Bruce McGill

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work with director Michael Mannin the movies The Insider (1999), Ali (2001), and Collateral (2004). McGill's other notable film roles include Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in John Landis' Animal House, Com. Matuzak in Timecop, Reverend Larson in Shallow Hal, Gene Revell in The Sum of All Fears, and Lt. Brooks in Ride Along and its sequel Ride Along 2.
Bruce McGill's television roles include Jack Dalton on MacGyver (1985–1992) and Det. Vince Korsak on Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016). He also had recurring roles as Captain Braxton on Star Trek Voyager (1999) and voicing Lloyd Waterman, the owner of Waterman cable, on The Cleveland Show (2012–2014). He played Ralph Houk in Billy Crystal's made-for-television film 61* (2001).
During the 2016 presidential election, McGill narrated a number of commercials promoting Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
== Early life ==
McGill was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Adriel Rose (née Jacobs), an artist, and Woodrow Wilson McGill, a real estate and insurance agent.[1] He graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in the northeastern part of San Antonio and from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in drama. He is related to former Texas State Senator A.R. Schwartz.
== Career ==
=== Film work ===
McGill has starred in many films, perhaps his most well-known role being "D-Day" in the 1978 comedy classic National Lampoon's Animal House, [2] a role McGill was desperate to take at the time, recalling his days as a young unemployed actor sitting in a New York City casting office. In Animal House, he played the William Tell Overture by drumming his fingers on his windpipe. He duplicated this talent in MacGyver, playing "Rock-The-Cradle" to lull a child in his care to sleep.
Some of his films include Into the NIght, Wildcats, The Last Boy Scout, My Cousin Vinny, Cliffhanger, Timecop, Black Sheep, Courage Under Fire, Rosewood, The Insider, Club Paradise, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Ali, The Sum of All Fears, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Matchstick Men, Runaway Jury, Collateral, Cinderella Man, Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy, and Vantage Point.[2]
McGill is a favorite of director Michael Mann, having worked with him on The Insider, Ali and Collateral. He has also appeared in four HBO TV films, first playing Yankees manager Ralph Houk in Billy Crystal's film 61* in 2001, then diplomat George Ball in the 2002 film Path to War; journalist Peter Arnett in Live from Baghdad later that year; and most recently Mac Stipanovich in the 2008 film Recount about the 2000 Presidential election in Florida. He portrayed CIADirector George Tenet in Oliver Stone's film W. and, most recently, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.
=== Television roles ===
McGill reprised his role as D-Day from National Lampoon's Animal House in the short-lived 1979 ABC TV Spinoff Delta House. His other television guest appearances range from Quantum Leap (in both the pilot and final episodes), Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Crime Story, and Miami Vice (again, a Michael Mann production), to Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Braxton in the episode "Relativity". He also appeared multiple times as a regular guest star in MacGyver as the title character's comical best friend, soldier of fortune/bush pilot Jack Dalton. Echoing that role, McGill often plays friends of the lead character in film and television. In 1994 he made a guest appearance along with Jay Leno in the Emmy nominated TV series, Home Improvement.[3]He played Willard Cates in the short-lived series Wolf Lake. He was scheduled to join the cast of Bionic Woman in the fall of 2007.[4] He also voiced Agent Buford in the video game Mercenaries. In 2009, McGill appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gordon Garrison, a zealously bigoted anti-immigration talk-show host who, after sparking a mini-riot in court, sets up the acquittal of the killer. McGill also appeared on ABC's 2010 TV show, No Ordinary Family.[5]
McGill also played Major Ed Ryan in the third season Babylon 5 episode "Severed Dreams" (which won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation). Babylon 5 producer J. Michael Straczynski originally intended for Everett McGill to play the role. However he did not know McGill's first name, so when he asked to have McGill contacted, Straczynski was asked if he meant Bruce McGill, to which he replied yes. Even though it became apparent to Straczynski when Bruce McGill met him to discuss the role that this wasn't the McGill Straczynski had in mind, Straczynski decided to use him instead.[6]
McGill also had a small role in a season 3 episode of Numb3rs as well as a season 3 episode of Psych.
McGill portrayed the character of veteran Boston Police Homicide Detective Vince Korsak on the TNT television crime drama, Rizzoli & Isles. The character of Korsak is the mentor and friend of Detective Jane Rizzoli, portrayed by Angie Harmon. Korsak saved Rizzoli's life from serial killer, Charles Hoyt. Korsak shot Hoyt's partner just before Hoyt was about to kill Rizzoli with a knife. In the episode "She Works Hard for the Money" of Rizzoli & Isles (season 1 episode 4) Korsak is asked where he went to college. He responds "Didn't. Watched Animal House a few times", which is a reference to his Animal House persona.
