Christopher McDonald
Acting
Biography
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an 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.
As actor 208
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
Hollywood Squares
1998
Regular Show
2010
The Sopranos
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Good Wife
2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Without a Trace
2002
Psych
2006
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Cheers
1982
Kim Possible
2002
Knight Rider
1982
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Medium
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Las Vegas
2003
Hacks
2021
Home Improvement
1991
Matlock
1986
Stargate Universe
2009
Hunter
1984
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
American Crime Story
2016
The Twilight Zone
1985
Batman Beyond
1999
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
The League
2009
Ballers
2015
Happy Endings
2011
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
2023
Secret Invasion
2023
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Best Week Ever
2004
The Twilight Zone
2002
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Family Law
1999
The Iron Giant
1999
Thelma & Louise
1991
Road Rules
1995
The Watcher
2022
Search Party
2016
Harry's Law
2011
Happy Gilmore
1996
Beware the Batman
2013
Superhero Movie
2008
The Faculty
1998
Veronica's Closet
1997
American Pie Presents: Beta House
2007
The Perfect Storm
2000
Happy Gilmore 2
2025
Great News
2017
Texas Rising
2015
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Requiem for a Dream
2000
Flubber
1997
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
2006
Grumpy Old Men
1993
We Can Be Heroes
2020
Rumor Has It...
2005
Captain Fall
2023
Twins
2005
Quiz Show
1994
Awake
2007
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
Exposed
2016
The Collection
2012
The House Bunny
2008
Fair Game
1995
Mad Money
2008
Grease 2
1982
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
Call to Glory
1984
The Skulls
2000
Gone
2018
North Shore
2004
Fanboys
2009
Mr. Iglesias
2019
Gun
1997
Broken Flowers
2005
Good Advice
1993
Monkey Trouble
1994
Swiped
2025
Cracking Up
2004
Dirty Work
1998
Chances Are
1989
Fat Actress
2005
The Bronx Is Burning
2007
Takedown
2000
Walter & Emily
1991
Backtrace
2018
Where the Boys Are
1984
Paradise
1988
Lemonade Mouth
2011
The Gray House
2026
Zipper
2015
Fatal Instinct
1993
Breakin'
1984
Deep in the Valley
2009
Aaron's Way
1988
Terminal Velocity
1994
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
Rosaline
2022
SLC Punk
1998
Costume Quest
2019
Isn't She Great
2000
About Last Night
2014
Grind
2003
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007
Outrageous Fortune
1987
The Last Rodeo
2025
Kirstie
2013
Abruptio
2024
Unforgettable
1996
House Arrest
1996
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
The Hearse
1980
An American Carol
2008
My Teacher's Wife
1999
The Rich Man's Wife
1996
Cat Run
2011
Celtic Pride
1996
Dutch
1991
Jimmy
2026
The Road Killers
1994
Being American
2014
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy
2018
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
Barry Munday
2010
Lawn Dogs
1997
Telling Secrets
1993
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
Pink Elephants
2018
Leave It to Beaver
1997
Wildchat
2019
The Boys Next Door
1986
Not Fade Away
2012
Funny Money
2006
Jaded
1998
The Black Room
1982
Red Wind
1991
The Crash
2017
61*
2001
Keith Lemon: Coming in America
2018
Cool Blue
1990
The Tank
2017
Five Aces
1999
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
1996
The Squeeze
2015
The Eighteenth Angel
1997
Splinterheads
2009
Fatal Exposure
1991
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
1997
Magicians
2000
Benefit of the Doubt
1993
Playroom
1990
Kickin' It Old Skool
2007
Midnight Run Around
1994
Bums
1993
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005
Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
Believe Me
2014
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016
Deep Murder
2019
Reunion
2009
Another Midnight Run
1994
Getting Married
1978
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003
Land of Dreams
2022
Player 5150
2008
Spooner
2009
Life After Flash
2017
A Smile Like Yours
1997
Wetlands
2017
Little Girl Lost
1988
The Best and the Brightest
2010
Paramedics
1988
Walking with Herb
2021
Speakeasy
2002
Children on Their Birthdays
2002
An Eight Is Enough Wedding
1989
Gideon
1998
Grassroots
2012
American Family
2007
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
Black Widow
2010
The Theory of the Leisure Class
2001
The Stand at Paxton County
2020
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
Twirl
1981
Conflict of Interest
1993
Don't Worry Baby
2016
Soul Ties
2015
Summerhood
2008
Balls to the Wall
2011
Triplecross
1986
My Sexiest Year
2007
The Real Bros of Simi Valley
2017
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
1999
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
Refuge
2010
Chattanooga Choo Choo
1984
New Car Smell
2005