Bruce McGill
Acting Born Jul 11, 1950 San Antonio, Texas, USA 159 credits
Biography
Bruce McGill is an American actor born on July 11, 1950, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is known for his extensive film and television credits, with a total of 151 known credits. McGill's acting career spans a wide range of roles, although specific details about his work are not provided. He is also known by the name Bruce Travis McGill. McGill is a male actor who has been active in the industry for over 70 years, with a Content Score of 100.
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Career overview
Bruce McGill is an American actor born on July 11, 1950, in San Antonio, Texas. He has accumulated a substantial number of acting credits throughout his career, with over 150 known credits. McGill's work spans film and television, with a diverse range of roles.
One of his most notable roles is as D-Day in the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House. McGill's extensive filmography includes a wide variety of projects, but specific details about his other roles are not provided. He has also appeared in television series, with one notable role being Jack Dalton in a television series.
McGill's acting career has spanned several decades, with a consistent presence in the entertainment industry. His extensive experience and numerous credits demonstrate his versatility as an actor.
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Black Zone
LionessLove & Death
ReacherBuried in Barstow
The CrewAmerican UnderdogBlue Miracle
Troubled WatersThe Big UglyBelushi
The Best of EnemiesPoms
MacGyverRide Along 2
Run All Night
Ride Along
LincolnOutlaws - For Greater GloryUnconditionalFDR: American Badass!
SuitsApartMe Again
Rizzoli & IslesFair GameFamily Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
The Good WifeThe Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland ShowLaw Abiding Citizen
Vantage PointW.RecountA Line in the SandAnimal House: The Inside Story
Diners, Drive-Ins and DivesThe LookoutArea 57The Good LifeHumble Pie
PsychBehind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
American Dad!MediumNumb3rsCinderella ManElizabethtown
Collateral
NCISLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeRunaway JuryMatchstick MenPath to War
The Sum of All FearsLive from Baghdad
Law & Order: Criminal IntentJustice LeagueShallow HalExit WoundsAli
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDeep CoreThe Legend of Bagger VanceRunning Mates
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitFamily GuyFamily GuyFamily GuyFamily Guy
The Magnificent SevenGround ControlLetters from a KillerMurder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy MysteryEverything That Rises
The PracticeCow and ChickenI Am WeaselLawn DogsRosewood
Courage Under FireBlack SheepShadow of a Doubt
Star Trek: VoyagerMr. Payback: An Interactive MovieLive ShotThe Good Old BoysPerfect Alibi
Babylon 5Timecop
Walker, Texas RangerDave's WorldCliffhangerA Perfect WorldBakersfield P.D.
My Cousin VinnyPlay NiceCrash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Full Filmography
159 titles- Black Zone (2025) as General Bruce Wright
- Lioness (2023) as NSA Advisor Hollar
- Love & Death (2023) as Judge Tom Ryan
- Reacher (2022) as Mayor Teale
- Buried in Barstow (2022) as Von
- The Crew (2021) as Bobby Spencer
- American Underdog (2021) as Jim Foster
- Blue Miracle (2021) as Wayne Bisbee
- Troubled Waters (2020) as Jerry Paar
- The Big Ugly (2020) as Milt
- Belushi (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Best of Enemies (2019) as Carvie Oldham
- Poms (2019) as Chief Carl
- MacGyver (2016) as Detective Greer
- Ride Along 2 (2016) as Lt. Brooks
- Run All Night (2015) as Pat Mullen
- Ride Along (2014) as Lt. Brooks
- Lincoln (2012) as Edwin Stanton
- Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012) as President Calvin Coolidge
- Unconditional (2012) as Detective Miller
- FDR: American Badass! (2012) as Louis
- Suits (2011) as Stanley Gordon
- Apart (2011) as Dr. Thomas Abner
- Me Again (2011) as Big Earl
- Rizzoli & Isles (2010) as Detective Vince Korsak
- Fair Game (2010) as Jim Pavitt
- Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010) as John Williams (voice)
- The Good Wife (2009) as Jeremy Breslow
- The Cleveland Show (2009)
- The Cleveland Show (2009) as Mr. Waterman (voice)
- The Cleveland Show (2009) as Lloyd Waterman (voice)
- Law Abiding Citizen (2009) as Jonas Cantrell
- Obsessed (2009) as Joe Gage
- Imagine That (2009) as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)
- The Perfect Game (2009) as Mr. Tanner
- From Mexico With Love (2009) as Billy
- Held Hostage (2009) as Ben Summers
- Vantage Point (2008) as Phil McCullough
- W. (2008) as George Tenet
- Recount (2008) as Mac Stipanovich
- A Line in the Sand (2008) as Marty Kopac
- Animal House: The Inside Story (2008) as Self
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (2007) as Self
- The Lookout (2007) as Robert Pratt
- Area 57 (2007) as Gen. Keller
- The Good Life (2007) as Frank Jones
- Humble Pie (2007) as Mr. Grigoratus
- Psych (2006) as Dan Trombly
- Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006) as Gen. Norman T. Vance
- American Dad! (2005) as Judge (voice)
- Medium (2005) as Jerry Carlisle
- Numb3rs (2005) as Austin
- Cinderella Man (2005) as Jimmy Johnston
- Elizabethtown (2005) as Bill Banyon
- Slow Burn (2005) as Godfrey
- Collateral (2004) as Frank Pedrosa
- NCIS (2003) as Henry Rogers
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) as Stanford Marks
- Runaway Jury (2003) as Judge Harkin
- Matchstick Men (2003) as Chuck Frechette
