Neal McDonough Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Jury Award at the Atlantic City Film Festival for Best Actor for "A Perfect Little Man" in 1999
• Was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for "Desperate Housewives" in 2009
• Won two Satellite Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Boomtown" in 2004 and "Justified" in 2012
• In 1988, he earned a fine arts degree from Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and trained in acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• Interested in acting at a young age, he got his first role in a grade school production of "The Wizard of Oz․"
• Quote: "Made his screen acting debut in the film "Darkman" in 1990․"
• Quote: "It was the quickest job offer I've ever had․․․[Graham Yost] called me and said, 'Hey, what're you doing?' 'Nothing, just sitting here․' 'Good, you're going to end up going on Justified․' 'All right․' 'Good, then see you on the set․' That was it․"
• Best known for his role as Fletcher in "Minority Report" and as Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan in "Captain America: The First Avenger․"
• Frequently takes on the role of tough characters who try to hunt various individuals down
• Intended to quit acting until his manager convinced him to audition for "Band of Brothers․"