Bruce McGill
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| Bruce McGill | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 11, 1950 San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977-Present |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Lee |
Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
McGill was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Adriel Rose (née Jacobs), an artist, and Woodrow Wilson McGill, a real estate and insurance agent.[1] He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in drama and from Douglas MacArthur High School in the northeastern part of San Antonio.
[edit] Film work
McGill has starred in many films, perhaps his most well-known role being "D-Day" in the 1978 comedy classic National Lampoon's Animal House, a role McGill was desperate to take at the time, recalling his days as a young unemployed actor sitting in a New York City casting office. In Animal House, he played the William Tell Overture by drumming his fingers on his windpipe. He duplicated this talent in MacGyver, playing "Rock-A-Bye Baby" to lull a child in his care to sleep.
Some of his films include Tough Enough, The Last Boy Scout, Rosewood, My Cousin Vinny, Timecop, Black Sheep, The Insider, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, Collateral, Matchstick Men, The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Runaway Jury (2003), Cinderella Man (2005). and Valley of the Heart's Delight (2005). He is a favorite of director Michael Mann.
[edit] Television roles
McGill's television guest appearances range from Quantum Leap, Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Crime Story, and Miami Vice, to Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Braxton in the episode "Relativity". He has also appeared multiple times as a regular guest star in MacGyver as the title character's comical best friend Jack Dalton. Echoing that role, McGill often plays friends of the lead character in film and television. He played Willard Cates in the short-lived series Wolf Lake. He is scheduled to join the cast of Bionic Woman in the fall of 2007.[2] He also voiced Agent Buford in the video game Mercenaries
McGill also played Major Ed Ryan in the third season Babylon 5 episode "Severed Dreams". Babylon 5 producer J. Michael Straczynski originally intended for Everett McGill to play the role. However he did not know McGill's first name, so when he asked to have McGill contacted Straczynski was asked if he meant Bruce McGill, to which he replied yes. Even though it became apparent to Straczynski when Bruce McGill met him to discuss the role that this wasn't the McGill Straczynski had in mind, Straczynski decided to use him anyway.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Bruce McGill at the Internet Movie Database
- Bruce McGill article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
