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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.