Michael McKean
Michael McKeanBorn Oct. 17, 1947, New York City native Michael McKean moved to Los Angeles in 1970, where he joined Harry Shearer, David L. Lander and Richard Beebe in a comedy group called The Credibility Gap. After being hired as writers on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," McKean and Lander were cast on the show as the inimitable Lenny (McKean) and Squiggy (Lander).

In 1984, McKean joined frequent collaborators Shearer, Rob Reiner and director Christopher Guest in the rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, which McKean cowrote. He's worked steadily ever since, appearing in films such as The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and two more faux documentaries helmed by Guest: Best in Show (2000) and A Mighty Wind (2003).

A regular cast member on "Saturday Night Live" for two seasons, McKean has also lent his talents to stage, appearing on Broadway in "Hairspray" (2004) and "The Pajama Game" (with Harry Connick Jr.).

Featured Movies
  • This Is Spinal TapThis Is Spinal Tap

    Rob Reiner's cult satire about a fictional heavy metal group named Spinal Tap spoofs nearly every facet of rock 'n' roll -- from vacuous modern songwriting and half-baked album promos to pyrotechnic concerts. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer portray the washed-up, aging British... Read More

  • Short Circuit 2Short Circuit 2

    Number Five is still alive in this sequel to the popular 1980s cybernetic comedy. Now going by the handle "Johnny" Five, the friendly robot reunites with his creator, Ben Jahrvi (Fisher Stevens), who now earns a living making toys in New York. But complications ensue when Jahrvi's new business... Read More

  • Laverne & ShirleyLaverne & Shirley

    This beloved "Happy Days" spinoff follows the antics of the cynical Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall) and bubbly Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams), best friends and roommates who work in a Milwaukee brewery and yearn for lives of romance and leisure. As they search for Mr. Right, the girls cope with... Read More

  • Adventures of PowerAdventures of Power

    Against his old man's (Michael McKean) wishes, a hopelessly dorky guy named Power (Ari Gold) up and jets out of his dingy hometown of Lode, N.M., to follow through on his ambition to become the greatest air drummer the world has ever witnessed. Power soon sets his sights on meeting Rush drummer Neil... Read More

  • Hopeless PicturesHopeless Pictures

    Independent movie producer Mel Wax struggles daily to keep his life and studio going in this clever animated parody of the film business, full of crazed characters voiced by comedy veterans like show creator Bob Balaban and Michael McKean. Read More

All Michael McKean Movies
The Words (2012)
NR
Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
PG
Whatever Works (2009)
PG-13
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead (2009)
NR
imps* (2009)
The Immoral Minority Picture Show
NR
Unwigged & Unplugged: Live in Concert (2009)
NR
Adventures of Power (2008)
PG-13
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 2 (2008)
NR
The Grand (2007)
R
Surf's Up (2007)
PG
Joshua (2007)
R
For Your Consideration (2006)
PG-13
Relative Strangers (2006)
PG-13
Harry Shearer: Now You See It (2006)
NR
The Producers (2005)
PG-13
Hopeless Pictures (2005)
NR
IFC TV Uncut: New Season Sneak Preview (2005)
NR
A Mighty Wind (2003)
PG-13
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
UR
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (2003)
UR
She Gets What She Wants (2002)
Slap Her, She's French
PG-13
The Guru (2002)
R
Auto Focus (2002)
R
100 Mile Rule (2002)
NR
Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)
Call o' the Glen
R
No Strings Attached (2002)
R
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2001)
G
Never Again (2001)
R
The Lone Gunmen: The Complete Series (2001)
NR
My First Mister (2001)
R
Nature: Condition Black (2001)
NR
The Best of Primetime Glick (2001)
NR
Best in Show (2000)
PG-13
Little Nicky (2000)
PG-13
Beautiful (2000)
PG-13
True Crime (1999)
R
Directors: Garry Marshall (1999)
NR
Mr. Show: Season 4 (1998)
TV-MA
Final Justice (1998)
NR
With Friends Like These (1998)
R
Edie and Pen (1997)
Desert Gamble
PG-13
That Darn Cat (1997)
PG
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
PG
The Weird Al Show: The Complete Series (1997)
NR
Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Vol. 3 (1997)
NR
Jack (1996)
PG-13
Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1995)
The Sunshine Boys
NR
Across the Moon (1995)
R
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
PG-13
Airheads (1994)
PG-13
Radioland Murders (1994)
PG
The Best of Friends: Season 2 (1994)
TV-PG
Coneheads (1993)
PG
The Return of Spinal Tap (1992)
NR
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
PG-13
Man Trouble (1992)
PG-13
Saturday Night Live: The 1990s (1990)
TV-14
Flashback (1990)
R
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
PG
The Big Picture (1989)
PG-13
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
PG
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
R
Clue (1985)
Clue: The Movie
PG
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
PG
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
R
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
R
Used Cars (1980)
R
Cracking Up (1977)
R
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
TV-G
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music (1975)
NR

 
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