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Michael McKean

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Michael McKean: Biography

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Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/17/1947, Libra
Profession: Actor; composer; director; screenwriter

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"The Bat Mitzvah" | TV Show Recaps | 11/12/2007
Mazel tov! I've been to my share of crappy b'nei mitzvot (there was a time, just over a decade ago, when I could have filled my entire closet with shirts that said, "I Had a Blast at [X]'s Bar Mitzvah!"), but even I am not sure where on the awkward scale that party fell. Between Larry's vigorous defense — which started out with "There's a guest here spreading a vicious, nasty, scurrilous rumor about me and a gerbil," and unfortunately ended with "I do have a tickle in my anus…" — his admission to wearing "No Fly Zone" underwear, and apparently ending up with Loretta (if it wasn't just a St. Elsewhere dream), well, it might just belong on a scale all its own.Oh, Larry. Where do we even start? It seems pretty clear that he wasn't crushed by the loss of Cheryl, per se, it was more just that he was worried he'd never find someone else willing to put up with him. His flirting technique indicated that he was right to worry ("Let me ask you a question: Did you ever go out wi... read more
Fall 2007: CBS Serves More Pie Stars | Today's News: Our Take | 3/15/2007
Geez, who had Stiffler pegged as the career feature-film star? But I get ahead of myself. The latest pilot-casting news from Variety and the Reporter:• CBS could soon be home to three American Pie stars. Jason Biggs is a Wall Street whiz who dies in a Blackberry-related car accident and, since Hades is full, is forced to endure "Hell on earth" (aka a life devoid of his fancy career, apartment and such) in I'm in Hell. Chris Klein, meanwhile, is the series lead's best buddy in The Captain, which has also added comic Al Madrigal as a janitor.• Ricki Lake is the mom in The Middle, ABC's comedy about a lower-middle-class family in the Midwest.• Michael McKean is a low-level congressman's chief of staff in ABC's The Thick of It.• Penn Badgley (John Tucker Must Die) has joined the CW's Gossip Girls. read more
Smallville: More of Your Burning Questions Answered! | Today's News: Our Take | 2/8/2007
You asked, and we got you answers, as series cocreator Al Gough continues his campaign to address your burning questions about Smallville (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET, on the CW). This week's hot topics include the Clark-Lex rivalry, the last days of Krypton, and TV's "other" Superman. A lot of fans originally started watching Smallville because of the promotion of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor, and the much-talked-about friendship of legend. Epic stuff! Do you feel you have done justice to this friendship? Did you have the story mapped out from the beginning and then follow it to the letter? Or did your "Clex" plans adjust over time? Are there any Clex times you wish you had done differently? — OriginalClexFan Gough: Thanks for your questions, OriginalClexFan. We've always known that the friendshi read more
Two weeks without AA, and ... | Today's News: Our Take | 8/9/2006

Question: Two weeks without AA, and your comeback does not include Veronica Mars? In the words of Gob, come on!

Answer: Maybe this'll make up for it. Rob Thomas conveyed to me the "most depressing casting news in the world" last Thursday. "Yesterday morning we had Michael McKean to play the dean [of Hearst College], which I was so excited about I was doing backflips. It made my day yesterday. And then I got the call last night that he had passed [on the role]. So, somewhere his agent got confused over the course of 12 hours. I'm such a huge fan of him, and he's exactly who we wanted to use. He was at the top of my list. That's a drag."
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As a Smallville junkie, I ... | Today's News: Our Take | 8/24/2005

Question: As a Smallville junkie, I feel that I am entitled to know whether or not Michael McKean has been signed on to return as Perry White any time this season.

Answer: "We are talking about that," Al Gough tells me, "but if it happens it'll be in the back of the season. We tried to bring him back last year, but he was very busy [on Broadway] with Hairspray and then he did a Woody Allen play."
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Michael McKean: Photos

Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean courtesy Alexandra Wyman/WireImage.com

Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean courtesy Stephen Lovekin/WireImage.com

Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean courtesy Jemal Countess/WireImage.com

Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean courtesy Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

The Unit, Scott Foley, Dennis Haysbert, Max Martini, Michael McKean courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS

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Michael McKean: TV Listings

Michael McKean: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (Remarks by)	2009	TV Show Series
Whatever Works (Actor - Joe)	2009	Movie
Joshua (Actor - Chester Jenkins)	2007	Movie
Surf's Up (Actor - Rock)	2007	Movie
For Your Consideration (Actor - Lane Iverson)	2006	Movie