Biography
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Happy Gilmore and 61. Other notable starring roles for McDonald in film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in Grease 2 (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise (1991), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation Leave It to Beaver (1997), and Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream (2000). Along with numerous independent and small-budget film roles, he played supp...
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Complete Filmography

Dirty Work: Dirtier Cut
2025
as Travis Cole
The "dirtier cut" is an extended, uncensored version of the 1998 film Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald. This cut was the original vision of the fil...

Happy Gilmore 2
2025
as Shooter McGavin
Revisit Happy Gilmore's golf career after his win in the Tour Championship.

Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
Celebrate your favorite shows and movies at this star-studded, live global fan event with special performances and exclusive reveals.

The Last Rodeo
2025
as Jimmy Mack
A retired rodeo legend risks it all to save his grandson. Facing his own painful past and the fears of his family, he enters a high-stakes bullriding ...

Abruptio
2024
as Police Chief Richter
Les Hackel is a guy down on his luck who wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. He must carry out heinous crimes in order t...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
as Golfer
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.

Rosaline
2022
as Lord Capulet
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twis...

Land of Dreams
2022
as Blair / Bob
Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control...

Walking with Herb
2021
as Wiley
Joe Amable-Amo is a bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with growing doubts about hi...

Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
as Self
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.

We Can Be Heroes
2020
as President Neil Anami
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.

The Stand at Paxton County
2020
as Sheriff Roger Bostwick
A military veteran comes home to find her father harassed by a sheriff intent on confiscating the livestock on their ranch under shady pretenses.

Deep Murder
2019
as Richard
Set in an alternate reality in which everyone is a cliché from a tacky porn film, a group of increasingly self-aware stock characters are up against a...

Backtrace
2018
as Franks
The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.

Pink Elephants
2018
as Self
The dynamics of a cult? Fragile actors are deconstructed by their mentor. Forbidden from discussing it with the outside, instructed to rid their lives...

Life After Flash
2017
as Self
A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up ag...

Wetlands
2017
as Det. Paddy Sheehan
A man attempts to make a new start in Atlantic City with the help of his daughter and a new business partner.

The Tank
2017
as Lawson
On April 26, 2012, six people entered an Isolated Confined Environment with the mission to simulate a trip to Mars. Their mission was a catastrophic f...

Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Mr. Carter
Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local t...

The Crash
2017
as Del Banco
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankr...

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016
as Self
A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade a...

Don't Worry Baby
2016
as Harry Lang
A father and son unknowingly sleep with the same woman, then four years later compete over the paternity of a child either of them could be the father...

Exposed
2016
as Lt. Galban
After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.

Soul Ties
2015
as Sydney
When a young woman's faith in her beloved collides head on with her faith in people, what begins as a tale of gut wrenching heartache, ends in a trium...

Zipper
2015
as Peter Kirkland
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experienc...

The Squeeze
2015
as Riverboat
A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game...

Believe Me
2014
as Ken
Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.

Being American
2014
as Mark
What happens that night in the desert will shock any human soul. An American family faces the storm of Taliban wrath. These evil predators fuelled by...

About Last Night
2014
as Casey McNeil
Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, D...

Not Fade Away
2012
as Jack Dietz
Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

The Collection
2012
as Mr. Peters
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." In...

Grassroots
2012
as Jim Tripp
Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lo...

Balls to the Wall
2011
as Mr. Matthews
Ben's fiancée has her heart set on an expensive dream wedding, but her father, Jack, has secretly gambled away all his money. When Ben discovers he ha...

Lemonade Mouth
2011
as Principal Brenigan
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discove...

Cat Run
2011
as Bill Krebb
When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors ...

The Best and the Brightest
2010
as The Player
Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, ...

Barry Munday
2010
as Dr. Preston Edwards
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital aft...

Refuge
2010
as Jack Phillips
Amelia is on the run in the family RV, with husband Jack's body in the back and hostage Darryl at the wheel. Romance blossoms as Jack decomposes.

Black Widow
2010
as Steve
Sean McMurphy, a wealthy entrepreneur, meets a very beautiful woman and a passionate love affair ignites but soon it unfolds into a dark suspense/thri...

Splinterheads
2009
as Sargeant Bruce Mancuso
SPLINTERHEADS introduces Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. When a small-t...

