back! Your favourite characters from Disney’s beloved Classic The Jungle Book return for a comical look back ...

Waiting for Guffman
1996
Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn tha...

Jack
1996
as Paulie
Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After y...

The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Scott Grogan
Two aging comedians, who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier, must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrat...

Edie & Pen
1996
as Rick
In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a...

The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
as Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1994
as David St. Hubbins
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, makes another final reunion. After all, it's rock'n'roll. This is actually a demo reel that Rob Reiner cre...

Radioland Murders
1994
as Rick Rochester
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

Across the Moon
1994
as Frank
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state priso...

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
1994
Original Music Composer
When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who look...

Airheads
1994
as Milo Jackson
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold ...

MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
1994
as Ozzie Evans
Reformed con man Jack MacShayne is back, this time as the head of security at the Las Vegas hotel he stayed at in MacShayne: Winner Takes All. As part...

Coneheads
1993
as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toil...

The Return of Spinal Tap
1992
as David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
Spinal Tap is back in a whole new feature-length rockumentary. Go behind the scenes and find out where the somewhat-less-than-fab three are now -- and...

The Return of Spinal Tap
1992
Producer, Writer
Spinal Tap is back in a whole new feature-length rockumentary. Go behind the scenes and find out where the somewhat-less-than-fab three are now -- and...

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as David St. Hubbins
A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica is a two-part documentary about the process of making the Metallica album (or "The Black Album"), and the f...

Man Trouble
1992
as Eddy Revere
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as George Talbot
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as David St. Hubbins
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversa...

True Identity
1991
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

Murder in High Places
1991
as Pettibone
A small Colorado mountain town elects as its mayor a writer whom some residents consider "eccentric" and others don't care for because he's a former h...

Book of Love
1990
as Adult Jack Twiller
John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage ...

Flashback
1990
as Hal Cresciman
A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escor...

The Big Picture
1989
as Emmet Sumner
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Stu...

The Big Picture
1989
Screenplay
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Stu...

Hider in the House
1989
as Phil Dreyer
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

Earth Girls Are Easy
1988
as Woody
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into h...

Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
as Reverend Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
Now a famous talk show host, Martin Mull takes his crew and cameras to Hawkins Falls, Ohio with the intent to give his erratic career a fresh start by...

Short Circuit 2
1988
as Fred Ritter
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to ...

A Father's Homecoming
1988
as Michael Fields
Long separated from his teenaged son and daughter, Michael Fields comes into contact with them in a most unexpected fashion. He is appointed headmaste...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as State Trooper
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meani...

Daniel and the Towers
1987
as Wexler Hatch
The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his ...

Double Agent
1987
as Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder
International spy Jason Starr disappears following an altercation while on a mission. His boss seeks out Jason's twin brother, veterinarian Warren Sta...

Light of Day
1987
as Bu Montgomery
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

Davy Crockett
1986
as Mr. Wallace
Story of American raccoon-skin-wearing pioneer Davy Crocket on the wild frontier.

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Leslie (uncredited)
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown s...

Classified Love
1986
as Pete Newly
Three ad agency buddies, who cannot seem to find fulfilling love, decide to place personal ads to find new romance. The resulting blind dates and ulti...

Johnny Appleseed
1986
as Mac Macintosh
Shelley Duvall acted as host for this 1980s television series about legendary characters and historical events. This volume chronicles Jonathan Chapma...

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986
as David St. Hubbins [Spinal Tap]
Hear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. A...

The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
as Rev. Alfred 'Alfie' Prufrock
In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on an in-depth look at such topics as White Religion...

Clue
1985
as Mr. Green
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackm...

D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
as Andy Richardson
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot wit...

This Is Spinal Tap
1984
as David St. Hubbins
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its...

This Is Spinal Tap
1984
Original Music Composer, Writer
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its...

Imps*
1983
as Fritz #2
Once Upon a Time in a mythical place called Hollywood, a long, long, long time ago in a galaxy not so very far away, a witty group of actors with 38 E...

Young Doctors in Love
1982
as Dr. Simon August
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order...

Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Short Comedy Films, Video & Animation featuring the directing debuts of Rob Reiner, & Christopher Guest.

Used Cars
1980
as Eddie Winslow
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the ...

1941
1979
as Willy
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

More Than Friends
1978
as Terry Christopher
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.

Cracking Up
1977
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is ...
In Memoriam
N/A
A veteran Hollywood actor becomes obsessed with securing a spot in the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” montage after he receives a terminal cancer diagnosis. Th...