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Malcolm Danare

Acting Born Jun 15, 1962 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

Malcolm Danare (born June 15, 1962) is an American actor, known for his role of Caesar in the 1985 film Heaven Help Us and Dr. Mendel Craven in the 1998 film Godzilla and its animated series followup. He is also known for voicing Kipling in Monster High and voicing Tiny of Ever After High.

Malcolm Danare had never been in front of a camera before he played the role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination. This debut role was Poteete in Paramount Pictures’ movie The Lords of Discipline, for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer. Danare's next film for Paramount was the iconic Flashdance.

Malcolm went on to star and co-star in a diverse collection of films: Mel Brooks’s Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Walter Hill’s Crossroads, Amy Heckerling’s European Vacation, Michael Dinner’s Heaven Help Us (aka Catholic Boys), Bob Clark and Mark Herrier’s Popcorn, and John Carpenter’s horror classic Christine. Malcolm also co-starred in Columbia Pictures’ Godzilla and its animated television series.

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Known for

Film

Hitman

as Ned Ostroff
Film

Independence Day

as Intellectual on Roof

Godzilla: The Series

as Mendel Craven (voice)
Film

Godzilla

as Dr. Mendel Craven

Full filmography

  • CSI: Miami (2002) as Ned Ostroff
  • Independence Day (1996) as Intellectual on Roof
  • Godzilla: The Series (1998) as Mendel Craven (voice)
  • Capital News (1990) as B.D.
  • Godzilla (1998) as Dr. Mendel Craven
  • Christine (1983) as Moochie Welch
  • Flashdance (1983) as Cecil
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) as Inept Archer
  • National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) as The Froegers' Son
  • Heaven Help Us (1985) as Caesar
  • The Curse (1987) as Cyrus Crane
  • Popcorn (1991) as Bud
  • Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores (2012) as Kipling (voice)
  • Amelia 2.0 (2017) as Adam
  • Amelia 2.0 (2017) as Sam Patterson
  • The Lords of Discipline (1983) as Poteete
  • Ever After High: Dragon Games (2016) as Tiny (voice)
  • A Dog and Pony Show (2018) as Wally
  • Bullet Ride (2020) as Alexander Balthazar
  • Ever After High: Epic Winter (2016) as Tiny (voice)
  • Chastise as Professor Mooch
  • American Justice (2015) as Stuckey
  • WTF: World Thumbwrestling Federation (2017) as Jakob Rozenbaum
  • Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" (2017) as Self