Michael McKean

American actor, screenwriter (b. 1947)

For the American artist and educator, see Michael Jones McKean.

Michael McKean

McKean in 1999

Born|

Michael John McKean

(1947-10-17) October 17, 1947 (age 78)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Education|

* Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
* New York University (MFA)

Occupations|

* Actor
* comedian
* screenwriter
* director
* singer
* composer
* musician

Years active| 1973–present
Spouses|

* Susan Russell

(m. 1970; div. 1993)​

* Annette O'Toole

(m. 1999)​

Children| 2

Michael John McKean (/məˈkiːən/; born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician known for various roles in film and television such as Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley, David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap, and Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul.

McKean's breakout role was annoying neighbor Lenny Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley. He played David St. Hubbins, lead vocalist and co-lead guitarist of the fictional rock band Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap and had roles in several Christopher Guest ensemble films. He co-wrote the song "A Mighty Wind" (for the Guest film A Mighty Wind), for which he won a Grammy Award, as well as "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from the same film, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. McKean was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for its 19th and 20th seasons in the mid-1990s.

McKean received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2019 for his performance as Chuck McGill. In 2020, he appeared alongside Martin Freeman in the first season of parental comedy series Breeders. He is the current voice of Lou Pickles in Nickelodeon's Rugrats franchise.

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 2.1 1990s
* 2.2 2000s
* 2.3 2010s
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Characters on SNL
* 4.1 Recurring characters
* 4.2 Celebrity impersonations
* 5 Filmography
* 5.1 Film
* 5.2 Television
* 6 Stage
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## Early life[edit | edit source]

McKean was born October 17, 1947, in New York City at Manhattan Women’s Hospital, now part of the Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s complex on Amsterdam Avenue.[1] He is the son of Ruth Stewart McKean, a librarian, and Gilbert S. McKean, one of the founders of Decca Records,[2][3] and was raised in Sea Cliff, New York, on Long Island.[4] McKean is of Irish, English, Scottish, and some German and Dutch descent.[5] He graduated from high school in 1965. In early 1967, he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band The Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy" single (B-side: "And Suddenly").[6][7]

## Career[edit | edit source]

McKean began his career (as well as the characters of Lenny and Squiggy) in Pittsburgh while a student at Carnegie Mellon; David Lander was a fellow student at CMU. Their partnership grew after graduation as part of the comedy group The Credibility Gap with Harry Shearer in Los Angeles, but McKean's breakthrough came in 1976 when he and Lander joined the cast of Laverne & Shirley portraying Lenny and Squiggy. McKean directed one episode, and the characters became something of a phenomenon, even releasing an album as Lenny and the Squigtones in 1979, which featured a young Christopher Guest on guitar (credited as Nigel Tufnel—the name Guest would use a few years later as part of the spoof rock band Spinal Tap). "Foreign Legion of Love" was a big hit for the Squigtones, with frequent play on the Dr. Demento Show. McKean also played his character in an episode of Happy Days. After leaving Laverne & Shirley in 1982, McKean appeared in the film spoof Young Doctors in Love, then two years later as David St. Hubbins in the comedy This Is Spinal Tap with both Guest and Shearer.

McKean quickly became a recognizable name in film and television, with appearances in films such as Used Cars (1980), Clue (1985), D.A.R.Y.L. (1985), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), and taking a lead role in Short Circuit 2 (1988).

### 1990s[edit | edit source]

In 1990, McKean appeared opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper in Flashback. The same year, McKean was part of an ensemble cast in the television series Grand, which aired for a short time. In 1991, McKean co-wrote (with Christopher Guest) the second episode and later directed the final episode of the mock documentary series Morton & Hayes, created by Phil Mishkin and Rob Reiner.

McKean appeared in a number of movie roles, including the film adaptation of Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Coneheads (1993), Airheads (1994), and Radioland Murders (1994).

Having already appeared as a musical guest and then host of Saturday Night Live, McKean joined the cast from 1994 to 1995. At the age of 46, he was the oldest person ever to join the SNL cast at the time (later surpassed by Leslie Jones, who joined in 2014 at age 47),[8] one of a handful of SNL cast members who weren't already hired to work behind the scenes (like SNL's numerous writers-turned-cast members) to appear on the show before becoming a cast member and the only one to be a musical guest and a host before becoming a cast member.[9] During this time, he also released a video follow-up to Spinal Tap, played the villainous Mr. Dittmeyer in The Brady Bunch Movie, and played the boss Gibby in the series Dream On. After leaving Saturday Night Live, McKean spent a lot of time doing children's fare, voicing various TV shows and movies.

