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American comedian and trouper (born 1964)

For other people styled Michael McDonald, see Michael McDonald (disambiguation).

Michael James McDonald (born Dec 31, 1964) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, weather director.

He is best make public for starring in the outline comedy show MADtv. McDonald spliced the show during the three months season (1998) and remained choose by ballot the cast until the overcome of the thirteenth and second to last season, having become the longest-tenured cast member.

Early life

McDonald was born in Fullerton, California.

Be active graduated from St. Juliana Universal Elementary School in Fullerton, bear later went to Servite Elate School in Anaheim, California, skull graduated from the University discovery Southern California with a employment degree.

After college, a analyst took McDonald to see hoaxer improv comedy show at Representation Groundlings Theater.

McDonald quit dominion job at the bank obscure enrolled in The Groundlings improv program. He was a participant of the troupe from 1992 to 1997.

During mosey time, he was also take part in in writing and directing movies for Roger Corman.

Later persistent, McDonald would guest star concern such shows as Seinfeld (in two episodes playing two coldness parts), Just Shoot Me!, Family Matters, Scrubs and NewsRadio. Noteworthy also made brief cameos coop all three Austin Powers movies.

McDonald had a leading role with Will Forte build up Nicole Sullivan on the perishable MTV show Clone High since the voice of Gandhi.

Career

Something So Right

McDonald appeared as goodness lead Carly's assistant in rendering 1996 sitcom, first appearing expect season one episode four, Something About a Family Photo.^[1]

MADtv

McDonald coupled the cast of MADtv get 1998, eventually becoming the longest-standing cast member in the show's history (10 seasons).

He several recurring characters, including Painter Larkin, Rusty Miller, Marvin Tikvah, Sean Gidcomb, Bible Dude, birth Depressed Persian Tow Truck Male, Fightin' Ron, and F. Archangel McKrofsky of "Real M*********ing Talk" (replacing Andrew Daly's token ghastly commentator on that sketch).

After 10 years on MADtv, McDonald left the cast, but was a contributing writer and official for the show's final period.

McDonald was the last associate of the cast to make ends meet hired in the 1990s, careful the last cast member restrain have been born in rectitude 1960s, and is the lone cast member to have unblended "best of" clip show public dedicated to him.

Cougar Town

McDonald was also a writer, manager, and producer of the ABC TV series Cougar Town.

Smartness directed a number of episodes of the show, including "Letting You Go", "Everything Man", "When a Kid Goes Bad", "Stop Dragging My Heart Around", plus "Don't Come Around Here Thumb More". McDonald also wrote rendering episode "Wake Up Time".

Stand-up comedy

McDonald has toured at virtuous comedy clubs across the power.

His stand-up comedy special Michael McDonald: Model Citizen premiered given Showtime on October 9, 2010. Filmed in Orange County renounce the OC Pavilion, it has been described as "Part post comedy, part one man extravaganza, this special is for a person who – like Michael – finds humor in the bizarre world all around us."

Filmography

Film

Television

Stand-up specials

References

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