Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1955-02-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Getting Married	Usher	40
2	1980	The Hearse	Pete	53
3	1981	Twirl	Buddy Butler	35
4	1982	Grease 2	Goose McKenzie	52
5	1982	The Black Room	Terry	43
6	1984	Where the Boys Are	Tony	44
7	1984	Breakin'	James	67
8	1984	Chattanooga Choo Choo	Paul	50
9	1986	The Boys Next Door	Detective Mark Woods	62
10	1986	Triplecross	Steve Tyler	48
11	1987	Outrageous Fortune	George	60
12	1988	Little Girl Lost	Wolff	80
13	1988	Paramedics	Mad Mike	23
14	1989	Chances Are	Louie Jeffries	66
15	1989	An Eight Is Enough Wedding	Jeb	100
16	1990	Cool Blue	Peter Sin	41
17	1990	Playroom	Chris	39
18	1991	Fatal Exposure	Robert Parker	75
19	1991	Red Wind	Victor Lange	30
20	1991	Thelma & Louise	Darryl	76
21	1991	Dutch	Reed Standish	64
22	1991	Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue	Senator Dixon	52
23	1993	Telling Secrets	Terry Kelsey	46
24	1993	Conflict of Interest	Mickey Flannery	43
25	1993	Benefit of the Doubt	Dan	46
26	1993	Bums	Sgt. Andrew Holloman	20
27	1993	Fatal Instinct	Frank Kelbo	54
28	1993	Grumpy Old Men	Mike	66
29	1994	Another Midnight Run	Jack Walsh	65
30	1994	Monkey Trouble	Tom	57
31	1994	Midnight Runaround	Jack Walsh	66
32	1994	The Road Killers	Glen	53
33	1994	Midnight Run for Your Life	Jack Walsh	46
34	1994	Quiz Show	Jack Barry	73
35	1994	Terminal Velocity	Kerr	53
36	1995	Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back	Sheriff Jack Banning	55
37	1995	The Tuskegee Airmen	Major Joy	71
38	1995	Fair Game	Lieutenant Meyerson	51
39	1996	Happy Gilmore	Shooter McGavin	66
40	1996	Unforgettable	Stewart Gleick	56
41	1996	Celtic Pride	Coach Kimball	53
42	1996	House Arrest	Donald Krupp	53
43	1996	Superman: The Last Son of Krypton	Jor-El (voice)	70
44	1996	The Rich Man's Wife	Tony Potenza	54
45	1997	The Eighteenth Angel	Hugh Stanton	49
46	1997	Gun	Lutz	70
47	1997	Leave It to Beaver	Ward Cleaver	54
48	1997	A Smile Like Yours	Richard Halstrom	36
49	1997	Into Thin Air: Death on Everest	Jon Krakauer	55
50	1997	Lawn Dogs	Morton	71
51	1997	Flubber	Wilson Croft	57
52	1998	Dirty Work	Travis Cole	62
53	1998	Jaded	Jack Carlson	51
54	1998	SLC Punk	Dad	71
55	1998	Divorce: A Contemporary Western		25
56	1998	Gideon	Alan Longhurst	58
57	1998	The Faculty	Mr. Frank Connor	66
58	1999	The Making of 'The Iron Giant'	Self	64
59	1999	Five Aces	Ash Gray	57
60	1999	The Iron Giant	Kent Mansley (voice)	79
61	1999	My Teacher's Wife	Roy Mueller	53
62	2000	Magicians	Jake	53
63	2000	Isn't She Great	Brad Bradburn	49
64	2000	Takedown	Mitch Gibson	61
65	2000	The Skulls	Martin Lombard	58
66	2000	The Perfect Storm	Todd Gross	65
67	2000	Requiem for a Dream	Tappy Tibbons	80
68	2001	61*	Mel Allen	70
69	2001	The Theory of the Leisure Class	Buddy Barnett	0
70	2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Macadam Salesman	75
71	2002	Speakeasy	Dr. Addams	40
72	2002	Children on Their Birthdays	Speedy Thorne	63
73	2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	President of the USA	56
74	2003	Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey	Self	79
75	2003	Grind	Mr. Rivers	59
76	2005	New Car Smell	Mac	0
77	2005	The L.A. Riot Spectacular	Officer Koon	26
78	2005	Broken Flowers	Ron	69
79	2005	Rumor Has It...	Roger McManus	57
80	2006	Funny Money	Vic	52
81	2006	American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile	Mr. Stifler	55
82	2007	The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning	JD "Boss" Hogg	61
83	2007	Kickin' It Old Skool	Marty Schumacher	47
84	2007	American Family	Mr. Pratt	0
85	2007	My Sexiest Year	Adult Jake	15
86	2007	Awake	Dr. Larry Lupin	65
87	2007	American Pie Presents: Beta House	Mr. Stifler	57
88	2008	Player 5150	Tony	51
89	2008	Mad Money	Bryce Arbogast	65
90	2008	Summerhood	Assistant Director	53
91	2008	Superhero Movie	Lou Landers	53
92	2008	The House Bunny	Dean Simmons	57
93	2008	An American Carol	Lab Technician	42
94	2009	Spooner	Dennis Spooner	56
95	2009	Fanboys	Big Chuck	61
96	2009	Reunion	Eamon	0
97	2009	Deep in the Valley	Diamond Jim	49
98	2009	Splinterheads	Sargeant Bruce Mancuso	60
99	2010	Refuge	Jack Phillips	50
100	2010	Black Widow	Steve	0
