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Michael McKean
McKean in 1999
Born
Michael John McKean

(1947-10-17) October 17, 1947 (age 77)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • singer
  • composer
  • musician
Years active1967–present
Spouses
  • Susan Russell
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    (m. 1970; div. 1993)​
  • ​
    (m. 1999)​
Children2[a]
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Michael John McKean (/məˈkiːən/; born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician. Over his career he has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

McKean started his career as Lenny Kosnowski in the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983. He was briefly a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for its 19th and 20th seasons from 1994 to 1995, and played Gibby Fiske in HBO series Dream On (1990–1996). He has acted in films such as Used Cars (1980), Clue (1985), and The Big Picture (1989), the latter of which he also co-wrote.

He is also known for having collaborated with Christopher Guest acting in his films such as This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). He co-wrote the song "A Mighty Wind" (for the Guest film A Mighty Wind), for which he won a Grammy Award, as well as "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from the same film, which was nominated for the Academy Award. He was Primetime Emmy Award nominated in 2019 for his role as Chuck McGill on the AMC series Better Call Saul. Since 2020, he has voiced Lou Pickles in Nickelodeon's Rugrats franchise. He has acted in shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Grace and Frankie, Breeders, and The Diplomat.

On stage, McKean made his Broadway debut as Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray (2004). He took on dual roles portraying J. Edgar Hoover and Robert Byrd in the political epic play All the Way (2014). He has acted in the Broadway plays such as the Tracy Letts play Superior Donuts (2009), the Gore Vidal revival The Best Man (2012), and the Lillian Hellman revival The Little Foxes (2017).

Early life

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McKean was born October 17, 1947, in New York City at Manhattan Women's Hospital.[1] He is the son of Ruth Stewart McKean, a librarian, and Gilbert S. McKean, one of the founders of Decca Records,[2][3] and was raised in Sea Cliff, New York, on Long Island.[4] McKean is of Irish, English, Scottish, and some German and Dutch descent.[5] He graduated from North Shore High School in 1965. In early 1967, he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band the Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy" single (B-side: "And Suddenly").[6][7]

Career

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McKean began his career (as well as the characters of Lenny and Squiggy) in Pittsburgh while a student at Carnegie Mellon; David Lander was a fellow student at CMU. Their partnership grew after graduation as part of the comedy group The Credibility Gap with Harry Shearer in Los Angeles, but McKean's breakthrough came in 1976 when he and Lander joined the cast of Laverne & Shirley portraying Lenny and Squiggy. McKean directed one episode, and the characters became something of a phenomenon, even releasing an album as Lenny and the Squigtones in 1979, which featured a young Christopher Guest on guitar (credited as Nigel Tufnel—the name Guest would use a few years later as part of the spoof rock band Spinal Tap). "Foreign Legion of Love" was a big hit for the Squigtones, with frequent play on the Dr. Demento Show. McKean also played his character in an episode of Happy Days. After leaving Laverne & Shirley in 1982, McKean appeared in the film spoof Young Doctors in Love, then two years later as David St. Hubbins in the comedy This Is Spinal Tap with both Guest and Shearer.

McKean quickly became a recognizable name in film and television, with appearances in films such as Used Cars (1980), Clue (1985), D.A.R.Y.L. (1985), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), and taking a lead role in Short Circuit 2 (1988). He appeared opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper in Flashback (1990). The same year, McKean was part of an ensemble cast in the television series Grand, which aired for a short time. In 1991, McKean co-wrote (with Christopher Guest) the second episode and later directed the final episode of the mock documentary series Morton & Hayes, created by Phil Mishkin and Rob Reiner. McKean appeared in a number of film roles, including the film adaptation of Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Coneheads (1993), Airheads (1994), and Radioland Murders (1994).

