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Kevin McDonald as Marvin Drey, a Canada Customs and Revenue Agency agent in an episode of Corner Gas

Kevin Hamilton McDonald (born May 16, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known as a member of the Canadian sketch comedy group Kids in the Hall. He founded the troupe with friend Dave Foley, 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.

Film and television career

Since the Kids in the Hall show's end in 1994, he has played many small roles in films including National Lampoon's Senior Trip and Agent Pleakley the cross-dressing alien in Lilo & Stitch, a role which has continued into two direct-to-video movies and Lilo & Stitch: The Series.

On television, he has appeared on The Martin Short Show, Ellen (as a radio personality), That '70s Show (as a confused young cleric), 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 most major voice role was that of Almighty Tallest Purple on the Nickelodeon cartoon Invader Zim.

He also 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.

Trivia

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.

He is a vegetarian.

Filmography

Unaccompanied Minors (2006)... Guard
Casper's Scare School (2006)... Beaky(The Pirate's Parrot)
Sketch with Kevin McDonald (2006)... Host
Minoriteam (2006)...
Leroy and Stitch (2006)... Agent Pleakley
Catscratch (2005) (TV series)... Waffle
Sky High (2005)... Mr. Medulla
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (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
Lilo & Stitch: The Series (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
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

He also played the principal in the music video 'Roses' by Outkast.

External links

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+[[Image:KevinMacDonaldasMarvin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kevin McDonald as Marvin Drey, a [[Canada Revenue Agency|Canada Customs and Revenue Agency]] agent in an episode of [[Corner Gas]]]]
-'''Walter de Gray''' (died [[1 May]] [[1255]]), [[England|English]] prelate and statesman, was a nephew of [[John de Gray]], [[bishop of Norwich]], and was educated at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].
+'''Kevin Hamilton McDonald''' (born [[May 16]], [[1961]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] comedian and actor, best known as a member of the Canadian sketch comedy group ''[[Kids in the Hall]]''.  He founded the troupe with friend [[Dave Foley]], and the two wrote and performed in sketches together more than any other pair in the group.
-He owed his early and rapid preferment in church and state to the favor of [[John of England|King John]], becoming the king's [[Lord Chancellor|chancellor]] in [[1205]], and being chosen [[bishop of Lichfield]] in [[1210]]. He was, however, not allowed to keep this bishopric, but he became [[bishop of Worcester]] in [[1214]], resigning his office as chancellor in the same year. Gray was with John when the king signed the [[Magna Carta]] in June [[1215]]; soon after this event he left England on the king's business, and it was during his absence that he was forced into the [[Archbishop of York|archbishopric of York]], owing his election to the good offices of John and of [[Pope Innocent III]].
+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.
-He took a leading part in public affairs during the minority of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]], and was regarded with much favor by this king, who employed him on important errands to foreign potentates, and left him as guardian of England when he went to [[France]] in [[1242]]. Afterwards the archbishop seems to have been less favorably disposed towards Henry, and for a time he absented himself from public business; however, in 1255, he visited [[London]] to attend a meeting of [[List_of_Parliaments_of_England|parliament]], and died at [[Fulham]] on the 1st of May 1255. Gray was always anxious to assert his archiepiscopal authority over [[Scotland]], and to maintain it against the [[archbishop of Canterbury]], but in neither case was he very successful. He built the south transept of [[York Minster]] and bought for his see the village, afterwards called [[Bishopthorpe]], which is still the residence of the archbishop of York. He was also generous to the church at [[Ripon]]. Gray was regarded by his contemporaries as an avaricious, but patriotic man.
+== Film and television career==
-==Reference==
+Since the Kids in the Hall show's end in [[1994 in television|1994]], he has played many small roles in films including ''[[National Lampoon's Senior Trip]]'' and [[Agent Pleakley]] the [[cross-dressing]] alien in ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', a role which has continued into two direct-to-video movies and ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]''.
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+On television, he has appeared on ''[[The Martin Short Show]]'', ''[[Ellen]]'' (as a radio personality), ''[[That '70s Show]]'' (as a confused young cleric), ''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Friends]]''(as 'The Guru', a doctor who magically removes Ross's weird skin abnormality),
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+''[[NewsRadio]]'' (on which [[Dave Foley]] starred), ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', and ''[[Corner Gas]]''. He has done voice work for various animated series. Kevin's most major voice role was that of [[Almighty Tallest Purple (Invader Zim character)|Almighty Tallest Purple]] on the [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] [[cartoon]] ''[[Invader Zim]]''.
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-{{succession box | title=[[Lord Chancellor]] | years=1205&ndash;1214 | before=[[Hubert Walter]] | after=[[Richard Marsh]]}}
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-{{succession box | title=[[Bishop of Worcester]] | years=1214&ndash;c. 1216 | before=[[Mauger, Bishop of Worcester|Mauger]] | after=[[Silvester de Evesham]]}}
-{{succession box | title=[[Archbishop of York]] | years=1216&ndash;1255 | before=[[Geoffrey, Archbishop of York|Geoffrey Plantagenet]] | after=[[Sewal de Bovil]]}}
-{{end box}}
+He also appeared on the short-lived ''[[Clerks.|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]]''.
-[[Category:Lord Chancellors of England|De Gray, Walter]]
-[[Category:1255 deaths|De Gray, Walter]]
+== Trivia ==
-[[Category:Bishops of Worcester]]
+* During his youth he had a weight problem. It wasn't until just prior to the ''Kids''' TV show in the late [[1980]]s 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]].
-[[Category:Archbishops of York]]
+* He is a vegetarian.
+==Filmography==
+#''[[Unaccompanied Minors]]'' (2006)... Guard
+#''[[Casper's Scare School]]'' (2006)... Beaky(The Pirate's Parrot)
+#''[[Sketch with Kevin McDonald]] (2006)... Host
+#''[[Minoriteam]]'' (2006)...
+#''[[Leroy and Stitch]]'' (2006)... Agent Pleakley
+#''[[Catscratch]]'' (2005) (TV series)... Waffle
+#''[[Sky High (2005)|Sky High]]'' (2005)... Mr. Medulla
+#''[[Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (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
+#''[[Lilo & Stitch:  The Series]]'' (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
+#''[[Brain Candy|Kids in the Hall:  Brain Candy]]'' (1996)... Dr. Chris
+#''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
+He also played the principal in the music video 'Roses' by [[Outkast]].
+==External links==
+*{{imdb name|id=0567852|name=Kevin McDonald}}
+*{{voice actor|id=1445|name=Kevin McDonald}}
+*http://www.kevinmcdonald.vze.com
+*[http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/kevinmcdonald Kevin McDonald: The Kid in the Hall we DO Like]
+[[Category:1961 births|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Living people|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Canadian film actors|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Canadian television actors|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Irish Canadians|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:The Kids in the Hall|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Voice actors|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Arrested Development actors|Mcdonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Nicktoons voice actors|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Lilo & Stitch|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:People from Montreal|McDonald, Kevin]]
+[[Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities|McDonald, Kevin]]