101	2010	Barry Munday	Dr. Preston Edwards	58
102	2010	The Best and the Brightest	The Player	48
103	2011	Cat Run	Bill Krebb	53
104	2011	Lemonade Mouth	Principal Brenigan	74
105	2011	Balls to the Wall	Mr. Matthews	48
106	2012	Grassroots	Jim Tripp	51
107	2012	The Collection	Mr. Peters	64
108	2012	Not Fade Away	Jack Dietz	54
109	2014	About Last Night	Casey McNeil	60
110	2014	Being American	Mark	0
111	2014	Believe Me	Ken	53
112	2015	The Squeeze	Riverboat	50
113	2015	Zipper	Peter Kirkland	55
114	2015	Soul Ties	Sydney	0
115	2016	Exposed	Lt. Galban	49
116	2016	Don't Worry Baby	Harry Lang	51
117	2016	The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant	Self	77
118	2017	The Crash	Del Banco	45
119	2017	Once Upon a Time in Venice	Mr. Carter	52
120	2017	The Tank	Lawson	49
121	2017	Wetlands	Det. Paddy Sheehan	43
122	2017	Life After Flash	Self	57
123	2018	Pink Elephants	Self	62
124	2018	Backtrace	Franks	50
125	2019	Deep Murder	Richard	40
126	2020	The Stand at Paxton County	Sheriff Roger Bostwick	59
127	2020	We Can Be Heroes	President Neil Anami	60
128	2021	Stallone: Frank, That Is	Self	59
129	2021	Walking with Herb	Wiley	67
130	2022	Land of Dreams	Blair / Bob	43
131	2022	Rosaline	Lord Capulet	71
132	2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F	Golfer	67
133	2024	Abruptio	Police Chief Richter	57
134	2025	The Last Rodeo	Jimmy Mack	76
135	2025	Happy Gilmore 2	Shooter McGavin	0
136	2025	Dirty Work: Dirtier Cut	Travis Cole	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Knight Rider	Joe Flynn	76
2	1982	Cheers	Rick Walker	76
3	1984	Hunter	Sonny Dupree	72
4	1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "Aqua Vita")	78
5	1986	Matlock		71
6	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Lt. Richard Castillo	84
7	1988	Aaron's Way		50
8	1990	Law & Order	John Jay McIntyre	74
9	1991	Home Improvement	Stu Cutler	74
10	1991	Walter & Emily	Matt Collins	0
11	1993	Good Advice	Joey DeRuzza	60
12	1995	Road Rules		68
13	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Jor-El (voice)	76
14	1997	Veronica's Closet	Bryce Anderson	52
15	1999	Batman Beyond	Superman (voice)	81
16	1999	The Sopranos	Eddie Dunne	87
17	1999	Family Law	Rex Weller	82
18	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Harold Coyle	79
19	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Evan Korman	76
20	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Declan Pace	76
21	2002	The Twilight Zone	Rick	72
22	2002	Without a Trace	Bob Carroll	72
23	2004	Best Week Ever		56
24	2004	Cracking Up	Ted Shackleton	50
25	2004	North Shore		61
26	2004	Justice League Unlimited	Jor-El (voice)	83
27	2005	Medium	Gregory King	75
28	2005	Numb3rs		71
29	2005	Fat Actress	Jimmy	62
30	2006	Psych	Paul Haversham	79
31	2007	The Bronx Is Burning	Joe DiMaggio	70
32	2009	The Good Wife	Judge Don Schakowsky	76
33	2009	Stargate Universe	Alan Armstrong	74
34	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
35	2009	The League	Judge Hardy	74
36	2010	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Captain Nemesis (voice)	82
37	2010	Regular Show	Carl Putter (voice)	86
38	2010	Boardwalk Empire	Harry Daugherty	80
39	2011	Harry's Law	Tommy Jefferson	73
40	2011	Happy Endings	Mr. Kerkovich	69
41	2013	Beware the Batman	Harvey Dent (voice)	72
42	2013	Beware the Batman	Harvey Dent / Weapons Seller (voice)	72
43	2013	Kirstie	Jeffrey Sheppard	46
44	2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Company CEO	79
45	2015	Texas Rising	Henry Karnes	62
46	2015	Ballers	Dallas Cowboys Owner	68
47	2016	American Crime Story	Robert S. 'Bob' Bennett	76
48	2016	Search Party	Bill	68
49	2017	The Real Bros of Simi Valley	Cal	74
50	2017	Great News	Len	66
51	2018	Gone		71
52	2018	Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy	Jim Bassman	80
53	2019	Costume Quest	Bob Dickerson, Grubbin Bob	87
54	2019	Mr. Iglesias	Coach Dixon	75
55	2021	Hacks	Marty	75
56	2022	The Watcher	Detective Rourke Chamberland	71
57	2023	Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures	Grandpa Roog (voice)	47
58	2023	Secret Invasion	Chris Stearns	66
59	2023	Captain Fall		66

Christopher McDonald

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