Michael McShane

Career timeline

1. 1955 · Born

   Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2. 1982 · Screen debut

   American Playhouse (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   Seinfeld (TV)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   The King of Black Goo (Movie)

Career in numbers

6 1980s

27 1990s

27 2000s

3 2010s

1 2020s

• Comedy35
• Drama23
• Animation15
• Family12
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy7
• Adventure6

Highest-rated title Malcolm in the Middle 2000 8.5 Most popular title Doctor Who 2005 7.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Michael McShane in our catalogue.

James Burrows

3 titles together

Alyson Stoner

3 titles together

David Hyde Pierce

3 titles together

Tinashe

3 titles together

Jane Lynch

3 titles together

Liliana Mumy

3 titles together

Rusty Schwimmer

3 titles together

Paul Butcher

3 titles together

Jansen Panettiere

3 titles together

Diedrich Bader

3 titles together

1. 2026 The King of Black Goo as Bruno Bombolone Movie
2. 2015 Wayward Pines as Big Bill 6.9 TV
3. 2014 Love in the Time of Monsters as Slavko Movie
4. 2013 Bluestone 42 as Carter 7.3 TV
5. 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles as Warden John Newton 7.5 TV
6. 2008 Lab Rats as Dr. Vaabit TV
7. 2007 Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party as Jim Bidderman / Station Manager (voice) Movie
8. 2007 Careless as Naked Man Movie
9. 2007 Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures as Jim Bidderman / Station Manager (voice) Movie
10. 2007 Happily N'Ever After as Rumpelstilzchen (voice) 5.1 Movie
11. 2006 Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes as Jim Bidderman (voice) Movie
12. 2006 Holly Hobbie & Friends as Jim Bidderman (voice) TV
13. 2005 Thru the Moebius Strip as Hymo (voice) Movie
14. 2005 Doctor Who as Grayle 7.6 TV
15. 2005 American Dad! as (voice) 7.0 TV
16. 2004 Memron as Kenneth Clay Movie
17. 2003 NCIS as Matthew Heller 7.6 TV
18. 2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights as Mr. Norway 5.7 Movie
19. 2003 Oliver Beene as Fat Man TV
20. 2002 Treasure Planet as Hands (voice) 7.6 Movie
21. 2002 John Doe as Ray Brunellas 7.3 TV
22. 2002 Believe Nothing as Professor Brinsley TV
23. 2002 Big Trouble as Bruce 6.1 Movie
24. 2002 The Court TV
25. 2001 Don't Eat the Neighbours TV
26. 2001 The Legend of Tarzan as (voice) 7.1 TV
27. 2001 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust as Left Hand (voice) 7.7 Movie
28. 2001 Thunder Pig! as Thunder Pig Movie
29. 2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades as Anton Movie
30. 2000 Clerks as Officer Big Mac (voice) 7.2 TV
31. 2000 Malcolm in the Middle as Dr. Phelps 8.5 TV
32. 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous as Harold Vilmes, Judge #2 6.5 Movie
33. 1999 Office Space as Dr. Swanson 7.4 Movie
34. 1999 Crashbox TV
35. 1998 A Bug's Life as Tuck / Roll (voice) 7.0 Movie
36. 1998 Seven Days 6.8 TV
37. 1997 Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas! as Maxwell Baxter Movie
38. 1997 Tower of Terror as Chris 'Q' Todd 6.3 Movie
39. 1997 Spawn as Twitch Williams (voice) 8.1 TV
40. 1996 Where's Elvis This Week? TV
41. 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun as Phil 7.5 TV
42. 1995 Tom and Huck as Muff Potter 5.3 Movie
43. 1995 Caroline in the City as Boo 6.5 TV
44. 1995 Brotherly Love as Lloyd Burwell TV
45. 1995 Crazy for a Kiss as Harley Movie
46. 1994 Ri¢hie Ri¢h as Professor Keenbean 6.0 Movie
47. 1994 A Summer Day's Dream Movie
48. 1994 ER as Hugo 7.8 TV
49. 1993 Avenger Penguins TV
50. 1993 Frasier as Frank 7.7 TV
51. 1992 Wild Turkey as Bernard Matthews Movie
52. 1992 Tales from Hollywood as Hal Movie
53. 1992 Best Shots Movie
54. 1992 The Big One as James Howard TV
55. 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Friar Tuck 6.9 Movie
56. 1991 Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon as Fatty Arbuckle / The God of Hollywood Movie
57. 1990 The Spirit of '76 as Angry Driver Movie
58. 1990 The Word TV
59. 1989 Seinfeld as Franklin Delano Romanowski 8.2 TV
60. 1989 Teams from Hell Movie
61. 1988 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 7.7 TV
62. 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Recording Engineer 6.7 Movie
63. 1985 Screen Two as Harley TV
64. 1982 American Playhouse as Hal TV

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