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Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

Birthday: 1955-02-15 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is a European American actor. He is known for his roles in Happy Gilmore and 61. Other notable starring roles for McDonald in film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in Grease 2 (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise (1991), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation Leave It to Beaver (1997), and Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream (2000). Along with numerous independent and small-budget film roles, he played supporting characters in box-office hits Grumpy Old Men (1993), Flubber (1997), Rumor Has It (2005), The House Bunny (2008) and About Last Night (2014). On television, McDonald was a series regular on network TV shows Walter & Emily (1991–1992, NBC), Good Advice (1993–1994, CBS), Family Law (1999–2002, CBS), Cracking Up (2004-2006, FOX) and Harry's Law, (2011–2012, NBC). In 2022, McDonald was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as casino CEO Marty Ghilain on the HBO Max show Hacks.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Last Rodeo

as    Jimmy Mack

2025
Happy Gilmore

as    Shooter McGavin

2025
Happy Gilmore 2

as    Shooter McGavin

2025
Dirty Work: Dirtier Cut

as    Travis Cole

2024
Abruptio

as    Police Chief Richter

2022
Land of Dreams

as    Blair / Bob

2022
Rosaline

as    Lord Capulet

2022
The Watcher

as    Rourke Chamberland

2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is

as    Self

2021
Walking with Herb

as    Wiley

2019
Costume Quest

as    Bob Dickerson, Grubbin Bob

2019
Deep Murder

as    Richard

2018
Backtrace

as    Franks

2018
Pink Elephants

as    Self

2017
The Crash

as    Del Banco

2017
Wetlands

as    Det. Paddy Sheehan

2017
The Tank

as    Lawson

2016
Exposed

as    Lt. Galban

2015
Texas Rising

as    Henry Karnes

2015
Zipper

as    Peter Kirkland

2015
The Squeeze

as    Riverboat

2014
About Last Night

as    Casey McNeil

2014
Believe Me

as    Ken

2012
Not Fade Away

as    Jack Dietz

2012
Grassroots

as    Jim Tripp

2012
The Collection

as    Mr. Peters

2011
Harry's Law

as    Tommy Jefferson