KEVIN MCDONALD

'Kevin Hamilton McDonald' (born May 16, 1961) is a Canadian comedian and actor, known as a member of the Canadian sketch comedy group ''Kids in the Hall''.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

Footnotes

External links

Biography

Early life

McDonald was born in Montreal, Quebec He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of seven, after his father was transferred there.^[1] His family subsequently lived in Toronto, Ontario as well. McDonald has a younger sister, Sandra.

Career

McDonald founded ''Kids in the Hall'' with friend Dave Foley. They met in Toronto at the Second City Training Center, and the two wrote and performed in sketches together more than any other pair in the group. In the troupe's television series and stage shows, he portrays several popular recurring characters, such as the King of Empty Promises, Sir Simon Milligan, and Jerry Sizzler. Still, it is a frequent running gag that McDonald is the least popular member and always struggling not to get kicked out.
Since the Kids in the Hall show's end in 1994, he has played many small roles in films including ''Boys First Time 2'' and Agent Pleakley the cross-dressing alien in ''Lilo & Stitch'', a role which has continued into three direct-to-video movies and ''.
On television, he has appeared on ''The Martin Short Show'', ''Ellen'' (as a radio personality), ''That '70s Show'' (as a confused young cleric -- Pastor Dave), ''Seinfeld'', ''Friends'' (as 'The Guru', a doctor who magically removes Ross's weird skin abnormality),
''NewsRadio'' (on which Dave Foley starred), ''Arrested Development'', and ''Corner Gas''. He has done voice work for various animated series. Kevin's also supplied the voice of Almighty Tallest Purple on the Nickelodeon cartoon ''Invader Zim''. He appeared on the short-lived ''Clerks'' animated series and guest-starred on ''The Angry Beavers'' (also on Nick) as an insane zookeeper who conversed with a ballpoint pen, as well as Waffle, on the new Nick show ''Catscratch''. He also played an imaginary friend named Ivan in the episode ''Sight For Sore Eyes'' on ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', and appeared in the music video for "Roses" by Outkast.
In 2006 McDonald hosted a CBC TV special, featuring several of Canada's best sketch comedy troupes. "Sketch with Kevin McDonald" won a Canadian Comedy Award (Best Taped Live Performance - The Minnesota Wrecking Crew), with The Imponderables nominated for the same award.
During his youth he had a weight problem. It wasn't until just prior to the ''Kids' TV show in the late 1980s that he went from overweight to rather skinny. Several sketches and monologues allude to the issue, and a stockier McDonald can be seen in archival footage on the ''Kids in the Hall'' on DVD box sets.
Kevin was recently in Montreal as a part of the Just for Laughs Festival with the reunion of Kids in the Hall, and also with his solo show "Hammy and the Kids", based on his 2 dysfunctional families, his Dad "Hammy" and the Kids in the Hall.

Filmography

#''Epic Movie'' (2007)... Harry Potter
#''Unaccompanied Minors'' (2006)... Guard
#''Casper's Scare School'' (2006)... Beaky(The Pirate's Parrot)
#''Sketch with Kevin McDonald (2006)... Host
#''Minoriteam'' (2006)...
#''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)... Agent Pleakley
#''Catscratch'' (2005) (TV series)... Waffle
#''Sky High'' (2005)... Mr. Medulla
#'' (2005) (V)... Agent Pleakley
#''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (2004) (V)...Ivan, a seeing eye imaginary friend
#''Zeroman'' (2004) (TV series)... Rusty Woodenwater
#''Sick in the Head'' (2003) (TV)
#''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003) (V)... Agent Pleakley
#'' (2003)... Agent Pleakley
#''The True Meaning of Christmas Specials'' (2002) (TV)... The Ghost of Christmas Specials Yet To Come
#''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)... Agent Pleakley
#''Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty'' (2002) (V)... Various
#''The Santa Claus Brothers'' (2001) (TV)... Mel
#''Sketch Pad'' (2001) (TV series)... Kids in the Hall
#''Invader ZIM'' (2001) (TV series)... Almighty Tallest Purple
#''The Ladies Man (2000 film)'' (2000)... Mail Man
#''Galaxy Quest'' (1999)... Announcer
#''Dinner at Fred's'' (1999)... Fred
#''That '70s Show'' (1998)...Pastor Dave
#'' The Godson (movie)'' (1998)... Guppy Calzone
#''Boy Meets Girl'' (1998)... Jack
#''The Wrong Guy'' (1997)... Motel Manager
#''Friends'' (1996)... The Guru
#''Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy'' (1996)... Dr. Chris Cooper, various other characters
#''Senior Trip'' (1995)... Travis Lindsey
#''Saving Souls'' (1995)... Featured Church Follower
#''Zandalee'' (1991)... Drug Dealer
#''The Kids in the Hall'' (1988) (TV series)... Various Characters

Footnotes

1. http://www.kithfan.org/kith/kevin.html

External links

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★ Kevin McDonald at Northern Stars

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★ http://www.kevinmcdonald.vze.com

★ Kevin McDonald: The Kid in the Hall we DO Like