Deep in the Valley
2009
as Diamond Jim
Best friends, Carl and Lester, find themselves magically transported into an alternate universe straight out of a real-life adult movie. Hilarity ensu...

Reunion
2009
as Eamon
Ten years after the death of a close friend, a group of Yale graduates who formed a secret society to make the world a better place reunite, only to d...

Fanboys
2009
as Big Chuck
In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace...

Spooner
2009
as Dennis Spooner
Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing...

An American Carol
2008
as Lab Technician
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a...

The House Bunny
2008
as Dean Simmons
Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girl...

Superhero Movie
2008
as Lou Landers
Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the vill...

Summerhood
2008
as Assistant Director
The coming of age summer-camp saga of four best friends who hate each other.

Mad Money
2008
as Bryce Arbogast
Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

Player 5150
2008
as Tony
Joey (Ethan Embry, Can't Hardly Wait) is a successful day trader at a high-end brokerage house, he has a beautiful fiancée and a home on the beach. He...

American Pie Presents: Beta House
2007
as Mr. Stifler
Erik, Ryan, and Cooze start college and pledge the Beta House fraternity, presided over by none other than legendary Dwight Stifler. But chaos ensues ...

Awake
2007
as Dr. Larry Lupin
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

My Sexiest Year
2007
as Adult Jake
A romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 years later by the young man in whom she inspired th...

American Family
2007
as Mr. Pratt
A family does everything they can to convince their neighbors that they are a calm, calm and collected clan.

Kickin' It Old Skool
2007
as Marty Schumacher
In 1986, a young breakdancer falls into a coma after hitting his head in a talent show. 20 years later, he awakens and attempts to revive his dance te...

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007
as JD "Boss" Hogg
When mischievous teenaged cousins Bo and Luke Duke are arrested, both boys are paroled to the care of their Uncle Jesse in Hazzard, sentenced to a sum...

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
2006
as Mr. Stifler
When Erik Stifler realizes that he's the only Stifler family member who might graduate high school a virgin, he decides to live up to his legacy. Afte...

Funny Money
2006
as Vic
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's a million dollars inside. Henry t...

Rumor Has It...
2005
as Roger McManus
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that may...

Broken Flowers
2005
as Ron
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may b...

The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as Officer Koon
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial fo...
New Car Smell
2005
as Mac
A Las Vegas car dealership contest pits an eclectic group of salespeople against each other to see who will become team sales leader.

Grind
2003
as Mr. Rivers
Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003
as Self
Nearly every major element of making the 1991 film Thelma & Louise is examined here from how the script was written to how Ridley Scott got involved, ...

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as President of the USA
Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to...

Children on Their Birthdays
2002
as Speedy Thorne
Havoc is created in a small Southern community when a 12-year-old shows up, causing a couple 13-year-old friends to fall in love with her, thus possib...

Speakeasy
2002
as Dr. Addams
After being randomly brought together in a car accident, two strangers develop a friendship based on their shared relationship with a deaf man. This c...

The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Macadam Salesman
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but hi...
The Theory of the Leisure Class
2001
as Buddy Barnett
A group of kids on a field trip shockingly discover the bodies of missing children. Their alarming discovery leads to a small western town where the m...

61*
2001
as Mel Allen
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...

Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Tappy Tibbons
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

The Perfect Storm
2000
as Todd Gross
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing b...

The Skulls
2000
as Martin Lombard
A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it ...

Takedown
2000
as Mitch Gibson
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, h...

Isn't She Great
2000
as Brad Bradburn
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

Magicians
2000
as Jake
A con-man and a wannabe professional magician team up with a waitress and an old professional on their way to Vegas.

My Teacher's Wife
1999
as Roy Mueller
Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when his maths teacher, fails him in every maths test. ...

The Iron Giant
1999
as Kent Mansley (voice)
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfi...

Five Aces
1999
as Ash Gray
Chris Martin has a problem: his impending marriage. Like any other man about to enter into the holy vows of matrimony, Chris has begun to second guess...

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
1999
as Self
Documentary of the making of the animated family film, The Iron Giant.

The Faculty
1998
as Mr. Frank Connor
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicio...

Gideon
1998
as Alan Longhurst
Gideon Dobbs is young, simple-minded man who has never stopped dreaming. He checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their...
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
A look at the dysfunctional relationships of three couples as seen from the male point of view.

SLC Punk
1998
as Dad
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.

