Kevin McDonald
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.