| Bruce McGill | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 11, 1950 San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977-Present |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Lee |
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Biography
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. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom [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. Douglas MacArthur High School (commonly MacArthur or Mac) is a public secondary school in a northeast Suburb of San Antonio,
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. Guillaume Tell ( William Tell) is an Opera in four acts by Gioachino Rossini to a French Libretto by Etienne de Jouy 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). The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 Action film starring Bruce Willis as a former Secret Service agent now working as a private detective Rosewood is a 1997 film starring Ving Rhames as a Fictional character who travels to the town of Rosewood Florida, United States and becomes My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 Comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei. Timecop is a 1994 science fiction thriller Film directed by Peter Hyams, and based on the Dark Horse Black sheep is an English language Idiom which describes an odd or disreputable member of a group especially within one's family The Insider is a 1999 film that tells the true story of a 60 Minutes Television series exposé of the Tobacco industry Legally Blonde 2 Red White & Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001 's Legally Blonde. Collateral is a 2004 crime/thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. Matchstick Men is a 2003 American Drama film starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman. The Legend of Bagger Vance is a 2000 Film directed by Robert Redford, based on the same-titled 1995 book by Steven The Sum of All Fears is the best-selling thriller novel by Tom Clancy, and part of the Jack Ryan series Runaway Jury ( 2003) is an American Drama / thriller Film directed by Gary Fleder and starring John Cinderella Man is a 2005 American Drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former and Valley of the Heart's Delight (2005). He is a favorite of director Michael Mann. Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5 1943 is an American Film director, Screenwriter, and producer.
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". Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series that ran for 96 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on the NBC network Walker Texas Ranger is an American Television western / police drama series created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Crime Story was an NBC TV drama created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. This article lists characters in the various canonical incarnations of Star Trek. " Relativity " is an episode of Star Trek Voyager, the 24th episode of the fifth season He has also appeared multiple times as a regular guest star in MacGyver as the title character's comical best friend Jack Dalton. MacGyver is an American Adventure Television series, produced in the United States and Canada, about the laid-back Jack Dalton is a Fictional character from the television show MacGyver. 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. Bionic Woman is an eight-episode American Science fiction Television drama created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television [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". A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Mercenaries Playground of Destruction is a Third-person shooter which takes place in the near future Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J " Severed Dreams " is an episode from the third season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. Babylon 5 producer J. Michael Straczynski originally intended for Everett McGill to play the role. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) known professionally as J Everett McGill (born October 21, 1945) is an American actor McGill was born Charles Everett McGill III in Miami Beach, Florida 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.
References
External links
- Bruce McGill at the Internet Movie Database
- Bruce McGill article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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