In 1997, he performed the lead voice role in the video game Zork Grand Inquisitor as Dalboz of Gurth and appeared in the 1999 films Teaching Mrs. Tingle and Mystery, Alaska.

McKean's television guest appearances include The Simpsons; Star Trek: Voyager; Boy Meets World; Murder, She Wrote; Murphy Brown; Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; Friends; and Caroline in the City. In 1998, he guest starred in a two-part episode of The X-Files titled "Dreamland," in which his character Morris Fletcher switched bodies with Fox Mulder. The character was a success, reappearing in 1999's "Three of a Kind," an episode which focused on the recurring characters of The Lone Gunmen. The character appeared on the short-lived spin-off series in 2001, and then returned to The X-Files in its final season for an episode called "Jump the Shark."

### 2000s[edit | edit source]

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McKean and Jane Lynch at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival

McKean reunited with Christopher Guest in Best in Show (2000) and appeared in Little Nicky (2000), The Guru (2002), And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), and A Mighty Wind (2003), in which The Folksmen are played by the actors who played as Spinal Tap. McKean had a regular role as the brassy, heavily made-up bandleader Adrian Van Voorhees in Martin Short's series Primetime Glick. He also had guest roles on such shows as Law & Order, Family Guy, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. He did voiceover work as Henry's cousin Louie on Oswald, which coincidentally featured the voice of David Lander as Henry. He lent his voice to an episode of Kevin Smith's Clerks: The Animated Series that never aired but was included on the VHS and DVD versions of the series.

In 2003, he guest-starred on Smallville, the Superman prequel in which his wife Annette O'Toole starred as Martha Kent. McKean played Perry White, who ultimately becomes Clark Kent's boss. He previously associated with the Superman universe in 1994 on the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman first-season episode "Vatman," in which he played Dr. Fabian Leek, a cloning expert who creates a Superman clone that belonged to corporate mogul Lex Luthor (John Shea). Also, during his short stint on Saturday Night Live, McKean played Perry White in a Superman spoof.

In 2003, he appeared in the Christopher Guest comedy A Mighty Wind. He co-wrote several songs for the film, including A Mighty Wind (with Guest and Eugene Levy), which won the Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song.

McKean performed in the Broadway production of Hairspray in 2004. He co-starred as Hines in a revival of The Pajama Game with Harry Connick, Jr. at the American Airlines Theatre in the first half of 2006. Also in 2006, McKean reunited with most of the cast of A Mighty Wind to film the comedy For Your Consideration and appeared in the play Love Song on the stage in London. His musical interests led him to a starring role in the 2008 comedy air-drumming film Adventures of Power, in which he was reunited with Jane Lynch, his co-star from For Your Consideration, in a story intended to honor the leaders and fighters of the 99% movement.[10]

McKean was cast in the pilot episode of a remake of the British series The Thick of It as the chief of staff. The pilot was directed by Guest. McKean starred in the 40th anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, co-starring Ian McShane, Raul Esparza, Eve Best, and James Frain. The show opened on December 9, 2007. In 2009, he starred in the Chicago-based Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Superior Donuts by playwright Tracy Letts.

### 2010s[edit | edit source]

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Singer-songwriter spouses Annette O'Toole and Michael McKean perform their song "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" on Employee of the Month in 2016.

On January 20, 2010, it was announced that McKean would return in an episode of Smallville alongside his spouse Annette O'Toole.[11]

In May 2010, McKean won the Celebrity Jeopardy! tournament by defeating Jane Curtin and Cheech Marin. The earnings were donated to the International Myeloma Foundation in honor of McKean's friend Lee Grayson, who died of myeloma in 2004. In Summer 2010, McKean took over the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Barrow Street Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village. His run ended on August 24, 2010. In 2011, McKean appeared on an episode of Sesame Street as a rock star looking for "rocks" to be in an all ROCK-band.

