Acting
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.
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV
Seinfeld
1989 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · TV
Scrubs
2001 · TV
The Loud House
2016 · TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · TV
Community
2009 · TV
25 Words or Less
2018 · TV
Hannah Montana
2006 · TV
Family Matters
1989 · TV
What We Do in the Shadows
2019 · TV
Ellen
1994 · TV
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · TV
Pushing Daisies
2007 · TV
The Sex Lives of College Girls
2021 · TV
Cougar Town
2009 · TV
7th Heaven
1996 · TV
NewsRadio
1995 · TV
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · TV
Reaper
2007 · TV
Web Therapy
2008 · TV
Invader ZIM
2001 · TV
How I Met Your Father
2022 · TV
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
Web Therapy
2011 · TV
Good Times
2024 · TV
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · Movie
Spy
2015 · Movie
Clone High
2002 · TV
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005 · TV
It's Florida, Man.
2024 · TV
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
2016 · TV
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999 · Movie
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 · Movie
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006 · TV
Greg the Bunny
2002 · TV
Head Case
2007 · TV
Halloween Kills
2021 · Movie
Kath & Kim
2008 · TV
Sherman Oaks
1995 · TV
The Heat
2013 · Movie
God's Favorite Idiot
2022 · TV
Fat Actress
2005 · TV
The Happytime Murders
2018 · Movie
The Boss
2016 · Movie
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997 · Movie
Mother of the Bride
2024 · Movie
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023 · Movie
MADtv
1995 · TV
Slackers
2002 · Movie
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003 · Movie
Leprechaun 2
1994 · Movie
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · Movie
Casper Meets Wendy
1998 · Movie
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998 · Movie
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994 · Movie
Bloodfist 7: Manhunt
1995 · Movie
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
2019 · Movie
Dance with Death
1992 · Movie
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
1996 · Movie
Watchers II
1990 · Movie
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992 · Movie
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero
1995 · Movie
Hideaway
1995 · Movie
Carnosaur 2
1995 · Movie
A Bucket of Blood
1995 · Movie
Final Judgement
1992 · Movie
Revenge of the Red Baron
1994 · Movie
Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 · Movie
Portal to Hell
2025 · Movie
The Crazysitter
1994 · Movie
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 · Movie
In the Heat of Passion
1992 · Movie
Men in White
1998 · Movie
Virtual Seduction
1995 · Movie
Criminal Hearts
1996 · Movie
Outing Riley
2004 · Movie
Uncaged
1991 · Movie
Body Waves
1992 · Movie
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
1994 · Movie
Twisted Love
1995 · Movie
The Unborn II
1994 · Movie
Michael McDonald: Model. Citizen.
2010 · Movie
Moonpie
2006 · Movie