Having already appeared as a musical guest and then host of Saturday Night Live, McKean joined the cast from 1994 to 1995. At age 46, he was the oldest person ever to join the SNL cast at the time (later surpassed by Leslie Jones, who joined in 2014 at age 47),[8] one of a handful of SNL cast members who weren't already hired to work behind the scenes (like SNL's numerous writers-turned-cast members) to appear on the show before becoming a cast member and the only one to be a musical guest and a host before becoming a cast member.[9] During this time, he also released a video follow-up to Spinal Tap, played the villainous Mr. Dittmeyer in The Brady Bunch Movie, and played the boss Gibby in the series Dream On. After leaving Saturday Night Live, McKean spent a lot of time doing children's fare, voicing various TV shows and films. In 1997, he performed the lead voice role in the video game Zork Grand Inquisitor as Dalboz of Gurth and appeared in the 1999 films Teaching Mrs. Tingle and Mystery, Alaska.

McKean's television guest appearances include The Simpsons; Star Trek: Voyager; Boy Meets World; Murder, She Wrote; Murphy Brown; Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; Friends; and Caroline in the City. McKean had a recurring role on the HBO sketch comedy series, Tracey Takes On..., which he also directed. In 1998, he guest starred in a two-part episode of The X-Files titled "Dreamland," in which his character Morris Fletcher switched bodies with Fox Mulder. The character was a success, reappearing in 1999's "Three of a Kind," an episode which focused on the recurring characters of The Lone Gunmen. The character appeared on the short-lived spin-off series in 2001, and then returned to The X-Files in its final season for an episode called "Jump the Shark."

McKean and Jane Lynch at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival

McKean reunited with Christopher Guest in Best in Show (2000) and appeared in Little Nicky (2000), The Guru (2002), And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), and A Mighty Wind (2003), in which The Folksmen are played by the actors who played as Spinal Tap. McKean had a regular role as the brassy, heavily made-up bandleader Adrian Van Voorhees in Martin Short's series Primetime Glick. He also had guest roles on such shows as Law & Order, Family Guy, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. He did voiceover work as Henry's cousin Louie on Oswald, which coincidentally featured the voice of David Lander as Henry. He lent his voice to an episode of Kevin Smith's Clerks: The Animated Series that never aired but was included on the VHS and DVD versions of the series.

In 2003, he guest-starred on Smallville, the Superman prequel in which his wife Annette O'Toole starred as Martha Kent. McKean played Perry White, who ultimately becomes Clark Kent's boss. He previously associated with the Superman universe in 1994 on the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman first-season episode "Vatman," in which he played Dr. Fabian Leek, a cloning expert who creates a Superman clone that belonged to corporate mogul Lex Luthor (John Shea). Also, during his short stint on Saturday Night Live, McKean played Perry White in a Superman spoof. McKean appeared in the Christopher Guest comedy A Mighty Wind (2003), also co-writing several songs for the film, including the title track (with Guest and Eugene Levy), which won the Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song.

McKean performed in the Broadway production of Hairspray in 2004. He co-starred as Hines in a revival of The Pajama Game with Harry Connick, Jr. at the American Airlines Theatre in the first half of 2006. Also in 2006, McKean reunited with most of the cast of A Mighty Wind to film the comedy For Your Consideration and appeared in the play Love Song on the stage in London. His musical interests led him to a starring role in the 2008 comedy air-drumming film Adventures of Power, in which he was reunited with Jane Lynch, his co-star from For Your Consideration, in a story intended to honor the leaders and fighters of the 99% movement.[10]

McKean acted in the pilot episode of a remake of the British series The Thick of It as the chief of staff. The pilot was directed by Guest. McKean starred in the 40th anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, co-starring Ian McShane, Raul Esparza, Eve Best, and James Frain. The show opened on in 2007. In 2009, he starred in the Chicago-based Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Superior Donuts by playwright Tracy Letts.

Singer-songwriter spouses Annette O'Toole and Michael McKean perform their song "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" on Employee of the Month in 2016.

In 2010, McKean returned in an episode of Smallville alongside his wife[11] and won the Celebrity Jeopardy! tournament by defeating Jane Curtin and Cheech Marin. The earnings were donated to the International Myeloma Foundation in honor of McKean's friend Lee Grayson, who died of myeloma in 2004. In Summer 2010, McKean took over the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Barrow Street Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village. In 2011, McKean appeared on an episode of Sesame Street as a rock star looking for "rocks" to be in an all ROCK-band.