McGill also had a recurring voice role on The Cleveland Show as Lloyd Waterman, the homosexual owner of Waterman Cable, where Cleveland Brownis employed as a cable installer.[7]
In the 2016 US Election, McGill narrated several commercials for President Donald Trump during his campaign[8] It was reported in February 2017 that he would guest star as a decorated Vietnam War veteran in the American actionpolice procedural television series NCIS.[9]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1977	Handle with Care 	Blood 	
1978	National Lampoon's Animal House 	Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day	
1981	The Hand 	Brian Ferguson 	
1982	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 	Reporter Blakely 	
1983	Silkwood 	Mace Hurley 	
1985	Into the Night 	Charlie 	
1986	Wildcats 	Dan Darwell 	
1986	No Mercy 	Lieutenant Hall 	
1986	Club Paradise 	Dave, Jack's fireman buddy	
1987	Waiting for the Moon 	Ernest Hemingway 	
1987	End of the Line 	Billy Haney 	
1987	The Secret of My Success 	W. Shaw 	Uncredited
1989	Three Fugitives 	Charlie 	
1989	Out Cold 	Ernie 	
1991	The Last Boy Scout 	Mike Matthews 	
1992	My Cousin Vinny 	Sheriff Farley 	
1993	Cliffhanger 	Treasury Agent 	
1993	A Perfect World 	Paul Saunders 	
1994	Timecop 	Com. Eugene Matuzak 	
1996	Black Sheep 	Neuschwander 	
1996	Courage Under Fire 	McQuillan 	
1997	Rosewood 	Duke Purdy 	
1997	Lawn Dogs 	Nash 	
1998	Letters from a Killer 	Brinker 	
1998	Ground Control 	T.C. Bryant 	
1999	The Insider 	Ron Motley 	
1999	A Dog of Flanders 	William the Blacksmith 	
2000	Deep Core 	Sam Dalton 	
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance 	Walter Hagen 	
2001	Exit Wounds 	Frank Daniels 	
2001	Shallow Hal 	Reverend Larson 	
2001	Ali 	Bradley 	
2002	The Sum of All Fears 	Gene Revell 	
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 	Stanford "Stan" Marks 	
2003	Matchstick Men 	Chuck Frechette 	
2003	Runaway Jury 	Judge Frederick Harkin 	
2004	Collateral 	Frank Pedrosa 	
2005	Cinderella Man 	James Johnston 	
2005	Elizabethtown 	Bill Banyon 	
2005	Valley of the Heart's Delight 	Horace Walsh 	
2005	Slow Burn 	Godfrey 	
2006	Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy	Garrison 	
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil 	General Norman T. Vance 	
2007	The Good Life 	Frank Jones 	
2007	The Lookout 	Robert Pratt 	
2008	Vantage Point 	Phil McCullough 	
2008	W. 	George Tenet 	
2009	Obsessed 	Joe Gage 	
2009	From Mexico with Love 	Billy 	
2009	The Perfect Game 	Mr. Tanner 	
2009	Law Abiding Citizen 	Jonas Cantrell 	
2010	Fair Game 	Jim Pavitt 	
2011	Apart 	Dr. Thomas Abner 	
2012	Me Again 	Big Earl 	
2012	Lincoln 	Edwin Stanton 	
2012	For Greater Glory 	Mark 	
2012	FDR: American Badass 	Jon 	
2012	Unconditional 	Detective Miller 	
2014	Ride Along 	Lt. Brooks 	
2015	Run All Night 	Pat Mullen 	
2016	Ride Along 2 	Lt. Brooks 	
2019	Poms 	 	Post-production
2019	The Best of Enemies 	 	Post-production
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1979 	Delta House 	Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day	Spin-off of National Lampoon's Animal House
1981 	A Whale for the Killing 	Glenn 	Made-for-TV-Movie
1985 	Miami Vice 	Henry "Hank" Weldon 	"Out Where the Buses Don't Run" (S 2:Ep 3)
1985–1992	MacGyver 	Jack Dalton 	Recurring
1986 	As Summers Die 	V.D. Skinner 	Made-for-TV-Movie
1989 	Quantum Leap 	Weird Ernie 	"Genesis" (Pilot S 1:Ep 1 & 2)
1993 	Quantum Leap 	Al the Bartender 	"Mirror Image" (Series finale S 5:Ep 22)
1993 	Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story	Morgan 	Made-for-TV-Movie
1993 	Walker, Texas Ranger 	Boone Waxwell 	"Badge of Honor" (S 2:Ep 1)
1995 	Home Improvement 	Doug O'Brien 	"Brother, Can You Spare a Hot Rod?" (S 4:Ep 14)
1996 	Tracey Takes On... 	Michael Morris Daveen 	"Law" (S 1: Ep 6)
1996 	Babylon 5 	Major Ed Ryan 	"Severed Dreams" (S 3: Ep 10)
1998 	Everything That Rises 	Alan Jamison 	Made-for-TV-Movie[10]
1999 	Tracey Takes On... 	Mr. Devine 	"Scandal" (S 4:Ep 3)
1999 	Star Trek Voyager 	Captain Braxton 	"Relativity" (S 5:Ep 24)
2000 	Running Mates 	Senator Mitchell Morris 	Made-for-TV-Movie
2001 	Inside the Osmonds 	George Osmond 	Made-for-TV-Movie
2001 	61* 	Ralph Houk 	Made-for-TV-Movie
2002 	Path to War 	George Ball 	Made-for-TV-Movie
2002 	Live from Baghdad 	Peter Arnett 	Made-for-TV-Movie
2007 	Numb3rs 	Austin 	"Contenders" (S 3: 16)
2008 	Recount 	Mac Stipanovich 	Made-for-TV-Movie
2009 	Psych 	Fire Chief Dan Trombly 	"Earth, Wind and... Wait for It" (S 3:Ep 12)
2009–2013	The Cleveland Show 	Lloyd Waterman 	22 Episodes
2010–2016	Rizzoli & Isles 	Det. Vince Korsak 	Main cast
2010 	No Ordinary Family 	Allan Crane 	"No Ordinary Visitors" (S 1:Ep 6)
2010 	Family Guy 	Santa Claus(voice) 	"Road to the North Pole" (S 9: Ep 7)
2012 	The Good Wife 	Jeremy Breslow 	"A Defense of Marriage" (S 4:Ep 9)
2013 	The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents 	Narrator 	Miniseries
2016 	Blue Bloods 	"Big" Rick Wolf 	"Unbearable Loss" (S 7: Ep 10)
2017 	NCIS 	Henry Rogers 	The Wall (S 14: Ep 19)
2017 	MacGyver 	Detective Greer 	Bullet & Pen (s2 ep11)
2018 	Suits 	Stanley Gordon 	Recurring, Season 7
Category:American male film actors