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Michael McKean

Michael McKean


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  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • This Is Spinal Tap review by from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Great Moments 15 July 2004
    ... tour in years. The film has some treasured moments and has aged rather well. Michael McKean and Christopher Guest are excellent in their protrayal of the leaders of the ba...   Read customer review
  • Clue
  • Clue review by JokerJules from Rochester, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Who dunit? Where? With what? 7 September 2007
    ...ristopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull, and especially Michael McKean as Mr Green, and of course Mr Curry. Watch out for the red herrings, and don...   Read customer review

Michael McKean - filmography


  • The Words (2012)
    Starring: Olivia Wilde,  Bradley Cooper,  Zoe Saldana
    Director: Brian Klugman,  Lee Sternthal
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Rory Jansen, a struggling writer, aspires to be the next great literary voice. When he discovers a lost manuscript in a weathered attaché case, he realizes he possesses something extraordinary that he desperately wishes he had created. Rory decides to pass the work off as his own and finally ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Whatever Works on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ed Begley Jr.,  Patricia Clarkson,  Larry David
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    After the failure of his career, his marriage, and his suicide attempt, world-class grouch Boris Yellnikoff, spends his days insulting the small children unfortunate enough to study chess with him and irritating his still-loyal friends with his never-ending tirades about the worthlessness of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,396 members
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  • Adventures of Power (2008)
    Starring: Ari Gold,  Adrian Grenier,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Ari Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When hard times hit a small copper town, mineworker Power only wishes one thing -- that he'd learned to play drums. But his father could never afford to buy him a drum set, so Power has embraced the next best thing -- air drumming. Tired of the constant ridicule from his father and the other mine ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 5 members
    Due for release on 20th February 2012
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  • Slap Her... She's French on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Piper Perabo,  Mary Portser,  Brandon Smith
    Director: Melanie Mayron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Following the classic teen movie formula in which a new girl arrives in a small-town high school and throws off everybody's understanding of who's who in the popular crowd, SLAP HER, SHE'S FRENCH stars Piper Perabo (COYOTE UGLY) as a French foreign exchange student in Texas. At first the demure ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,709 members
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  • The Guru on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jimi Mistry,  Heather Graham,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Daisy Mayer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    THE GURU, from director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, begins with a young Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry) in a Delhi movie theater, rejecting the extreme song and dance notions of the local Bollywood cinema for the more glamorous American film musical GREASE. This transformative experience eventually leads ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 5,171 members
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  • Best in Show on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Christopher Guest,  Eugene Levy,  Catherine O'Hara
    Director: Christopher Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    The tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Meet the contestants - a fly-fishing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 13,432 members
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  • Teaching Mrs Tingle on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Jeffrey Tambor,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Kevin Williamson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the king of teen angst and horror Williamson comes this story of straight-A student Leigh Ann (Holmes) whose hopes for a scholarship are in jeopardy thanks to the tyrannical Mrs. Tingle (Mirren). When Leigh Ann and her friends confront Mrs. Tingle about their grades, a series of mishaps lead ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,036 member
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  • True Crime on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  Denis Leary,  James Woods
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    In TRUE CRIME, based on Andrew Klavan's novel, Clint Eastwood plays Steve Everett, a capable reporter who's nearly destroyed his career with alcohol and philandering. When he's assigned to do a human interest sidebar on Frank Beechum (Isaiah Washington), who's about to be executed for murder, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,543 members
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  • Final Justice (1998)
    Starring: Annette O'Toole,  Michael McKean,  Brian Wimmer
    Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Merle Hammond, (Michael McKean) a sleazy attorney uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to acquit his client who is a killer. Gwen, the murdered victim's sister, (Annette O' Toole) knows the real truth and plots revenge against the attorney. Out of desperation, she kidnaps the attorney in an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 5 members
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  • That Darn Cat on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Christina Ricci,  Doug E. Doug,  Dean Jones
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The original Disney feature film, That Darn Cat, was a feel-good hit in 1965, thanks largely to stars such as Hayley Mills, Roddy McDowall, and William Demarest. This 1996 remake also closely follows the novel Undercover Cat by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon and features Christina Ricci in the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 628 members
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  • Jack on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Diane Lane,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This bittersweet story of childhood innocence and friendship stars Robin Williams as Jack Powell, a boy who grows four times faster than normal--by the time Jack reaches his 10th birthday, he looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home by Mr. Woodruff (Bill Cosby), Jack ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,912 members
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  • The Brady Bunch Movie on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Shelley Long,  Gary Cole,  Michael McKean
    Director: Betty Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The popular 70s TV show makes a graceful transition to the big screen in this light-hearted feature that's part parody and part homage. The plot here (about a ruthless land developer who wants to buy the Brady home) is secondary to the playful juxtaposition of the Brady's era with our own. The film ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 817 members
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  • Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Peter Falk,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: John Erman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An updated screen adaption of Neil Simon's hilarious 1972 play telling the tale of two legendary comedians Lewis and Clark (played by Woody Allen and Peter Falk) and their return to the stage after a lengthy hiatus from show business and each other. Also stars Sarah Jessica Parker.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 289 members