- Path to War (2003) as George Ball
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003) as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) as National Security Advisor Revell
- Live from Baghdad (2002) as Peter Arnett
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Peter Bellingham
- Justice League (2001) as General McCormick (voice)
- Shallow Hal (2001) as Reverend Larson
- Exit Wounds (2001) as Frank Daniels
- Ali (2001) as Bradley
- Wolf Lake (2001) as Willard Cates
- 61* (2001) as Ralph Houk
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001) as Jonas Scatter
- Inside The Osmonds (2001) as George Osmond
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Jimmy Tadero
- Deep Core (2000) as Sam Dalton
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) as Walter Hagen
- Running Mates (2000) as Sen. Mitchell Morris
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Gordon Garrison
- Family Guy (1999) as Santa Claus (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as John Williams (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice)
- The Insider (1999) as Ron Motley
- A Dog of Flanders (1999) as William
- The Magnificent Seven (1998) as Dicky O'Shea
- Ground Control (1998) as T.C. Bryant
- Letters from a Killer (1998) as Brinker
- Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998) as Sheriff Rick
- Everything That Rises (1998) as Alan jamison
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998) as Self - D-Day
- The Practice (1997) as Judge Charles Fleming
- Cow and Chicken (1997) as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
- I Am Weasel (1997) as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
- Lawn Dogs (1997) as Nash
- Rosewood (1997) as Duke Purdy
- Courage Under Fire (1996) as McQuillan
- Black Sheep (1996) as Neuschwander
- Shadow of a Doubt (1996) as Dr. Fred Williams
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995) as Captain Braxton
- Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995) as James Konklin
- Live Shot (1995) as Joe Vitale
- The Good Old Boys (1995) as City Marshall
- Perfect Alibi (1995)
- Babylon 5 (1994) as Major Ed Ryan
- Timecop (1994) as Commander Eugene Matuzak
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Boone Waxwell
- Dave's World (1993) as Mr. Holroyd
- Cliffhanger (1993) as Treasury Agent
- A Perfect World (1993) as Paul Saunders
- Bakersfield P.D. (1993) as Captain Stocker
- Shameful Secrets (1993) as Judge Ian Greenstein
- Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993) as Morgan
- My Cousin Vinny (1992) as Sheriff Farley
- Play Nice (1992) as Captain Foxx
- Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992) as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak
- Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) as Dan Ryan
- Home Improvement (1991) as Doug O'Brien
- The Commish (1991)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991) as Mike Matthews
- The Perfect Tribute (1991) as Lamon
- Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance (1991) as Shifton
- The Easter Story (1990) as (voice)
- Little Vegas (1990) as Harvey
- The Flockens (1990) as Philip Flocken
- Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990) as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Weird Ernie
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Al the Bartender
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")
- Three Fugitives (1989) as Charlie
- Out Cold (1989) as Ernie
- Let's Get Mom (1989) as Bruce
- Baby M (1988) as Harold Cassidy
- The Secret of My Success (1987) as W. Shaw (uncredited)
- The Last Innocent Man (1987) as Burt Matson
- End of the Line (1987) as Billy Haney
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987) as Vernon Gage
- Waiting for the Moon (1987) as Ernest Hemingway
- No Mercy (1986) as Lt. Hall
- Club Paradise (1986) as Dave the Fireman
- Wildcats (1986) as Dan Darwell
- As Summers Die (1986) as V.D. Skinner
- MacGyver (1985) as Jack Dalton
- Into the Night (1985) as Charlie
- Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985) as Edward Philbrick
- Miami Vice (1984) as Hank Weldon
- Silkwood (1983) as Mace Hurley
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) as Reporter Blakely
- Tough Enough (1983) as Tony Fallon
- American Playhouse (1982) as Reporter Blakely
- American Playhouse (1982) as Edward Philbrick
- American Playhouse (1982) as Ernest Hemingway
- The Hand (1981) as Brian Ferguson
- A Whale for the Killing (1981) as Glenn
- Semi-Tough (1980)
- Delta House (1979) as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)
- Animal House (1978) as Daniel Simpson Day
- F.I.S.T. (1978) as Hitman (uncredited)
- Citizens Band (1977) as Blood
- Waiting Game as Mel
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Bruce McGill best known for?
Bruce McGill is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Lioness (2023), Love & Death (2023), Reacher (2022), American Underdog (2021).
When and where was Bruce McGill born?
Bruce McGill was born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
How many credits does Bruce McGill have?
Bruce McGill has accumulated over 159 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1977 to 2025.
What is Bruce McGill's background in cinema and television?
Bruce McGill is an American actor born on July 11, 1950, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is known for his extensive film and television credits, with a total of 151 known credits. McGill's acting career spans a wide range of roles, although specific details about his work are not provided. He is also known by the name B...