In April 2012, McKean began performing on Broadway in Gore Vidal's The Best Man. On May 22, 2012, McKean was hit by a car in New York City, suffering a broken leg. On June 1, 2012, McKean was released from the hospital to begin physical rehabilitation.[12] He appeared in the HBO comedy series Family Tree in early 2013.[13]

In early 2014, McKean played J. Edgar Hoover in Broadway previews of Robert Schenkkan's Lyndon B. Johnson bio-play All the Way, starring Emmy winner Bryan Cranston as Lyndon B. Johnson.[14]

In 2015, McKean began appearing as a regular cast member in the first three seasons of Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul in the role of the main character's older brother Chuck McGill – a new character created for the series[15] – also having guest appearances in the show's fourth and sixth seasons. The same year, McKean began hosting the Cooking Channel television series Food: Fact or Fiction? This lighthearted show takes a look at food urban legends and features him both as host and narrator to some segments within each episode.

In 2018, McKean played Doug Forcette in the NBC sitcom The Good Place,[16] a former stoner from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who had a mushroom-induced hallucination in the 1970s and correctly guessed 92% of the afterlife. While Doug Forcett is mentioned multiple times in the show, McKean only portrayed him in one episode.

McKean played Sgt. Shadwell in the 2019 television mini-series adaptation of the novel Good Omens.[17]

## Personal life[edit | edit source]

In 1970, McKean married Susan Russell. They had two children, Colin (born 1976) and Fletcher (born 1985). He married actress and singer Annette O'Toole in 1999; she had two children, Nell and Anna, from a previous marriage. Colin McKean died in 2012.[18]

## Characters on SNL[edit | edit source]

### Recurring characters[edit | edit source]

* Anthony, the weatherman from Good Morning, Brooklyn

### Celebrity impersonations[edit | edit source]

* Bill Clinton (after Phil Hartman left at the end of season 19)
* Jimmy Carter
* Robert Evans
* John Tesh
* Robert Shapiro
* Spalding Gray
* Tom Skerritt
* Vincent Price
* Richard Gephardt
* Jeffrey Dahmer
* Howard Stern
* Donald E. Belfi
* Adam West
* Elvis Costello
* George F. Will
* Gary Busey
* Patrick Stewart

## Filmography[edit | edit source]

### Film[edit | edit source]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

|
|
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1977  | Cracking Up | Various characters  |
1979  | 1941 | Willy  |
1980  | Used Cars | Eddie Winslow  |
1982  | Young Doctors in Love | Dr. Simon August  |
1984  | This Is Spinal Tap | David St. Hubbins | Also writer
1985  | D.A.R.Y.L. | Andy Richardson  |
Clue | Mr. Green  |
1986  | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Leslie  | Uncredited
1987  | Light of Day | Bu Montgomery  |
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | State Trooper  |
1988  | Portrait of a White Marriage | Rev. Prufrock  |
Short Circuit 2 | Fred Ritter  |
Earth Girls Are Easy | Woody  |
1989  | Hider in the House | Phil Dreyer  |
The Big Picture | Emmett Summer  | Also writer
1990  | Flashback | Hal  |
Book of Love | Adult Jack Twiller  |
1991  | True Identity | Harvey Cooper  |
1992  | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | George Talbot  |
Man Trouble | Eddy Revere  |
1993  | Coneheads | Gorman Seedling  |
1994  | Airheads | Milo Jackson  |
Radioland Murders | Rick Rochester  |
1995  | The Brady Bunch Movie | Mr. Larry Dittmeyer  |
Across the Moon | Frank  |
1996  | Edie & Pen | Rick  |
The Pompatus of Love | Sitcom Star  |
Jack | Paulie  |
1997  | No Strings Attached | Elliot Lewis  |
Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Bill Case  | Direct-to-video
That Darn Cat | Peter Randall  |
Nothing to Lose | Phillip "P.B" Barrow  |
Still Breathing | New Mark  |
1998  | The Man Who Counted | Reverend Hooper  | Short film
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | David St. Hubbins  | Short film
The Pass | Willie L.  |
Small Soldiers | Insaniac/Troglokhan  | Voices
Archibald the Rainbow Painter | J.P. Bigelow  |
With Friends Like These... | Dr. Maxwell Hersh  |
Sugar: The Fall of the West | Head of Sex Clinic  |
1999  | Masters of Horror and Suspense | Will Masters  |
Kill the Man | Mr. Livingston  |
True Crime | Reverend Shillerman  |
Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Principal Potter  |
Mystery, Alaska | Mr. Walsh  |
2000  | Best in Show | Stefan Vanderhoof  |
Beautiful | Lance DeSalvo  |
Little Nicky | Chief of Police  |
2001  | My First Mister | Bob Benson  |
Never Again | Alex The Transvestite  |
Dr. Dolittle 2 | Bird 1  | Voice
2002  | Slap Her... She's French | Monsieur Duke  |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Sarousch  | Voice; Direct-to-video
Teddy Bears' Picnic | Porterfield "Porty" Pendleton  |
The Guru | Dwain  |
Auto Focus | Video Executive  |
100 Mile Rule | Howard  |
2003  | A Mighty Wind | Jerry Palter  |
2005  | The Producers | Prison Trustee  |
2006  | Relative Strangers | Ken Hyman  |
For Your Consideration | Lane Iverson  |
2007  | Joshua | Chester Jenkins  |
The Grand | Steve Lavisch  |
2008  | Adventures of Power | Harlan  |
2009  | Whatever Works | Joe  |
2010  | Pure Country 2: The Gift | Peter  |
2012  | The Words | Nelson Wylie  |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | Dr. Bartholomew Wolper  | Voice; Direct-to-video
2013  | 10 Rules for Sleeping Around | Jeffrey Fields  |
2014  | Sesame Street: Learning Rocks | Virgil Von Vivaldi  | Direct-to-video
2015  | The Meddler | Mark  |
2020  | Pink Skies Ahead | Richard  |
2021  | Playing God | Frank  |
My Little Pony: A New Generation | Argyle  | Voice
2022  | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Howard  |

