Bruce McGill: movies and TV shows
Bruce McGill has 159 credits in the archive: 110 films and 49 TV series, from 1977 to 2025. Highest rated: Suits (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1977 – 2025 · busiest year: 2009 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Black Zone | General Bruce Wright | Film | — | 74 |
| 2023 | Lioness | NSA Advisor Hollar | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2023 | Love & Death | Judge Tom Ryan | TV | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2022 | Reacher | Mayor Teale | TV | 8.1 | 71 |
| 2022 | Buried in Barstow | Von | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2021 | The Crew | Bobby Spencer | TV | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2021 | American Underdog | Jim Foster | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2021 | Blue Miracle | Wayne Bisbee | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2020 | Troubled Waters | Jerry Paar | Film | 2.7 | 69 |
| 2020 | The Big Ugly | Milt | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 2020 | Belushi | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2019 | The Best of Enemies | Carvie Oldham | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2019 | Poms | Chief Carl | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Detective Greer | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2016 | Ride Along 2 | Lt. Brooks | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Pat Mullen | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Lt. Brooks | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Edwin Stanton | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2012 | Outlaws - For Greater Glory | President Calvin Coolidge | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2012 | Unconditional | Detective Miller | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2012 | FDR: American Badass! | Louis | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 2011 | Suits | Stanley Gordon | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 2011 | Apart | Dr. Thomas Abner | Film | 4.3 | 60 |
| 2011 | Me Again | Big Earl | Film | 4.9 | 60 |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Detective Vince Korsak | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2010 | Fair Game | Jim Pavitt | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2010 | Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! | John Williams (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Jeremy Breslow | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show | TV | 5.9 | 58 | |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show | Mr. Waterman (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show | Lloyd Waterman (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Jonas Cantrell | Film | 7.4 | 58 |
| 2009 | Obsessed | Joe Gage | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2009 | Imagine That | Mr. Rowe (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2009 | The Perfect Game | Mr. Tanner | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2009 | From Mexico With Love | Billy | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2009 | Held Hostage | Ben Summers | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Phil McCullough | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2008 | W. | George Tenet | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2008 | Recount | Mac Stipanovich | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2008 | A Line in the Sand | Marty Kopac | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2008 | Animal House: The Inside Story | Self | Film | 4.0 | 57 |
| 2007 | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Robert Pratt | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2007 | Area 57 | Gen. Keller | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2007 | The Good Life | Frank Jones | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2007 | Humble Pie | Mr. Grigoratus | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2006 | Psych | Dan Trombly | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 2006 | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | Gen. Norman T. Vance | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Judge (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2005 | Medium | Jerry Carlisle | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Austin | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Jimmy Johnston | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2005 | Elizabethtown | Bill Banyon | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 2005 | Slow Burn | Godfrey | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2004 | Collateral | Frank Pedrosa | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2003 | NCIS | Henry Rogers | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Stanford Marks | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Judge Harkin | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Chuck Frechette | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2003 | Path to War | George Ball | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2003 | Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update | Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | National Security Advisor Revell | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | Peter Arnett | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Peter Bellingham | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2001 | Justice League | General McCormick (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2001 | Shallow Hal | Reverend Larson | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 2001 | Exit Wounds | Frank Daniels | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 2001 | Ali | Bradley | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2001 | Wolf Lake | Willard Cates | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 2001 | 61* | Ralph Houk | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Jonas Scatter | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 2001 | Inside The Osmonds | George Osmond | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jimmy Tadero | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 2000 | Deep Core | Sam Dalton | Film | 4.1 | 49 |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Walter Hagen | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2000 | Running Mates | Sen. Mitchell Morris | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gordon Garrison | TV | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Santa Claus (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | John Williams (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1999 | The Insider | Ron Motley | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1999 | A Dog of Flanders | William | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven | Dicky O'Shea | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1998 | Ground Control | T.C. Bryant | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1998 | Letters from a Killer | Brinker | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1998 | Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery | Sheriff Rick | Film | 7.6 | 47 |
| 1998 | Everything That Rises | Alan jamison | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion | Self - D-Day | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Judge Charles Fleming | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1997 | Cow and Chicken | Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1997 | I Am Weasel | Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1997 | Lawn Dogs | Nash | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1997 | Rosewood | Duke Purdy | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | McQuillan | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1996 | Black Sheep | Neuschwander | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Doubt | Dr. Fred Williams | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Captain Braxton | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1995 | Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie | James Konklin | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1995 | Live Shot | Joe Vitale | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | City Marshall | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1995 | Perfect Alibi | Film | 4.0 | 44 | |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Major Ed Ryan | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1994 | Timecop | Commander Eugene Matuzak | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Boone Waxwell | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1993 | Dave's World | Mr. Holroyd | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Treasury Agent | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1993 | A Perfect World | Paul Saunders | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1993 | Bakersfield P.D. | Captain Stocker | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1993 | Shameful Secrets | Judge Ian Greenstein | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1993 | Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story | Morgan | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1992 | My Cousin Vinny | Sheriff Farley | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1992 | Play Nice | Captain Foxx | Film | 4.6 | 41 |
| 1992 | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1992 | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | Dan Ryan | Film | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Doug O'Brien | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1991 | The Commish | TV | 7.1 | 40 | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Mike Matthews | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1991 | The Perfect Tribute | Lamon | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1991 | Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance | Shifton | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1990 | The Easter Story | (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1990 | Little Vegas | Harvey | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1990 | The Flockens | Philip Flocken | Film | — | 39 |
| 1990 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | Asst. DA Frank O'Meara | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Weird Ernie | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Al the Bartender | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap") | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | Charlie | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1989 | Out Cold | Ernie | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1989 | Let's Get Mom | Bruce | Film | — | 38 |
| 1988 | Baby M | Harold Cassidy | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1987 | The Secret of My Success | W. Shaw (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1987 | The Last Innocent Man | Burt Matson | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Billy Haney | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1987 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Vernon Gage | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1987 | Waiting for the Moon | Ernest Hemingway | Film | 4.9 | 36 |
| 1986 | No Mercy | Lt. Hall | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Dave the Fireman | Film | 5.2 | 35 |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Dan Darwell | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | V.D. Skinner | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Jack Dalton | TV | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Charlie | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1985 | Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom | Edward Philbrick | Film | — | 34 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Hank Weldon | TV | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Mace Hurley | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Reporter Blakely | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1983 | Tough Enough | Tony Fallon | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Reporter Blakely | TV | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Edward Philbrick | TV | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Ernest Hemingway | TV | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1981 | The Hand | Brian Ferguson | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1981 | A Whale for the Killing | Glenn | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1980 | Semi-Tough | TV | — | 29 | |
| 1979 | Delta House | Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day) | TV | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1978 | Animal House | Daniel Simpson Day | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Hitman (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1977 | Citizens Band | Blood | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| Waiting Game | Mel | Film | — | — |