Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955 in New York City , New York ) is an American actor .

life and career

He studied at Hobart College in Geneva , a city in the US state of New York.

He began his career in the film business in 1978 on American television. He had his first film role in the film Der Leichenwagen from 1980. Again and again he also worked for television and appeared in numerous series in guest roles, including in Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century in the episode "The Old Enterprise". In 2009 he took on the role of Alan Armstrong in Stargate Universe . His work includes more than 150 film and television productions, including the role of the antagonist shooter McGavin in Adam Sandler's comedy Happy Gilmore .

Christopher McDonald has been married since 1992 and has four children. His brother Daniel McDonald was also an actor.

Filmography (selection)

• 1980: The hearse (The Hearse)
• 1982: Grease 2
• 1984: breakin '
• 1984: Trio with four fists ( Riptide , TV series, episode 1x13)
• 1985: Knight Rider (TV series, episode 3x19)
• 1986: Matlock (TV series, episode 1x12)
• 1989: A Heavenly Lover (Chances Are)
• 1991: Thelma & Louise
• 1991: The Poison Dwarf (Dutch)
• 1992: Listen Who's Hammering ( Home Improvement , TV Series, Episode 1x14)
• 1993: Crazy Instinct (Fatal Instinct)
• 1994: Always Trouble About Dojo (Monkey Trouble)
• 1994: Terminal Velocity (Terminal Velocity)
• 1994: Quiz Show
• 1995: The woman of my teacher (My Teacher's Wife)
• 1995: The Honor to Fly (The Tuskegee Airmen)
• 1995: Best of the Best 3 - No Turning Back
• 1996: Deadly Conspiracy (The Rich Man's Wife)
• 1996: Happy Gilmore
• 1996: Young, female, merciless (Jaded)
• 1996: The Great Basketball Kidnapping (Celtic Pride)
• 1996: House Arrest (House Arrest)
• 1997: A Smile Like Yours - no smile like yours (A Smile Like Yours)
• 1997: In icy heights - Die am Mount Everest (Into Thin Air: Death on Everest)
• 1997: Flubber
• 1997: Lawn Dogs - Lawn Dogs (Lawn Dogs)
• 1998: Dirty Work
• 1998: The Faculty
• 1998: punk! (SLC punk!)
• 1999: Gideon
• 1999–2002: Woman Power ( Family Law , TV series, 68 episodes)
• 2000: The Skulls (The Skulls)
• 2000: takedown
• 2000: Requiem for a Dream
• 2000: The Storm (The Perfect Storm)
• 2001: 61 *
• 2003: Grind - Sex, Boards & Rock'n'Roll (Grind)
• 2005: Broken Flowers
• 2005: Where love falls ... (Rumor Has It ...)
• 2006: American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
• 2006, 2011: Criminal Intent - Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2007: Awake
• 2007: American Pie Presents: The College Clique (American Pie Presents: Beta House)
• 2007: A Duke Seldom Comes Alone - How It All Began (The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning)
• 2008: Mad Money
• 2008: Psych (TV series, episode 3x01)
• 2008: Superhero Movie
• 2008: Fanboys
• 2008: Big Fat Important Movie (An American Carol)
• 2009: Deep in the Valley (Deep in the Valley)
• 2009: Law & Order (TV series, episode 19x12)
• 2009–2010: Stargate Universe (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2010–2012: Boardwalk Empire (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2011–2012: Harry's Law (TV series, 32 episodes)
• 2011: Lemonade Mouth - The Story of a Band (Lemonade Mouth)
• 2011: The Collection
• 2011: Cat Run
• 2013: Body of Proof (TV series, episode 3x09)
• 2015–2016: Good Wife (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2016: Exposed
• 2017: The Wall Street Conspiracy (Jekyll Island)
• 2018: backtrace

Web links

Commons : Christopher McDonald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christopher McDonald in the Internet Movie Database (English)