Michael McKean was born on October 17, 1947 in New York, USA. He is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician.

McKean began his career in Pittsburgh while a student at Carnegie Mellon University; David Lander was a fellow student at CMU.

Shedding himself of the "Lenny" image after Laverne and Shirley folded in 1983, McKean became involved in several ensemble comedy projects with such kindred spirits as Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest. In the 1984 "rockumentary" spoof This Is Spinal Tap, McKean played the cockney-accented heavy metal musician David St. Hubbins.

Recent TV guest appearances include The Simpsons; Law & Order; Family Guy; Star Trek: Voyager; and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. In 2003, he appeared in the Christopher Guest comedy A Mighty Wind.

Michael's first wife was Susan Russell, they divorced in 1993. Michael's second wife is Annette O'Toole, they married in 1999.

Filmography

• Adventures of Power (2007)
• "CNN Newsroom" (1 episode, 2007)
• "Grim & Evil" (1 episode, 2007)
• The Grand (2007)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• The Thick of It (2007)
• Joshua (2007)
• The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
• The Harry Smith Project Live (2006)
• "Help Me Help You" (1 episode, 2006)
• For Your Consideration (2006)
• Relative Strangers (2006)
• Open Wide: Tooth School Inside (2006)
• The Producers (2005)
• "Boston Legal" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Hopeless Pictures" (9 episodes, 2005)
• Arnie the Doughnut (2005)
• "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" (4 episodes, 2002-2005)
• "Alias" (2 episodes, 2005)
• Blue Skies (2005)
• The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition (2004)
• "Smallville" (1 episode, 2003)
• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
• "Primetime Glick" (30 episodes, 2001-2003)
• "Mad TV" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Late Show with David Letterman" (2 episodes, 2000-2003)
• Haunted Lighthouse (2003)
• A Mighty Wind (2003)
• Candor City Hospital (2003)
• 100 Mile Rule (2002)
• The Burbs (2002)
• Auto Focus (2002)
• The Guru (2002)
• "The Zeta Project" (1 episode, 2002)
• "Oswald" (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
• "Justice League" (2 episodes, 2002)
• "The X Files" (4 episodes, 1998-2002)
• "As Told by Ginger" (1 episode, 2002)
• Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)
• "Teamo Supremo" (1 episode, 2002)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
• "Family Guy" (2 episodes, 2000-2002)
• Slap Her... She's French (2002)
• Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001)
• "The Huntress" (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
• "The Lone Gunmen" (1 episode, 2001)
• Never Again (2001)
• On Edge (2001)
• "Clerks" (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
• But Have Seen Way Too Many Legal Thrillers (2000)
• "Strip Mall" (2 episodes, 2001)
• My First Mister (2001)
• Little Nicky (2000)
• "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Life's Too Short" (2000)
• Beautiful (2000)
• Best in Show (2000)
• "The Daily Show" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Law & Order" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Batman Beyond" (1 episode, 2000)
• Catching Up with Marty DiBergi (2000)
• Legal Aid (1999)
• Snowden's Christmas (1999)
• Mystery, Alaska (1999)
• "Hey Arnold!" (1 episode, 1999)
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
• "Boy Meets World" (1 episode, 1999)
• "The Simpsons" (2 episodes, 1992-1999)
• True Crime (1999)
• "Tracey Takes On..." (6 episodes, 1996-1999)
• "Providence" (1 episode, 1999)
• Kill the Man (1999)
• "Maggie Winters" (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
• Masters of Horror and Suspense (1999)
• "Recess" (2 episodes, 1998)
• "Veronica's Closet" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (1 episode, 1998)
• "The New Batman Adventures" (1 episode, 1998)
• "The Angry Beavers" (1 episode, 1998)
• Sugar: The Fall of the West (1998)
• With Friends Like These... (1998)
• Archibald the Rainbow Painter (1998)
• Small Soldiers (1998)
• Final Justice (1998)
• "Animaniacs" (3 episodes, 1993-1998)
• "My Generation" (1 episode, 1998)
• The Pass (1998)
• "Murphy Brown" (1 episode, 1998)
• "LateLine" (1 episode, 1998)
• Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1998)
• "101 Dalmatians: The Series" (27 episodes, 1997-1998)
• "The Closer" (2 episodes, 1998)
• "Pinky and the Brain" (4 episodes, 1996-1998)
• The Man Who Counted (1998)
• Still Breathing (1997)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
• "The Weird Al Show" (1 episode, 1997)
• Nothing to Lose (1997)
• That Darn Cat (1997)
• "Road Rovers" (1 episode, 1997)
• Heaven Will Wait (1997)
• No Strings Attached (1997)
• Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997)
• "Jungle Cubs" (4 episodes, 1996)
• Jack (1996)
• The Pompatus of Love (1996)
• "Caroline in the City" (1 episode, 1996)
• Edie & Pen (1996)
• "Star Trek: Voyager" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Dream On" (25 episodes, 1991-1996)
• "Secret Service Guy" (7 episodes, 1996)
• The Best of Tracey Takes On... (1996)
• "Friends" (1 episode, 1995)
• "The Nanny" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Saturday Night Live" (27 episodes, 1984-1995)
• Across the Moon (1995)
• Johnny Bravo (1995)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• The Sunshine Boys (1995)
• Radioland Murders (1994)
• Airheads (1994)
• "Dinosaurs" (12 episodes, 1992-1994)
• MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice (1994)
• "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Getting By" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Family Album" (1 episode, 1993)
• Coneheads (1993)
• Halloween Jam at Universal Studios (1992)
• Man Trouble (1992)
• "Late Night with David Letterman" (1 episode, 1992)
• "Tonight with Jonathan Ross" (1 episode, 1992)
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
• Spinal Tap: Break Like the Wind - The Videos (1992)
• True Identity (1991)
• "Morton & Hayes" (1 episode, 1991)
• Murder in High Places (1991)
• "Sessions" (1991)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1990)
• Book of Love (1990)
• "Empty Nest" (1 episode, 1990)
• The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
• "Grand" (13 episodes, 1990)
• Flashback (1990)
• The Big Picture (1989)
• Hider in the House (1989)
• Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
• Short Circuit 2 (1988)
• A Father's Homecoming (1988)
• Portrait of a White Marriage (1988)
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
• Daniel and the Towers (1987)
• Double Agent (1987)
• Light of Day (1987)
• "Tall Tales and Legends" (2 episodes, 1985-1986)
• Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
• Classified Love (1986)
• The History of White People in America: Volume II (1986)
• "George Burns Comedy Week" (1 episode, 1985)
• Clue (1985)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
• The Bounder (1984)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• "Laverne & Shirley" (144 episodes, 1976-1983)
• Young Doctors in Love (1982)
• "Likely Stories, Vol. 1" (1981)
• "Goodtime Girls" (1 episode, 1980)
• Used Cars (1980)
• 1941 (1979)
• The T.V. Show (1979)
• "Happy Days" (1 episode, 1979)
• More Than Friends (1978)
• Cracking Up (1977)

Awards

• Grammy Award Best Song written for a motion picture, television or other visual media "A Mighty Wind" 2004
• The Critics' Choice Awards Best Song "A Mighty Wind" 2003
• Theatre World Award "Accomplice" 1990