### Television[edit | edit source]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1976–1983  | Laverne & Shirley | Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski  | 149 episodes
1979  | Happy Days | Episode: "Fonzie's Funeral: Part 2"
1980  | Goodtime Girls | Joey  | Episode: "Internal Injury"
1984  | Saturday Night Live | Himself / David St. Hubbins | 2 episodes
1985  | George Burns Comedy Week | Joey  | Episode: "The Borrowing"
1986  | Classified Love | Pete Newly  | Television film
Tall Tales & Legends | Mac Macintosh / Mr. Wallace  | 2 episodes
1987  | Double Agent | Jason Starr / Warren Starbinder  | Television film
Daniel and the Towers | Wexler Hatch  | Television film
1990  | Grand | Tom Smithson  | 13 episodes
Empty Nest | Dennis Adams  | Episode: "Mad About the Boy"
Murder, She Wrote | Ross McKay  | Episode: "The Return of Preston Giles"
The AFI Presents: TV or Not TV? | Principal Ford  | Television special; segment: "Peak A Boo"
1991  | Morton & Hayes | Dr. Mummenschvantz  | Episode: "The Bride of Mummula"
Murder in High Places | Pettibone  | Television film
1991–1996  | Dream On | Gibby Fiske  | 25 episodes
1992–1994  | Dinosaurs | Various voices  | 12 episodes
1992, 1999  | The Simpsons | David St. Hubbins / Jerry Rude (voice)  | 2 episodes
1993–1994,
1998  | Animaniacs | Various voices  | 3 episodes
1993  | Family Album | Mr. Gordon  | Episode: "Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall All You Gotta Do Is Call..."
1994  | Getting By | Dirk Clearfield  | Episode: "Sell It Like It Is"
Lois & Clark:
The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Fabian Leek  | Episode: "Vatman"
Duckman | Bob Hiney (voice)  | Episode: "A Civil War"
1994–1995  | Saturday Night Live | Various Roles  | 25 episodes
1995  | The Nanny | Prof. Noel Babcock PhD  | Episode: "Franny and the Professor"
Friends | Leon Rastatter  | Episode: "The One with the List"
1996  | The Sunshine Boys | Scott Grogan  | Television film
Star Trek: Voyager | The Clown  | Episode: "The Thaw"
Secret Service Guy | Frank McClellan  | 7 episodes
Caroline in the City | Father Damian  | Episode: "Caroline and the Wedding"
1996–1998  | Jungle Cubs | Cecil (voice)  | 20 episodes
Pinky and the Brain | Various voices  | 4 episodes
1996–1999  | Tracey Takes On... | Barrington "Barry" LeTissier  | 6 episodes
1997  | Road Rovers | Dr. Jeffrey Otitus (voice)  | Episode: " Reigning Cats and Dogs"
Johnny Bravo | Various voices  | 3 episodes
The Weird Al Show | Miner  | Episode: "Mining Accident"
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself  | Episode: "BooBooKitty"
1997–1998  | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Jasper Badun (voice)  | 27 episodes
1998  | The Closer | Arthur Willhaven  | 2 episodes
LateLine | Dick Obermeyer  | Episode: "Pearce's New Buddy"
Murphy Brown | Dennis Page  | Episode: "Second Time Around"
The Angry Beavers | L.G. Algae / Raccoon (voice)  | Episode: "Pond Scum"
Final Justice | Merle Hammond  | Television film
The New Batman Adventures | 50s Joker / Mutant Member (voice)  | Episode: "Legends of the Dark Knight "
Mr. Show with Bob and David | Professor Peens  | Episode: "Life Is Precious and God and the Bible"
Recess | Mr. Bream (voice)  | Episode: "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave"
1998–1999  | Maggie Winters | Lewis Stickley  | 2 episodes
1998–2002  | The X-Files | Morris Fletcher | 4 episodes
1999  | Providence | Sherman Smith  | Episode: "Blind Faith"
Boy Meets World | Jedediah Lawrence  | Episode: "State of the Unions"
1999–2003  | Hey Arnold! | Various voices  | 2 episodes
2000  | Batman Beyond | Ian Peek (voice)  | Episode: "Sneak Peek"
