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Name
Christopher McDonald

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1955-02-15 (71 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

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 supporting characters in box-office hits Grumpy Old Men (1993), Flubber (1997), Rumor Has It (2005), The House Bunny (2008) and About Last Night (2014). On television, McDonald was a series regular on network TV shows Walter & Emily (1991–1992, NBC), Good Advice (1993–1994, CBS), Family Law (1999–2002, CBS), Cracking Up (2004-2006, FOX) and Harry's Law, (2011–2012, NBC). In 2022, McDonald was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as casino CEO Marty Ghilain on the HBO Max show Hacks.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2005 Broken Flowers as Ron
1996 Unforgettable as Stewart Gleick
2000 Requiem for a Dream as Tappy Tibbons
1991 Thelma & Louise as Darryl
2000 The Perfect Storm as Todd Gross
1989 Chances Are as Louie Jeffries
1999 The Iron Giant as Kent Mansley (voice)
2000 Takedown as Mitch Gibson
2005 Rumor Has It... as Roger McManus
1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as Senator Dixon
2001 61* as Mel Allen
2009 Deep in the Valley as Diamond Jim
1993 Grumpy Old Men as Mike
1986 The Boys Next Door as Detective Mark Woods
1994 Quiz Show as Jack Barry
1996 Celtic Pride as Coach Kimball
2000 The Skulls as Martin Lombard
2008 Superhero Movie as Lou Landers
1995 The Tuskegee Airmen as Major Joy
2009 Splinterheads as Sargeant Bruce Mancuso
1995 Fair Game as Lieutenant Meyerson
1978 Getting Married as Usher
2006 American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile as Mr. Stifler
2007 American Pie Presents: Beta House as Mr. Stifler
2008 Mad Money as Bryce Arbogast
1991 Dutch as Reed Standish
1993 Conflict of Interest as Mickey Flannery
1982 Grease 2 as Goose McKenzie
1994 Terminal Velocity as Kerr
1998 The Faculty as Casey's Dad
2008 The House Bunny as Dean Simmons
2006 Funny Money as Vic
1997 Flubber as Wilson Croft
1997 The Eighteenth Angel as Hugh Stanton
1996 Happy Gilmore as Shooter
1993 Fatal Instinct as Frank Kelbo
1982 The Black Room as Terry
2009 Fanboys as Big Chuck
1994 Monkey Trouble as Tom
1993 Benefit of the Doubt as Dan
1995 Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Sheriff Jack Banning
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Macadam Salesman
1998 Dirty Work as Travis Cole
1984 Breakin' as James
1997 Leave It to Beaver as Ward Cleaver
1999 My Teacher's Wife as Roy Mueller
2008 Player 5150 as Tony
1980 The Hearse as Pete
1990 Cool Blue as Peter Sin
2011 Cat Run as Bill Krebb
1999 Five Aces as Ash Gray
1998 Jaded as Jack Carlson
1984 Where the Boys Are as Tony
2009 Spooner as Dennis Spooner
2012 Grassroots as Jim Tripp
2002 Speakeasy as Dr. Addams
1994 The Road Killers as Glen
2010 Refuge as Jack Phillips
2000 Magicians as Jake
2008 Summerhood as Assistant Director
2012 Not Fade Away as Jack Dietz
1990 Playroom as Chris
2012 The Collection as Mr. Peters
1994 Another Midnight Run as Jack Walsh
2002 Children on Their Birthdays as Speedy Thorne
2009 Reunion as Eamon
2014 About Last Night as Casey McNeil
1991 Red Wind as Victor Lange
1988 Paramedics as Mad Mike
2001 The Theory of the Leisure Class as Buddy Barnett
1989 An Eight Is Enough Wedding as Jeb
2014 Believe Me as Ken
1996 The Rich Man's Wife as Tony Potenza
1997 Into Thin Air: Death on Everest as Jon Krakauer
1997 A Smile Like Yours as Richard Halstrom
1998 Divorce: A Contemporary Western
2007 Awake as Dr. Larry Lupin
2008 An American Carol as Lab Technician
2022 Rosaline as Lord Capulet
2015 Zipper as Peter Kirkland
1981 Twirl as Buddy Butler
2003 Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
2016 Exposed as Lt. Galban
1996 House Arrest as Donald Krupp
2015 The Squeeze as Riverboat
2016 The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant as Self
2005 The L.A. Riot Spectacular as Officer Koon
1988 Little Girl Lost as Wolff
2007 Kickin' It Old Skool as Marty Schumacher
2024 Abruptio as Police Chief Richter
1998 SLC Punk as Dad
2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as President of the USA
2016 Don't Worry Baby as Harry Lang
2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Golfer
2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as Boss Hogg
2025 Happy Gilmore 2 as Shooter McGavin
2017 The Crash as Del Banco
1984 Chattanooga Choo Choo as Paul
2010 Barry Munday as Dr. Preston Edwards
1996 Superman: The Last Son of Krypton as Jor-El (voice)
2010 Black Widow as Steve
2003 Grind as Mr. Rivers
1994 Midnight Run for Your Life as Jack Walsh
2017 The Tank as Lawson
1987 Outrageous Fortune as George
2017 Wetlands as Det. Paddy Sheehan
2018 Backtrace as Franks
2019 Deep Murder as Richard
1993 Telling Secrets as Terry Kelsey
2011 Balls to the Wall as Mr. Matthews
1993 Bums as Sgt. Andrew Holloman
1994 Midnight Run Around as Jack Walsh
2017 Life After Flash as Self
2020 We Can Be Heroes as President Neil Anami
1998 Gideon as Alan Longhurst
2018 Pink Elephants as Self
2011 Lemonade Mouth as Principal Stanley Brenigan
2014 Being American as Mark
2015 Soul Ties as Sydney
2020 The Stand at Paxton County as Sheriff Roger Bostwick
2010 The Best and the Brightest as The Player
2000 Isn't She Great as Brad Bradburn
1991 Fatal Exposure as Robert Parker
2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice as Mr. Carter
2021 Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
1986 Triplecross as Steve Tyler
2021 Walking with Herb as Wiley
2022 Land of Dreams as Blair / Bob
2025 The Last Rodeo as Jimmy Mack
2007 American Family as Mr. Pratt
1997 Lawn Dogs as Morton Stockard
1999 The Making of 'The Iron Giant' as Self
2005 New Car Smell as Mac
2007 My Sexiest Year as Adult Jake
2025 Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
2026 Jimmy as Lionel Barrymore
2025 Swiped as Robert
2001 The Making of Requiem for a Dream as Self
2005 Reservoir Dogs Revisited as Self
2019 Wildchat