In 2012, McKean began performing on Broadway in Gore Vidal's The Best Man. During the show's run, he was hit by a car in New York City, suffering a broken leg.[12] He appeared in the HBO comedy series Family Tree in 2013.[13] In 2014, McKean played J. Edgar Hoover in Broadway previews of Robert Schenkkan's Lyndon B. Johnson bio-play All the Way, starring Emmy winner Bryan Cranston as Lyndon B. Johnson.[14]

In 2015, McKean began appearing as a regular cast member in the first three seasons of Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul in the role of the main character's older brother Chuck McGill – a new character created for the series[15] – also having guest appearances in the show's fourth and sixth seasons. The same year, McKean began hosting the Cooking Channel television series Food: Fact or Fiction? This lighthearted show takes a look at food urban legends and features him both as host and narrator to some segments within each episode.

In 2018, McKean played Doug Forcett in the NBC sitcom The Good Place,[16] a former stoner from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who had a mushroom-induced hallucination in the 1970s and correctly guessed 92% of the afterlife. While Doug Forcett is mentioned multiple times in the show, McKean only portrayed him in one episode. McKean played Sgt. Shadwell in the 2019 television mini-series adaptation of the novel Good Omens.[17]

Personal life

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McKean married Susan Russell in 1970, and they had two sons, Colin and Fletcher. In 1999, he married Annette O'Toole, who also had two children from a previous marriage. McKean's son Colin died in 2012.[18]

Characters on SNL

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Recurring characters

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  • Anthony, the weatherman from Good Morning, Brooklyn

Celebrity impersonations

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Acting credits

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1977 Cracking Up Dr. Edward O'Mazuraski Also co-writer (as a member of The Credibility Gap)
1979 1941 Willy
1980 Used Cars Eddie Winslow
1982 Young Doctors in Love Dr. Simon August
1984 This Is Spinal Tap David St. Hubbins Also co-writer
1985 D.A.R.Y.L. Andy Richardson
Clue Mr. Green
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Leslie Uncredited
1987 Light of Day Bu Montgomery
Planes, Trains and Automobiles State Trooper
1988 Portrait of a White Marriage Rev. Prufrock
Short Circuit 2 Fred Ritter
Earth Girls Are Easy Woody
1989 Hider in the House Phil Dreyer
The Big Picture Emmett Summer Also co-writer
1990 Flashback Hal
Book of Love Adult Jack Twiller
1991 True Identity Harvey Cooper
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man George Talbot
Man Trouble Eddy Revere
1993 Coneheads Gorman Seedling
1994 Airheads Milo Jackson
Radioland Murders Rick Rochester
1995 The Brady Bunch Movie Mr. Larry Dittmeyer
Across the Moon Frank
1996 Edie & Pen Rick
The Pompatus of Love Sitcom Star
Jack Paulie
1997 No Strings Attached Elliot Lewis
Casper: A Spirited Beginning Bill Case Direct-to-video
That Darn Cat Peter Randall
Nothing to Lose Phillip "P.B" Barrow
Still Breathing New Mark
1998 The Man Who Counted Reverend Hooper Short film
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour David St. Hubbins Short film
The Pass Willie L.
Small Soldiers Insaniac, Freakenstein Voice[19]
Archibald the Rainbow Painter J.P. Bigelow
With Friends Like These... Dr. Maxwell Hersh
Sugar: The Fall of the West Head of Sex Clinic
1999 Masters of Horror and Suspense Will Masters
Kill the Man Mr. Livingston
True Crime Reverend Shillerman
Teaching Mrs. Tingle Principal Potter
Mystery, Alaska Mr. Walsh
2000 Best in Show Stefan Vanderhoof
Beautiful Lance DeSalvo
Little Nicky Chief of Police
2001 My First Mister Bob Benson
Never Again Alex The Transvestite
Dr. Dolittle 2 Bird 1 Voice[19]
2002 Slap Her... She's French Monsieur Duke
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Sarousch Voice, direct-to-video[19]
Teddy Bears' Picnic Porterfield "Porty" Pendleton
The Guru Dwain
Auto Focus Video Executive
100 Mile Rule Howard
2003 A Mighty Wind Jerry Palter
2005 The Producers Prison Trustee
2006 Relative Strangers Ken Hyman
For Your Consideration Lane Iverson
2007 Joshua Chester Jenkins
The Grand Steve Lavisch
2008 Adventures of Power Harlan
2009 Whatever Works Joe
2010 Pure Country 2: The Gift Peter
2012 The Words Nelson Wylie
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Dr. Bartholomew Wolper Voice, direct-to-video[19]
2013 10 Rules for Sleeping Around Jeffrey Fields
2014 Sesame Street: Learning Rocks Virgil Von Vivaldi Direct-to-video
2015 The Meddler Mark
2020 Pink Skies Ahead Richard
2021 Playing God Frank
My Little Pony: A New Generation Argyle Starshine Voice[19]
2022 Jerry & Marge Go Large Howard
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Sleazy MC
TBA Spinal Tap II David St. Hubbins Post-production, also co-writer
In Memoriam TBA Filming