2000–2001  | The Huntress | Lt. Praeger / Ralph Thorson (voice)  | 3 episodes
Clerks: The Animated Series | Various voices  | 2 episodes
2000, 2002  | Family Guy | Various voices  | 2 episodes
2000, 2008  | Law & Order | Elias Grace / Bill Nolan  | 2 episodes
2001  | Strip Mall | Psycho-Vivor Host  | 2 episodes
The Lone Gunmen | Morris Fletcher  | Episode: "All About Yves"
2001–2002  | Oswald | Maestro Bingo / Louie (voice)  | 5 episodes
2001–2003  | Primetime Glick | Adrien Van Voorhees  | 30 episodes
2002  | Teamo Supremo | Mean Thumb / Lo-Fi (voice)  | 2 episodes
As Told by Ginger | Bobby Lightfoot (voice)  | Episode: "Family Therapy"
Justice League | Sgt. O'Shaughnessey / The Sportsman (voice)  | 2 episodes
The Zeta Project | Dr. Marcus Edmunds (voice)  | Episode: "The Hologram Man"
2002–2005  | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)  | 4 episodes
2003  | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | William Christy Cabanne | Television film
2003,
2010–2011  | Smallville | Perry White | 3 episodes
2005  | Alias | Dr. Atticus Liddell  | 2 episodes
Hopeless Pictures | Mel Wax (voice)  | 9 episodes
Boston Legal | Dwight Biddle  | Episode: "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
2006  | Catscratch | Groink (voice)  | Episode: "Love Jackal"
Help Me Help You | Dr. Howard "J." Hubbins  | Episode: "Pink Feud"
The Year Without a Santa Claus | Snow Miser  | Television film
2007  | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Kalgoron (voice)  | Episode: "Wrath of the Spider Queen"
2007, 2011  | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Matt Tessler  | 2 episodes
2008  | The Unit | Dr. Donald Metz  | 2 episodes
2010  | Glory Daze | Stu  | Episode: "Why Shant This Be Love?"
Sesame Street | Virgil Von Vivaldi  | Episode: "Rock, Rock Band"
2011  | Off the Map | Ed Greenman  | Episode: "Saved by the Great White Hope"
Castle | Victor Baron  | Episode: "Pretty Dead"
Childrens Hospital | Death  | Episode: "Munch by Proxy"
Glenn Martin, DDS | Eye-Hawk / Sarge (voice)  | Episode: "Heist"
Homeland | Judge Jeffrey Turner  | Episode: "Grace"
2012–2013  | Happy Endings | Big Dave  | 2 episodes
2012  | Thundercats | Vultaire (voice)  | 2 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Fred Sandow  | Episode: "Father's Shadow"
2012, 2016  | SpongeBob SquarePants | Captain Frosty Mug / Lonnie the Shark (voice)  | 2 episodes
2013  | Family Tree | Keith Chadwick  | 4 episodes
American Dad! | Emperor Zing (voice)  | Episode: "Lost in Space"
2014  | The 7D | Uncle Humidor (voice)  | 2 episodes
2015–2018; 2022  | Better Call Saul | Chuck McGill | 28 episodes
2015–2019  | Food: Fact or Fiction? | Himself (host)  | 65 episodes
2015  | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Zeus | Episode: "Stephen Merchant Wears a Checkered Shirt and Rolled Up Jeans"
2015–2016  | Drunk History | Carl Laemmle / Arthur Jell  | 2 episodes
2016–2018  | Goldie & Bear | Mr. Locks (voice)  | 6 episodes
2017  | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Warren G. Harding counselor  | Segment: "Harding"
2018  | The Good Place | Doug Forcett  | Episode: "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By"
2019  | Veep | Governor Ballentine  | Episode: "Oslo"
Good Omens | Witchfinder Sgt. Shadwell  | 5 episodes
Delilah | Tom Childs Sr.  | Pilot
2020–2022  | Grace and Frankie | Jack  | 6 episodes
2020  | Breeders | Michael  | 5 episodes
At Home with Amy Sedaris | Guy Lombardi  | Episode: "New Year's"
Helpsters | Roy  | Episode: "Billy Bug/Cody Rides a Bike"
2021–present  | Rugrats | Lou Pickles (voice)  | Main role
2022  | Billions | Melville Revere  | Episode: "Cannonade"

