1964-12-31 ( 60 years old ) in Fullerton, California, USA
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.
Movies
Portal to Hell
2025-02-22
Mother of the Bride
2024-05-08
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023-01-20
Halloween Kills
2021-10-14
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
2019-08-16
The Happytime Murders
2018-08-22
Ghostbusters
2016-07-14
The Boss
2016-04-07
Spy
2015-05-06
The Heat
2013-06-27
Michael McDonald: Model. Citizen.
2010-01-01
Moonpie
2006-02-07
Confessions of an Action Star
2005-01-23
Outing Riley
2004-10-10
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003-09-04
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002-07-26
Slackers
2002-02-01
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999-06-08
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998-10-21
Casper Meets Wendy
1998-09-10
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997-09-09
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997-05-02
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
1996-11-21
Criminal Hearts
1996-02-15
A Bucket of Blood
1995-09-12
Twisted Love
1995-08-08
Virtual Seduction
1995-08-01
Hideaway
1995-03-03
Carnosaur 2
1995-02-23
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero
1995-01-31
The Crazysitter
1994-12-31
Revenge of the Red Baron
1994-09-28
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
1994-05-09
The Unborn II
1994-04-20
Leprechaun 2
1994-04-08
Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994-01-19
Final Judgement
1992-06-01
Body Waves
1992-05-26
Dance with Death
1992-04-22
Uncaged
1991-04-05
Watchers II
1990-08-16
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