Michael McKean
Biography
American actor.
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- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Birth date
- 17 October 1947
- Nationality
- American
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Theatre World Award
- Did celebrity impersonations of Robert Evans , Gary Busey , Howard Stern and Bill Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" .
- Children: Fletcher McKean and Colin McKean (born to Susan Russell ).
- Engaged to Annette OToole in 1998.
- At age 46, was the oldest man to join the cast of "Saturday Night Live" .
- Dan Aykroyd and McKean are the only ones to have appeared as musical guests, hosts and regulars on "Saturday Night Live" .
- The song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," performed by Mitch & Mickey in A Mighty Wind , was written by McKean and his wife, Annette OToole , as a love song to each other after the movie was conceived. Christopher Guest asked McKean and OToole to write the duet.
- Performed as the comedy group The Credibility Gap with Richard Beebe , David L. Lander and Harry Shearer (among others) in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for their rock band version of the classic Bud Abbott /Lou Costello routine "Whos on First?
- Annette OToole and he were one of three husband/wife teams nominated for an Oscar for the 2003-2004 season. The others were Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh and Shari Springer Berman and her husband Robert Pulcini.
- Wrote the song "Potatos In The Patty Wagon" with Annette OToole , his wife, while commuting back and forth from the United States to Canada, where "Smallville" was being filmed. OToole played Martha Kent, Supermans mother, in the series for six seasons.
- Has co-starred with wife Annette OToole as a married couple in at least two TV shows: "Boy Meets World" and "Law & Order" .
Movies
Emerson: Pictures of an Exhibitionist
2015
Keyboard legend Keith Emerson emerged from the thriving rock scene of the sixties and seventies,Fusing rock 'n' roll with classical, jazz, and world music to lay the foundations of progressive rock,setting the standard by which others are judged.
It's a Hard Act to Follow
2012
Created to educate the community on vital issues concerning the theater, Drama Desk was formed in 1949 by a small group of New York theatre critics, editors, reporters and publishers.
Pure Country 2: The Gift
2010
Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune..
Whatever Works
2009
Attempting to impress his ideologies on religion, relationships, and the randomness (and worthlessness) of existence, lifelong New York resident Boris Yellnikoff rants to anyone who will listen, including the audience.
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
The concept of Back from the Dead is that Spinal Tap has reunited in honor of the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and have launched an "unwigged and unplugged" tour.
Unwigged & Unplugged Live Concert DVD: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
Guest, McKean and Shearer perform songs from their films and other projects before a live audience in a concert that took place at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 31, 2009..
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
Spinal Tap, having put Stonehenge on the map in their legendary song about the world heritage site, pay their first visit to the monument.
Adventures of Power
2008
ADVENTURES OF POWER is an epic comedy about a mine-worker named Power whose love of drums and lack of musical skill has turned him into the ridiculed "air drummer" of his small town.
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006
Live folk music performances that pay tribute to archivist Harry Smith..
Blue Skies
2005
NBC sitcom pilot that evolves around Sarah, a twentysomething former stock broker who now works as a YMCA lifeguard..
Threads of Mythology, Part 2
2005
Part 2 of the 4 part documentary which takes a look at the characters and plots of _"X Files, The" (1993)_..
Meet Bob Shaye
2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
Musical performances from 1979 to 1991 to raise funds for Amnesty International..
Haunted Lighthouse
2003
The film tells the story of two ghost children who are cursed to remain forever on a Cape Cod beach and in a 19th-century era lighthouse.
The Guru
2002
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made.
100 Mile Rule
2002
A dark comedy about three salesmen from Detroit who come to Los Angeles for a two week seminar and get themselves involved in a world of trouble when their 'fun' snowballs into a roller-coaster ride of secrets, guilt, peer pressure and stupidity..
The Whitey Show
1999
The Whitey Show is an "improv" / comedy-sketch show, designed around a fictitious Talk Show host, in the style of Jerry Springer.
Snowden's Christmas
1999
When the moving truck hits a bump in the road, a quartet of toys stuck in Ohio decide to trek down their owner, who is moving to New York City..
The Pass
1998
A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker..
Final Justice
1998
Gwen (Annette O'Toole) grieves her murdered brother and hopes for justice in court, only to sit helplessly as her brother is defamed by a sleazy attorney (Michael McKean) and the murderer acquitted.
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1998
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, makes another final reunion.
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
When Casper failed to show up at the Ghost Central Station, he instead finds himself in the world of the living where he befriends a young boy name Chris Carson, a 10 year old, who loves ghosts and the supernatural and has a workaholic father: Tim Carson who spends little time with his son as he attempts to tear down an old mansion to update the town.
Heaven Will Wait
1997
Two senior citizens at a retirement village unite to stand to society's hypocrisy.
The Sunshine Boys
1996
Neil Simon wrote this updated version of his 1972 Broadway play about a film agent's efforts to recombine the once famous comedy pair Lewis and Clark, played by Woody Allen and Peter Falk..
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
The return of Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, on a sad final reunion..
Sessions
1991
Hider in the House
1989
A deranged man, Tom Sykes, hides out in the attic while an unsuspecting couple (Rogers & McKean) and their family carry on their life in the house below.
Short Circuit 2
1988
When Number Five is sent from Newton and Stephanie's ranch to the big city to help Ben with his electronics business, he finds that his robotic talents are wanted by city low-life who want to turn Number Five into profits..
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
1987
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion..
TV
Reel 13: Shorts
2008
In Entertainment
2003
Nitebeat
2003
Primetime Glick
2001
Jiminy Glick, a character first introduced on the The Martin Short Show now has his own show.
Life's Too Short
2000
Music News
2000
At the IFC Center
1997
A monthly series shot at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, and provides an in-depth look at the independent film scene..
Jungle Cubs
1996
The comic adventures of the children of the Jungle Book characters as they cope by themselves with life in the wild, search for food, shelter from nature, and learn to get along with each other..
Rockline on MTV
1991
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history..
WUSA 9 News
1960
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