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1976–1983 Laverne & Shirley Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski 149 episodes
1979 Happy Days Episode: "Fonzie's Funeral: Part 2"
1980 Goodtime Girls Joey Episode: "Internal Injury"
1984 Saturday Night Live Himself / David St. Hubbins 2 episodes
1985 George Burns Comedy Week Joey Episode: "The Borrowing"
1986 Classified Love Pete Newly Television film
Tall Tales & Legends Mac Macintosh / Mr. Wallace 2 episodes
1987 Double Agent Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder Television film
Daniel and the Towers Wexler Hatch
1990 Grand Tom Smithson 13 episodes
Empty Nest Dennis Adams Episode: "Mad About the Boy"
Murder, She Wrote Ross McKay Episode: "The Return of Preston Giles"
The AFI Presents: TV or Not TV? Principal Ford Television special; segment: "Peak A Boo"
1991 Morton & Hayes Dr. Mummenschvantz Episode: "The Bride of Mummula"
Murder in High Places Pettibone Television film
1991–1996 Dream On Gibby Fiske 25 episodes
1992–1994 Dinosaurs Various voices 12 episodes
1992, 1999 The Simpsons David St. Hubbins, Jerry Rude Voice, 2 episodes
1993–1994,
1998 		Animaniacs Spink, Jake, Neivel Nosenest 3 episodes[19]
1993 Family Album Mr. Gordon Episode: "Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall All You Gotta Do Is Call..."
1994 Getting By Dirk Clearfield Episode: "Sell It Like It Is"
Lois & Clark:
The New Adventures of Superman 		Dr. Fabian Leek Episode: "Vatman"
Duckman Bob Hiney Voice, episode: "A Civil War"
1994–1995 Saturday Night Live Various Roles 25 episodes
1995 The Nanny Prof. Noel Babcock PhD Episode: "Franny and the Professor"
Friends Leon Rastatter Episode: "The One with the List"
1996 The Sunshine Boys Scott Grogan Television film
Star Trek: Voyager The Clown Episode: "The Thaw"
Secret Service Guy Frank McClellan 7 episodes
Caroline in the City Father Damian Episode: "Caroline and the Wedding"
1996–1998 Jungle Cubs Cecil Voice, 20 episodes
Pinky and the Brain Toll Collector / Ponytail
Schneiderlander / Mel Anoma 		Voice, 4 episodes[19]
1996–1999 Tracey Takes On... Barrington "Barry" LeTissier 6 episodes; directed 5 episodes
1997 Road Rovers Dr. Jeffrey Otitus Voice, episode: "Reigning Cats and Dogs"[19]
Johnny Bravo Various voices 3 episodes
The Weird Al Show Miner Episode: "Mining Accident"
Space Ghost Coast to Coast Himself Episode: "BooBooKitty"
1997–1998 101 Dalmatians: The Series Jasper Badun Voice, 27 episodes
1998 The Closer Arthur Willhaven 2 episodes
LateLine Dick Obermeyer Episode: "Pearce's New Buddy"
Murphy Brown Dennis Page Episode: "Second Time Around"
The Angry Beavers L.G. Algae, Raccoon Voice, episode: "Pond Scum"[19]
Final Justice Merle Hammond Television film
The New Batman Adventures 1950s Joker Voice, episode: "Legends of the Dark Knight"[19]
Mr. Show with Bob and David Professor Peens Episode: "Life Is Precious and God and the Bible"
Recess Mr. Bream Voice, episode: "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave"
1998–1999 Maggie Winters Lewis Stickley 2 episodes
1998–2002 The X-Files Morris Fletcher 4 episodes
1999 Providence Sherman Smith Episode: "Blind Faith"
Boy Meets World Jedediah Lawrence Episode: "State of the Unions"
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Grocer Voice, episode: "The Mask of Braino"[19]
1999–2003 Hey Arnold! Johnny Stitches, Pinkerton, Earthflower Voice, 2 episodes[19]
2000 Batman Beyond Ian Peek Voice, episode: "Sneak Peek"[19]