## Stage[edit | edit source]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Venue

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2004  | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad  | Neil Simon Theatre
2004–2005  | A Second Hand Memory | Phil Wellman  | Linda Gross Theater
2006  | The Pajama Game | Hines  | American Airlines Theatre
2006  | Love Song | Harry  | Ambassadors Theatre
2007–2008  | The Homecoming | Sam  | Cort Theatre
2009  | Our Town | Stage Manager  | Barrow Street Theatre
2009–2010  | Superior Donuts | Arthur Przybyszewski  | Music Box Theatre
2011  | King Lear | Earl of Gloucester  | The Public Theatre
2012  | The Best Man | Dick Jensen  | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
2014  | All the Way | J. Edgar Hoover | American Repertory Theatre
2017  | The Little Foxes | Ben Hubbard  | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
2018  | The True | Erastus Corning II  | Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre

## Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Work  | Result

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2004 | Academy Award | Best Original Song | "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow",
from A Mighty Wind | Nominated
2004 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award | Best Original Song | Won
2004 | Satellite Award | Best Original Song | Nominated
2004 | Grammy Award | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "A Mighty Wind",
from A Mighty Wind | Won
2004 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Music | A Mighty Wind | Nominated
2004 | Florida Film Critics Association Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Won
2004 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award | Best Ensemble Acting | Nominated
2004 | Seattle Film Critics Award | Best Music | Won
2006 | Gotham Award | Best Ensemble Performance | For Your Consideration | Nominated
2016  | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Better Call Saul | Nominated
2017  | Nominated
2018  | Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Won
Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Won
2019  | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated

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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song

1990s|

* "When You Believe" – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (1998)
* "Music of My Heart" – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren (1999)

2000s|

* "My Funny Friend and Me" – Music by David Hartley and Sting; Lyrics by Sting (2000)
* "May It Be" – Music and Lyrics by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan / "Vanilla Sky" – Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney (2001)
* "Lose Yourself" – Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bass, Eminem and Luis Resto, (2002)
* "A Mighty Wind" – Music and Lyrics by Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and Michael McKean (2003)
* "Old Habits Die Hard" – Music and Lyrics by Mick Jagger and David Stewart (2004)
* "Hustle & Flow" – Music and Lyrics by Terrence Howard (2005)
* "Listen" – Music and Lyrics by Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger and Anne Preven (2006)
* "Falling Slowly" – Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007)
* "The Wrestler" – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (2008)
* "The Weary Kind" – Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009)

2010s|

* "If I Rise" – Music and Lyrics by Rollo Armstrong, Dido and A. R. Rahman (2010)
* "Life's a Happy Song" – Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie (2011)
* "Skyfall" – Music and Lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth (2012)
* "Let It Go" – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2013)
* "Glory" – Music and Lyrics by Common and John Legend (2014)
* "See You Again" – Music and Lyrics by Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth (2015)
* "City of Stars" – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
* "Remember Me" – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2017)
* "Shallow" – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018)
* "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" – Music and Lyrics by Mary Steenburgen / "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2019)

