Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for starring in the sketch comedy show MADtv. He was also a writer, director, and producer of the ABC TV series Cougar Town. His best known movie roles are as Little ... John in Halloween Kills, Ronovan Scargle in The Happy time Murders, Jonathan in Ghostbusters (2016), Bryce Crean in The Boss, Patrick in Spy, Julian in The Heat, and small roles in each Austin Powers movie. He graduated from USC with a degree in Business and became a loan officer at a bank in Los Angeles. A friend took him to see a sketch comedy/improv show at L.A.'s famous Groundling Theater, and everything changed for him. He quit his job as a banker, enrolled in the Groundling's Improv Program, and became a member of the troupe from 1992 to 1997. His first professional writing and acting jobs came from Concorde Pictures, Roger Corman's infamous low-budget movie studio. Starting as an extra, he landed small roles in many B-movies of the early 1990s, and he gradually earned bigger roles as well as eventually writing and directing some films. He joined MADtv during the fourth season (1998) and remained in the cast until the end of the thirteenth and penultimate season, having become the longest-tenured cast member. After 10 years on MADtv, he left the cast, but was a contributing writer and director for the show's final season. He was the last member of the cast to be hired in the 1990s, and the last cast member to have been born in the 1960s, and is the only cast member to have a "best of" clip show special dedicated to him.
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MADtv
as Various
Episodes: 238
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
Clone High
as Gandhi (voice)
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Nov 02, 2002
Web Therapy
as Ben Tomlund
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 22, 2008
7th Heaven
as Edward Jameson
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Aug 26, 1996
Scrubs
as Mike Davis
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 02, 2001
Web Therapy
as Ben Tomlund
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 19, 2011
Fat Actress
as Sam Rascal
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 07, 2005
Cougar Town
as Wayne Gibbons
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 23, 2009
Good Times
as Officer Pappardelle (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 12, 2024
The Drew Carey Show
as The Parking Attendant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1995
Seinfeld
as Jesse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 05, 1989
Desperate Housewives
as Steven
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 2004
Family Matters
as Manager
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1989
Hannah Montana
as Chef Duncan Keats
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2006
Pushing Daisies
as Galveston Gus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 2007
Just Shoot Me!
as Reg
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 1997
Community
as Insurance Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 2009
Seinfeld
as Player #2
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 05, 1989
Head Case
as Stanley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 18, 2007
Invader ZIM
as RoboDad / Crewman (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 30, 2001
What We Do in the Shadows
as Gustave Leroy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 27, 2019
The John Larroquette Show
as Phil
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 02, 1993
God's Favorite Idiot
as Leviathan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 15, 2022
Good Times
as Elon Musk (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 12, 2024
Scrubs
as Dr. Toilet (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 2001
Scrubs
as Mr. Cropper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 2001
NewsRadio
as Lee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 21, 1995
The Sex Lives of College Girls
as George
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 18, 2021
How I Met Your Father
as Warren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 2022
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
as Enrique
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 2016
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Adam Jarver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 2013
Ellen
as The Guy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 29, 1994
Kath & Kim
as Neil
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 09, 2008
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 03, 2005
25 Words or Less
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 06, 2018
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2006
Greg the Bunny
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 27, 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 25, 1992
Reaper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 2007
Good Times
as Manfred / Flying Patriarchy / Guests (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 12, 2024
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