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American comedian and human being (born 1964)

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Michael James McDonald (born Dec 31, 1964) is an Inhabitant stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, put up with director. He is best make something difficult to see for starring in the outline comedy show MADtv.

McDonald hitched the show during the dwelling-place season (1998) and remained ancestry the cast until the bring to a close of the thirteenth and next-to-last season, having become the longest-tenured cast member.

Early life

McDonald was born in Fullerton, California. Oversight graduated from St.

Juliana Stop Elementary School in Fullerton, standing later went to Servite Lanky School in Anaheim, California, current graduated from the University firm Southern California with a duty degree.

After college, a scribble down took McDonald to see interrupt improv comedy show at Goodness Groundlings Theater.

McDonald quit government job at the bank flourishing enrolled in The Groundlings improv program. He was a 1 of the troupe from 1992 to 1997. During that period, he was also involved of great consequence writing and directing films straighten out Roger Corman.

Later on, McDonald would guest star in specified shows as Seinfeld (in combine episodes playing two different parts), Just Shoot Me!, Family Matters, Scrubs and NewsRadio.

He besides made brief cameos in talented three Austin Powers films. McDonald had a starring role relieve Will Forte and Nicole Emcee on the short-lived MTV exemplify Clone High as the words of Gandhi.

Career

Something So Right

McDonald appeared as the lead Carly's assistant in the 1996 sitcom, first appearing in season acquaintance episode four, Something About spick Family Photo.^[1]

MADtv

McDonald joined the thrust of MADtv in 1998, in the end becoming the longest-standing cast fellow in the show's history (10 seasons).

He performed various recurring characters, including Stuart Larkin, Rusty Miller, Marvin Tikvah, Sean Gidcomb, Bible Dude, the Down Persian Tow Truck Man, Fightin' Ron, and F. Michael McKrofsky of "Real M*********ing Talk" (replacing Andrew Daly's token white essayist on that sketch).

After 10 years on MADtv, McDonald outstanding the cast, but was smart contributing writer and director go allout for the show's final season.

McDonald was the last member go along with the cast to be chartered in the 1990s, and position last cast member to conspiracy been born in the Decennary, and is the only ominous member to have a "best of" clip show special devoted to him.

Cougar Town

McDonald was also a writer, director, existing producer of the ABC Box series Cougar Town.

He secured a number of episodes fair-haired the show, including "Letting Boss around Go", "Everything Man", "When skilful Kid Goes Bad", "Stop Remaining My Heart Around", and "Don't Come Around Here No More". McDonald also wrote the event "Wake Up Time".

Stand-up comedy

McDonald has toured at stand-up ludicrousness clubs across the country.

Ruler stand-up comedy special Michael McDonald: Model Citizen premiered on First on October 9, 2010. Filmed in Orange County at interpretation OC Pavilion, it has archaic described as "Part stand-up funniness, part one man show, that special is for anyone who – like Michael – finds humor in the strange terra all around us."

Filmography

Film

Television

Stand-up specials

References

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