Jaded
1998
as Jack Carlson
When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town bar, she discovers that they have more planned tha...

Dirty Work
1998
as Travis Cole
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart ...

Flubber
1997
as Wilson Croft
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and...

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

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997
as Jon Krakauer
An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create t...

A Smile Like Yours
1997
as Richard Halstrom
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby

Leave It to Beaver
1997
as Ward Cleaver
The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio – wise father Ward, loving mother June, teenage son Wally, and 8-year-old Theodore, better know...

Gun
1997
as Lutz
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

The Eighteenth Angel
1997
as Hugh Stanton
Mythology and religious dogma are slowly revealed when an attractive young woman is approached by a modeling agency that pulls her into an underworld ...

The Rich Man's Wife
1996
as Tony Potenza
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her hus...

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
1996
as Jor-El (voice)
Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world, Earth, and become Superman.

House Arrest
1996
as Donald Krupp
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce...

Celtic Pride
1996
as Coach Kimball
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Unforgettable
1996
as Stewart Gleick
Seattle medical examiner David Krane is obsessed with solving his wife's murder. A possible solution presents itself in an experimental "memory" serum...

Happy Gilmore
1996
as Shooter McGavin
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — ...

Fair Game
1995
as Lieutenant Meyerson
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Major Joy
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. ...

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
as Sheriff Jack Banning
A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.

Terminal Velocity
1994
as Kerr
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.

Quiz Show
1994
as Jack Barry
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
as Jack Walsh
When an accused murderer flees to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, bounty hunter Jack Walsh is hired to bring her back, unaware that the police, a hitman and a...

The Road Killers
1994
as Glen
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts ...

Midnight Runaround
1994
as Jack Walsh
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has un...

Monkey Trouble
1994
as Tom
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little g...

Another Midnight Run
1994
as Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh tries to track down two of the top con-artists around. But they know every trick in the book and Jack has trouble bringing them back to LA ...

Grumpy Old Men
1993
as Mike
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nea...

Fatal Instinct
1993
as Frank Kelbo
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an ass...

Bums
1993
as Sgt. Andrew Holloman
After his homeless brother Matthew is murdered, Sgt. Andrew Holloman trains a group of bums in order to catch the killers.

Benefit of the Doubt
1993
as Dan
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns ...

Conflict of Interest
1993
as Mickey Flannery
A police officer must clear his son's name in the murder of a beautiful woman amidst the exciting and erotic world of heavy metal night clubs.

Telling Secrets
1993
as Terry Kelsey
Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't ...

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
as Senator Dixon
Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the h...

Dutch
1991
as Reed Standish
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

Thelma & Louise
1991
as Darryl
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumsta...

Red Wind
1991
as Victor Lange
A psychotherapist who specializes in treating people in abusive relationships inadvertently causes a patient to kill her abusive husband.

Fatal Exposure
1991
as Robert Parker
Mare Winningham stars in this thriller about a photo store mix-up of a single mom's family vacation snapshots with the pictures of an assassination ta...

Playroom
1990
as Chris
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.

Cool Blue
1990
as Peter Sin
Dustin, an aspiring painter meets this woman named Christiane. Dustin is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration. When Christiane dumps him and dis...

An Eight Is Enough Wedding
1989
as Jeb
This second made-for-television reunion film finds eldest son David on the brink of marriage to a divorcee. However, some of his sisters would prefer ...

Chances Are
1989
as Louie Jeffries
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and ...

Paramedics
1988
as Mad Mike
Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.

Little Girl Lost
1988
as Wolff
This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are trying desperately to adopt a helpless little girl ...

Outrageous Fortune
1987
as George
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actre...
Triplecross
1986
as Steve Tyler
Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force and use their money to become flamboyant private d...

The Boys Next Door
1986
as Detective Mark Woods
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail...

Chattanooga Choo Choo
1984
as Paul
The owner of a professional football team must restore the titular train and run it from Tennessee to NYC in 24 hours if he is to inherit $1 million i...

Breakin'
1984
as James
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.

Where the Boys Are
1984
as Tony
Four college co-eds travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become involved in a series of adventures and misadventures

The Black Room
1982
as Terry
An unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every w...

Grease 2
1982
as Goose McKenzie
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the...

Twirl
1981
as Buddy Butler
Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twir...

The Hearse
1980
as Pete
A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.

Getting Married
1978
as Usher
A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.