2020s|

* "Speak Now" – Music and Lyrics by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth (2020)
* "No Time to Die" – Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021)

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Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

1988−2000|

* "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988)
* "Two Hearts" – Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier (songwriters) (1989)
* "Let the River Run" – Carly Simon (songwriter) (1990)
* "Under the Sea" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1991)
* "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen & Bryan Adams (songwriters) (1992)
* "Beauty and the Beast" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1993)
* "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994)
* "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995)
* "Colors of the Wind" – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) (1996)
* "Because You Loved Me" – Diane Warren (songwriter) (1997)
* "I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly (songwriter) (1998)
* "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999)
* "Beautiful Stranger" – Madonna & William Orbit (songwriters) (2000)

2001−2020|

* "When She Loved Me" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2001)
* "Boss of Me" – John Flansburgh & John Linnell (songwriters) (2002)
* "If I Didn't Have You" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2003)
* "A Mighty Wind" – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean (songwriters) (2004)
* "Into the West" – Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (songwriters) (2005)
* "Believe" – Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (songwriters) (2006)
* "Our Town" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2007)
* "Love You I Do" – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger (songwriters) (2008)
* "Down to Earth" – Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (songwriters) (2009)
* "Jai Ho" – Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah (songwriters) (2010)
* "The Weary Kind" – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (songwriters) (2011)
* "I See the Light" – Alan Menken & Glenn Slater (songwriters) (2012)
* "Safe & Sound" – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White (songwriters) (2013)
* "Skyfall" – Adele Atkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2014)
* "Let It Go" – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (songwriters) (2015)
* "Glory" – Common, Che Smith & John Legend (songwriters) (2016)
* "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake (songwriters) (2017)
* "How Far I'll Go" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2018)
* "Shallow" – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (songwriters) (2019)
* "I'll Never Love Again" – Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (songwriters) (2020)

2021−present|

* "No Time to Die" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2021)
* "All Eyes on Me" – Bo Burnham (songwriter) (2022)

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Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

* Stanley Tucci (1996)
* Vondie Curtis-Hall (1997)
* David Clennon (1998)
* David Schwimmer (2001)
* Victor Garber / Linus Roache / Eric Roberts (2002)
* Justin Kirk / Neal McDonough / Jeffrey Tambor (2003)
* Bill Nighy (2004)
* Randy Quaid (2005)
* Tony Plana (2006)
* David Zayas (2007)
* Nelsan Ellis (2008)
* John Lithgow (2009)
* David Strathairn (2010)
* Peter Dinklage / Ryan Hurst (2011)
* Neal McDonough (2012)
* Aaron Paul (2013)
* Rory Kinnear (2014)
* Christian Slater (2015)
* Ben Mendelsohn (2016)
* Michael McKean (2017)
* Hugo Weaving (2018)
* Jeremy Strong (2019)
* Jeff Wilbusch (2020)
* Evan Peters (2021)

Also see Best Supporting Actor – Television Series.

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Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television

* Dennis Haysbert (1999)
* James Marsters (2000)
* Michael Rosenbaum (2001)
* Victor Garber (2002)
* James Marsters (2003)
* Terry O'Quinn (2004)
* James Callis (2005)
* Masi Oka (2006)
* Michael Emerson (2007)
* Adrian Pasdar (2008)
* Aaron Paul (2009)
* John Noble (2010)
* Aaron Paul (2011)
* Jonathan Banks (2012)
* Aaron Paul (2013)
* Laurence Fishburne (2014)
* Richard Armitage (2015)
* Ed Harris (2016)
* Michael McKean (2017)
* Peter Dinklage (2018/2019)
* Doug Jones (2019/2020)

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Spinal Tap

* "David St. Hubbins" (Michael McKean)
* "Nigel Tufnel" (Christopher Guest)
* "Derek Smalls" (Harry Shearer)

Albums|

* This Is Spinal Tap
* Break Like the Wind
* Back from the Dead

Film|

* This Is Spinal Tap

Miscellaneous|

* "Up to eleven"
* The Folksmen
* A Mighty Wind
* "The Otto Show"

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