2000–2001 The Huntress Lt. Praeger / Ralph Thorson Voice, 3 episodes
Clerks: The Animated Series Various voices 2 episodes
2000, 2002 Family Guy Various voices 2 episodes
2000, 2008 Law & Order Elias Grace / Bill Nolan 2 episodes
2001 Strip Mall Psycho-Vivor Host 2 episodes
The Lone Gunmen Morris Fletcher Episode: "All About Yves"
2001–2002 Oswald Maestro Bingo / Louie Voice, 5 episodes[19]
2001–2003 Primetime Glick Adrien Van Voorhees 30 episodes
2002 Teamo Supremo Mean Thumb / Lo-Fi Voice, 2 episodes
As Told by Ginger Bobby Lightfoot Voice, episode: "Family Therapy"
Justice League Sportsman Voice, episode: "Legends"[19]
The Zeta Project Dr. Marcus Edmunds Voice, episode: "The Hologram Man"[19]
2002–2005 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton Voice, 4 episodes[19]
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself William Christy Cabanne Television film
2003,
2010–2011 		Smallville Perry White 3 episodes
2005 Alias Dr. Atticus Liddell 2 episodes
Hopeless Pictures Mel Wax Voice, 9 episodes
Boston Legal Dwight Biddle Episode: "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
2006 Catscratch Groink Voice, episode: "Love Jackal"[19]
Help Me Help You Dr. Howard "J." Hubbins Episode: "Pink Feud"
The Year Without a Santa Claus Snow Miser Television film
2007 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Kalgoron Voice, episode: "Wrath of the Spider Queen"[19]
2007, 2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Matt Tessler 2 episodes
2008 The Unit Dr. Donald Metz 2 episodes
2010 Glory Daze Stu Episode: "Why Shant This Be Love?"
Sesame Street Virgil Von Vivaldi Episode: "Rock, Rock Band"
2011 Off the Map Ed Greenman Episode: "Saved by the Great White Hope"
Castle Victor Baron Episode: "Pretty Dead"
Childrens Hospital Death Episode: "Munch by Proxy"
Glenn Martin, DDS Eye-Hawk / Sarge Voice, episode: "Heist"
Homeland Judge Jeffrey Turner Episode: "Grace"
2012–2013 Happy Endings Big Dave 2 episodes
2012 Thundercats Vultaire Voice, 2 episodes[19]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Fred Sandow Episode: "Father's Shadow"
2012, 2016 SpongeBob SquarePants Captain Frosty Mug, Lonnie the Shark Voice, 2 episodes[19]
2013 Family Tree Keith Chadwick 4 episodes
American Dad! Emperor Zing Voice, episode: "Lost in Space"
2014 The 7D Uncle Humidor Voice, 2 episodes[19]
2015–2018; 2022 Better Call Saul Chuck McGill 28 episodes
2015–2019 Food: Fact or Fiction? Himself (host) 65 episodes
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Zeus Episode: "Stephen Merchant Wears a
Checkered Shirt and Rolled Up Jeans"
2015–2016 Drunk History Carl Laemmle / Arthur Jell 2 episodes
2016–2018 Goldie & Bear Mr. Locks Voice, 6 episodes
2017 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Warren G. Harding counselor Segment: "Harding"
2018 The Good Place Doug Forcett Episode: "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By"
2019 Veep Governor Ballentine Episode: "Oslo"
Good Omens Witchfinder Sgt. Shadwell 5 episodes
Delilah Tom Childs Sr. Pilot
2020–2022 Grace and Frankie Jack Ayres 6 episodes
2020 Breeders Michael 5 episodes
At Home with Amy Sedaris Guy Lombardi Episode: "New Year's"
Helpsters Roy Episode: "Billy Bug/Cody Rides a Bike"
2021–present Rugrats Lou Pickles Voice, main role[19]
2022 Billions Melville Revere Episode: "Cannonade"
2023–present The Diplomat President William Rayburn 5 episodes
2023 Dead Ringers Marion Episode: "Five"

