Michael McShane Biography (1957?-)

Born December 10, 1957 (some sources cite 1955), in Boston, MA; adopted son of an army officer; married. Addresses: Agent: Abrams Artists Agency, Inc., 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1130, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, voice artist, comedian
Birth Details: December 10, 1957?; Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
(As Mike McShane) Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Channel 4 (England), 1988-1995
S and M (also known as Slattery and McShane), Channel 4, 1991
James Howard, The Big One, Channel 4, 1992
Narrator, Broadway Stories, Channel 4, 1994
Lloyd Burwell, Brotherly Love, The WB, 1995-1997
Voices of Twitch Williams and Gareb, Spawn (also known as ToddMcFarlane's Spawn), HBO, 1997
Voices of Big Mac and X, Clerks (animated; also known as Clerks: The Animated Series, Clerks TAS, and Clerks: Uncensored),ABC, 2000
Voice of Wolf, Don't Eat the Neighbours (also known as Big Teeth, Bad Breath), 2001
Episodic
Cohost, The Full Wax, Arts and Entertainment, BBC1 (England), c. 1992
Bernard Matthews, "Wild Turkey," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel4 (England), 1992
The All New Alexei Sayle Show, BBC (England), 1994
Hugo, "The Match Game," ER, NBC, 1996
(As Mike McShane) Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Channel 4, 1997
Franklin Delano Romanowsky, "The Betrayal," Seinfeld, NBC, 1997
Franklin Delano Romanowsky, "The Wizard," Seinfeld, NBC, 1998
Frank, "How to Bury a Millionaire," Frasier, NBC, 1998
Boo, "Caroline and the Fright before Christmas," Caroline in the City, NBC, 1998
Coach Logan, "Norm's Coach," The Norm Show, ABC, 1999
"Honey, I'm Not Just Clowning Around," Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, 1999
Ray, "Drew's Inheritance," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 2000
Phil, "Dick'll Take Manhattan: Parts 1 & 2," 3rd Rock from the Sun, NBC, 2000
Ray, "Fetal Attraction," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 2000
Phil, "InDickscretion," 3rd Rock from the Sun, NBC, 2000
"Tarzan and the Missing Link," The Legend of Tarzan, 2001
Ohio attorney general, "Life Sentence," The Court, ABC, 2002

(As Mike McShane) Professor Brinsley, "Double First," Believe Nothing, ITV (England), 2002
Also appeared in The Ruby Wax Show, BBC.
Movies
Hal, Tales from Hollywood, PBS, 1992
Harley, Crazy for a Kiss, BBC (England), 1995
Christ "Q" Todd, Tower of Terror, ABC, 1997
Other
Hysteria III, BBC4 (England), 1991
Payback! (special), NBC, 1999
Appeared on the Academy Awards presentation, 1999. Also appeared in Arena, BBC (England); Clive Anderson Talks Back, [England]; Coronation Street: American Special, Granada (England); Fortune Dane, ABC; Performance: Summer Day's Lease, BBC; A Summer Day's Dream,BBC; and Valley Vision.
Film Appearances
Laputa: Castle in the Sky, 1986
Recording engineer, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Paramount, 1988
Angry driver, The Spirit of '76, Columbia, 1990
Friar Tuck, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Warner Bros., 1991
Professor Keenbean, Richie Rich, Warner Bros., 1994
Muff Potter, Tom and Huck (also known as The Adventures of Tomand Huck and Tom Sawyer), Buena Vista, 1995
Voices of Tuck and Roll, A Bug's Life (animated), Buena Vista/WaltDisney, 1998
(As Micheal McShane) Dr. Swanson, Office Space (also known as Cubiculos de la oficina), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Harold Vilmes, Drop Dead Gorgeous (also known as Gnadenlos schoen), New Line Cinema, 1999
Jerry, Gold Cup, Full Circle Films, 2000
Voice of Left Hand, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, English-dubbed version, Vision Entertainment, 2001
Bruce, Big Trouble, Buena Vista, 2002
Voice of Worm, Kaena: The Prophecy (computer-animated; also knownas Axis and Kaena), Universal, 2002
Also appeared in the films Best Shot, Howard the Duck, Peggy Sue Got Married, and The Victim.
Film Work
(As Mike McShane) Additional voices, Balto (animated), Ascot EliteEntertainment Group/Jugendfilm-Verleih, 1995
Additional voice, Mononoke Hime (animated; also known as Princess Mononoke), dubbed version, Miramax, 1999
Stage Appearances
Mr. Enright, Taller Than a Dwarf, Longacre Theatre, New York City,2000
Don, American Buffalo, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 2002
Appeared in A Bright Room Called Day; Exact Change, Lyric Theatre-Hammersmith, London; as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle(solo show), Hackney Empire Theatre; Funny Thing, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT; Hamlet and Henry IV, both Berkeley Shakespeare Film Festival; as Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, and as Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor, both San Francisco Shakespeare Festival; Mike McShane Live, Hackney Empire Theatre; Mike McShane with Sweeney and Steene, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; The Pocket Dream, Albery Theatre, London, and Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England; and Twelfth Night.
Major Tours
Chief Bromden, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Centre Line Productions, British cities, 1999
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Marcus Eisenduller, Blade Runner, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1997
Voice of Cid, Final Fantasy X (also known as FFX and Final Fantasy 10), Square Soft, 2001
Voice of Baron Rakan, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Electronic Arts, 2001
Also voice for the video game WWF Raw.
Audio Books
Narrator for the audio books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Trafalgar Square Audio; Made in America by Bill Bryson, HarperCollins; and Neither Here nor There by Bill Bryson, HarperCollins.

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