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  • Airheads on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Brendan Fraser,  Steve Buscemi,  Adam Sandler
    Director: Michael Lehmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Chazz (Brendan Fraser), Pip (Adam Sandler), and Rex (Steve Buscemi) are the Lone Rangers, a heavy metal rock group that's going nowhere fast. Tired of playing lame gigs and trying to win over record executives, the band heads to its local radio station in a desperate attempt to have its demo played...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 6,572 members
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  • Coneheads on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Jane Curtin,  Michelle Burke
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Inspired by the early SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, this film features everyone's favourite conically craniumed aliens. Hounded by the immigration authorities, the Coneheads continue to pursue the American dream, raising their teenaged daughter Connie in their suburban home and on weekends barbecuing ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,444 members
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  • Man Trouble on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Ellen Barkin,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MAN TROUBLE, the fifth collaboration between Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson, is a comical thriller. Nicholson plays Harry Bliss, who runs a guard dog service and is going through counselling with his wife, Adele(Lauren Tom). A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, and when the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 208 members
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  • The Return Of Spinal Tap (1992)
    Starring: Christopher Guest,  Michael McKean,  Harry Shearer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An intimate portrait of a band that has single-handedly dominated a musical genre known as Heavy Metal. The band-members are joined both on-stage and behind-the-scenes by a gaggle of friends and celebrities, including Paul Anka, Jeff Beck, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kenny Rogers, Mel Torme, and many more. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 390 members
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  • Book Of Love (1992)
    Starring: Keith Coogan,  Chris Young,  Michael McKean
    Director: Robert Shaye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Boasting a classic rock 'n' roll soundtrack and an irresistible young cast, Book of Love is a comic chapter in the life of hormone-stricken teen Jack Twiller. Whether throwing wild parties, imitating James Dean, or 'streaking' through the neighbourhood, Jack will do whatever it takes to win the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 4 members
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  • Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (1992)
    Starring: Chevy Chase,  Daryl Hannah,  Sam Neill
    Director: John Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Chevy Chase stars as Nick Holloway in John Carpenter's comedy as a man who seems to have everything but then ends up with the unwanted bonus of being invisible. The CIA are after Nick (who wouldn't want an invisible agent), but all he wants to do is settle down with Alice (played by Darryl Hannah) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,103 member
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  • Hider In The House on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Gary Busey,  Michael McKean,  Mimi Rogers
    Director: Matthew Patrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom (Gary Busey) is a psychopath living somewhere in the house of Julie (Mimi Rogers) and her husband (Michael McKean), but they don't know it. As a child, Tom would hide to escape his parents' abuse until one day he came out and killed them. Now Tom is obsessed with Julie and is coming out of the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 237 members
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  • Short Circuit 2 on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Fisher Stevens,  Cynthia Gibb,  Michael McKean
    Director: Kenneth Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The lovable robot with a mind of its own, Number Five, also known as Johnny Five, arrives in New York City for some 'urban input'. But some street hoods, a greedy bank clerk and a gang of jewel thieves see his naivete as their high-tech ticket to easy street.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,549 members
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  • Planes, Trains And Automobiles on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  John Candy,  Laila Robins
    Director: John Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 14,484 members
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  • Clue on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Eileen Brennan,  Tim Curry,  Madeline Kahn
    Director: Jonathan Lynn
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This all-star comedy based on the world famous board game is unique in the fact that there are three different endings to the "who-done-it." viewers meet all the notorious suspects and must decide who the murderer was.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,072 members
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  • D.A.R.Y.L. on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Mary Beth Hurt,  Michael McKean,  Kathryn Walker
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A family takes in a young orphaned boy, only to discover that he is actually a sophisticated mechanical device for whom the U.S. Military has evil plans. The family must fool the Government, in order to save his life...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,462 member
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  • This Is Spinal Tap - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: June Chadwick,  Rob Reiner,  Michael McKean
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,164 member
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  • This Is Spinal Tap on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Andrew Divoff,  Rob Reiner,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,672 members
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  • Used Cars on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  Gerrit Graham,  Frank McRae
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jack Warden stars as Luke and Roy L. Fuchs--feuding used car-selling twin brothers who square off in an outrageous, all-out attempt to put each other out of business. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell), Luke's star salesman, is doing all the lying and cheating that he can in the name of the cause, but only ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 862 members
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Michael McKean facts

5 most recent films

The Words - 3 stars
Whatever Works - 3.0 stars
Adventures of Power - 2.5 stars
MacShayne - Final Roll Of The Dice - 1.0 stars
Slap Her... She's French - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Planes, Trains And Automobiles - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
This Is Spinal Tap - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Clue - 3.5 stars
Planes, Trains And Automobiles - 3.5 stars
This Is Spinal Tap - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Words - 3 stars
MacShayne - Final Roll Of The Dice - 1.0 stars
Book Of Love - 2.0 stars
Adventures of Power - 2.5 stars
Final Justice - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christopher Guest - 8 times - show films
Ed Begley Jr. - 6 times - show films
Rob Reiner - 5 times - show films
Billy Crystal - 4 times - show films
Andrew Divoff - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Betty Thomas - 5 times - show films
none - 4 times - show films
Rob Reiner - 4 times - show films
John Landis - 3 times - show films
Arlene Sanford - 3 times - show films