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue
2004 Hairspray Edna Turnblad Neil Simon Theatre
2004–2005 A Second Hand Memory Phil Wellman Linda Gross Theater
2006 The Pajama Game Hines American Airlines Theatre
2006 Love Song Harry Ambassadors Theatre
2007–2008 The Homecoming Sam Cort Theatre
2009 Our Town Stage Manager Barrow Street Theatre
2009–2010 Superior Donuts Arthur Przybyszewski Music Box Theatre
2011 King Lear Earl of Gloucester The Public Theatre
2012 The Best Man Dick Jensen Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
2014 All the Way J. Edgar Hoover American Repertory Theatre
2017 The Little Foxes Ben Hubbard Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
2018 The True Erastus Corning II Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
2025 Glengarry Glen Ross George Aaronow Broadway 2025 [20]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2004 Academy Award Best Original Song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow",
from A Mighty Wind		 Nominated
2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Original Song Won
2004 Satellite Award Best Original Song Nominated
2004 Grammy Award Best Song Written for Visual Media "A Mighty Wind",
from A Mighty Wind		 Won
2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Music A Mighty Wind Nominated
2004 Florida Film Critics Association Award Best Ensemble Cast Won
2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Ensemble Acting Nominated
2004 Seattle Film Critics Award Best Music Won
2006 Gotham Award Best Ensemble Performance For Your Consideration Nominated
2016 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Better Call Saul Nominated
2017 Nominated
2018 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Won
Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television Won
2019 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "A Biographical Snippet". 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ "It's Lenny & Squiggy". people.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Michael McKean Biography (1947–)". FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  4. ^ Henderson, Kathy (October 26, 2009). "Michael McKean Savors the Taste of Superior Donuts". Broadway.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Michael John McKean". geni_family_tree. 17 October 1947. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  6. ^ Castillo, Arielle (April 24, 2009). "Q&A With Michael McKean of Spinal Tap, Appearing at the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 5!". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  7. ^ Wink, Roger (March 21, 2015). "R.I.P. Michael Brown of The Left Banke 1949-2015". The Noise Network. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Comedy for the Cure". Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  9. ^ Wright, Megh (July 9, 2013). "Saturday Night's Children: Michael McKean (1994-1995) | Splitsider". Splitsider. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  10. ^ 'IN THE AIR TONIGHT' from "Adventures of Power" on YouTube. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  11. ^ "Michael McKean Returns to Smallville". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23.
  12. ^ Carlson, Erin (May 31, 2012). "Michael McKean released from hospital to begin physical rehab". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012.
  13. ^ "Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show". ap.org. Retrieved May 23, 2012.[dead link‍]
  14. ^ "Lyndon B. Johnson Bio-Play All the Way, Starring Bryan Cranston, Begins Performances on Broadway". Broadway.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
  15. ^ "Michael McKean Cast in the Breaking Bad Prequel Better Call Saul: Find Out Who He's Playing". E! Online. May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
  16. ^ "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You by". IMDb. 15 November 2018.
  17. ^ Pedersen, Erik (September 15, 2017). "'Good Omens': Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Miranda Richardson & Adria Arjona Join Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood.
  18. ^ NJeri, Esther (April 3, 2022). "Michael McKean & wife Annette share a blended family". AmoMama. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Michael McKean (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 26, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  20. ^ "Michael McKean Joins 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Broadway Revival With 'Better Call Saul' Costar Bob Odenkirk". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ One child is deceased.
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