1999 Batman Beyond ( 2 episodes ) as Superman (voice)
1999 The Sopranos ( 1 episode ) as Eddie Dunne
2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Frank Thompson
2004 Best Week Ever ( 1 episode )
2006 Psych ( 1 episode ) as Paul Haversham
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Richard Castillo
1991 Home Improvement ( 1 episode ) as Stu Cutler
2004 North Shore ( 1 episode )
1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Eric Lane
1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Aqua Vita")
1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Joe Flynn
2005 Fat Actress ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy
1995 Road Rules ( 1 episode )
2016 Search Party ( 2 episodes ) as Bill
1996 Superman: The Animated Series ( 3 episodes ) as Jor-El (voice)
2007 The Bronx Is Burning ( 8 episodes ) as Joe DiMaggio
1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Sonny Dupree
2009 Stargate Universe ( 3 episodes ) as Alan Armstrong
1988 Aaron's Way ( 1 episode )
1999 Family Law ( 68 episodes ) as Rex Weller
2021 Hacks ( 18 episodes ) as Marty
1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as John Jay McIntyre
1993 Good Advice ( 2 episodes ) as Joey DeRuzza
1991 Walter & Emily ( 13 episodes ) as Matt Collins
2011 Harry's Law ( 32 episodes ) as Tommy Jefferson
2002 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Rick
2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 1 episode ) as Jor-El (voice)
2004 Cracking Up ( 12 episodes ) as Ted Shackleton
2016 American Crime Story ( 5 episodes ) as Robert S. 'Bob' Bennett
2015 Texas Rising ( 5 episodes ) as Henry Karnes
2010 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien ( 2 episodes ) as Captain Nemesis (voice)
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Evan Korman
2017 The Real Bros of Simi Valley ( 10 episodes ) as Cal
2017 Great News ( 1 episode ) as Len
2023 Captain Fall ( 3 episodes )
2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( 1 episode ) as Company CEO
2018 Gone ( 2 episodes )
2009 The League ( 1 episode ) as Judge Hardy
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Regular Show ( 1 episode ) as Carl Putter (voice)
2022 The Watcher ( 7 episodes ) as Rourke Chamberland
2023 Secret Invasion ( 3 episodes ) as Chris Stearns
2015 Ballers ( 13 episodes ) as Dallas Cowboys Owner
2019 Costume Quest ( 26 episodes ) as Bob Dickerson, Grubbin Bob
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Declan Pace
1982 Cheers ( 1 episode ) as Rick Walker
2019 Mr. Iglesias ( 1 episode ) as Coach Dixon
2013 Kirstie ( 3 episodes ) as Jeffrey Sheppard
2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Bob Carroll
2010 Boardwalk Empire ( 1 episode ) as Harry Daugherty
2011 Happy Endings ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Kerkovich
2018 Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy ( 8 episodes ) as Jim Bassman
1997 Veronica's Closet ( 9 episodes ) as Bryce Anderson
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Harold Coyle
2023 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures ( 2 episodes ) as Grandpa Roog (voice)
2005 Medium ( 1 episode ) as Gregory King
2013 Beware the Batman ( 1 episode ) as Harvey Dent / Weapons Seller (voice)
2013 Beware the Batman ( 7 episodes ) as Harvey Dent (voice)
2009 The Good Wife ( 7 episodes ) as Judge Don Schakowsky
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Las Vegas ( 2 episodes ) as Kidnapper Chips
2018 Keith Lemon: Coming in America ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 Paradise ( 2 episodes ) as Dexter
1984 Call to Glory ( 2 episodes ) as Major Tim O'Reilly
2005 Twins ( 1 episode ) as Terry
1986 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as David Channing
1998 Hollywood Squares ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
2026 The Gray House ( 8 episodes ) as Thomas McNiven
2002 Kim Possible ( 3 episodes ) as Hego (voice)
1997 Gun ( 1 episode ) as Lutz
2026 High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam ( 1 episode ) as Gabe Vardakas

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