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Michael McKean: Biography

Michael McKean

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

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Michael McKean Fast Facts:

As a New York sessions musician in the late 1960s, recorded a single with the Left Banke.
Met Laverne & Shirley compadre David L. Lander (McKean played Lenny; Lander played Squiggy) at Carnegie Mellon University.
Originally hired as a writer for Laverne & Shirley.
With Lander, recorded the 1979 album Lenny and Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones.
In 1994, became the oldest actor (at age 46) to join the cast of Saturday Night Live; other than Dan Aykroyd, he is the only person to be an SNL host, music guest and cast member.
Appeared with second wife Annette O'Toole on episodes of Law & Order and Boy Meets World (as husband and wife), and in the 1998 Lifetime movie Final Justice.

Michael McKean Relationships:
Annette O'Toole - Wife
Gilbert McKean - Father
Colin McKean - Son
Anna Geisslinger - Stepdaughter
Susan Russell - Ex-wife
Ruth McKean - Mother
Nell Geisslinger - Stepdaughter
Fletcher McKean - Son
Michael McKean Awards:
2003 Grammy: Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Winner
2003 Oscar: Best Achievement in Music (Original Song) - Nominee
College:
Attended Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; attended New York University, New York, NY

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

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Castle, Michael McKean Vivian Zink/ABC

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