Kevin McDonald

Kevin McDonald (born May 16, 1961) is a Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian. He is known as a member of The Kids in the Hall, the voice of Agent Wendy Pleakley in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, Waffle in Catscratch, Pastor Dave in That 70s Show, and the Almighty Tallest Purple in Invader Zim. Kevin also stars as a co-pilot in the 2011 web comedy series Papillon.
==Early life==
McDonald was born in Montréal, Québec, the son of Sheila and Hamilton "Hammy" McDonald, who was a dental equipment salesman. He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of seven, after his father was transferred there. His family subsequently lived in Toronto, Ontario as well. McDonald has a younger sister, Sandra.
During an interview on WTF with Marc Maron, McDonald discussed his father's severe alcoholism, which inspired the Kids In The Hall sketches "Daddy Drank" and "Girl Drink Drunk". Although he calls his mother "a wonderful woman," she was nevertheless reluctant to leave him until Kevin turned 19, when his father's drinking had escalated to two bottles of vodka daily. McDonald, his mother and sister rented an apartment, where they quietly moved their belongings "every night [after his father would] collapse on the stairs." Once they had completely moved, his parents divorced, his father lost his job, went bankrupt and lived in a homeless shelter for a year, during which he abstained from drinking (although he alleged "his roommates were drinking Drano"); coincidentally, Kevin McDonald would use the same building to rehearse with The Kids In The Hall as they were starting out on stage. His father was able to find employment at a flower shop, then an apartment and, over time, resume his career in dental equipment sales. Eventually, he did drink again, but not to the extent he had earlier in his life. He died of an aneurysm in 2004. Kevin McDonald would use his relationship with his father as the basis for a one-man show, "Hammy And The Kids", in which he said he had no happy ending to the story of his father; but, during his interview with Marc Maron, he said after one performance of his one-man show, he was approached by a stranger who said that he had served his father as a bartender, and that his father mentioned how proud he was of his son, the famous comedian, which moved McDonald to tears "like the ending to a bad movie."
McDonald briefly studied acting at a community college, where he was kicked out for being "a one-legged actor" (i.e. he could perform comedy, but not drama) by a dean who had a leg amputated, and was therefore a literal one-legged actor. However, one of his professors, William B. Davis (who would later find fame in his portrayal of Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files), saw McDonald's potential and encouraged him to pursue improv comedy by giving him the number to The Second City in Toronto.
During his youth, he had a weight problem. It wasn't until just prior to The Kids in the Hall 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.
==Career==
McDonald founded The Kids in the Hall comedy troupe with his friend Dave Foley. They met in Toronto at the Second City Training Center, and the two wrote and performed in sketches together more than any other pair in the group. In the troupe's TV show and stage shows, he portrays several popular recurring characters, such as the King of Empty Promises, Sir Simon Milligan, and Jerry Sizzler. A frequent running gag was that McDonald is the least popular member and always struggling not to get kicked out.
When the troupe ended the five-season run of its eponymous television series in 1994, the five members moved to a number of solo projects. McDonald has played roles in movies like Boy Meets Girl, Pleakley in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, and Harry Potter in Epic Movie. On television, he has appeared on The Martin Short Show, Ellen (as a radio personality), That '70s Show (as a confused young cleric, Pastor Dave), Seinfeld, Friends, NewsRadio (on which Foley starred), MADtv, Arrested Development, and Corner Gas. McDonald has also done voice work for various animated series, including Invader Zim (in which he did the voice for Almighty Tallest Purple), The Angry Beavers, Catscratch (in which he voiced Waffle), and Clerks: The Animated Series. He also played an imaginary friend named Ivan in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode Sight For Sore Eyes, and appeared in the music video for "Roses" by OutKast.
In 2006, McDonald hosted a CBC Television special, Sketch with Kevin McDonald, featuring several of Canada's best-known sketch comedy troupes. The special received two nominations, for the performances by The Minnesota Wrecking Crew and by The Imponderables, for Canadian Comedy Award in the category Best Taped Live Performance, with The Minnesota Wrecking Crew winning the award.
Since 2000, McDonald and the other members of The Kids in the Hall have reunited for a number of tours and televised performances. The troupe played the 2007 Just for Laughs festival, where McDonald also performed his one-and-a half-man show Hammy and the Kids with Craig Northey, based on his two dysfunctional families, his father ("Hammy") and The Kids in the Hall.
==Filmography==
===Film and television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987 	Distant Horizons https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8043756/	Lonely Met Tech 	Weather Service documentary
1988-1994	The Kids in the Hall 	Cast Member 	TV series
1991 	Zandalee 	Drug Dealer 	
1995 	National Lampoon's Senior Trip 	Travis Lindsey 	Star Trek-obsessed crossing guard
1996 	MADtv 	Guest Host 	
1996 	Friends 	Guru Saj 	Episode: The One with Ross's Thing
1996 	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy 	Dr. Chris Cooper / Doreen / Chris' dad / Lacey 	
1997 	Johnny Bravo 	Young Clown (voice) 	
1997 	The Wrong Guy 	Motel Manager 	
1997 	Seinfeld 	Denim Vest 	Episode: "The Strike"
1997 	Ellen 	Chuck 	
1997 	The Godson 	Guppy Calzone 	
1997 	Boy Meets Girl 	Jack 	
1997 	The Angry Beavers 	Zookeeper (voice) 	
1998 	Ellen 	Chuck 	
1999 	Galaxy Quest 	Announcer 	
2000 	The Ladies Man 	Mail Man 	
2000-2001	That '70s Show 	Pastor Dave 	6 episodes
2001-2002	Invader ZIM 	Almighty Tallest Purple (voice) 	TV series
2002 	The True Meaning of Christmas Specials 	The Ghost of Christmas Specials Yet to Come 	TV
2002 	Lilo & Stitch 	Agent Wendy Pleakley (voice) 	
2002 	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? 	Mr. Mitchell 	Episode: "Sickness"
2003 	Sick in the Head 	 	TV
2003 	What's New, Scooby-Doo 	Officer Claphammer (voice) 	TV Series
2003 	Stitch! The Movie 	Agent Wendy Pleakley (voice) 	
2003 	Lilo & Stitch: The Series 	Agent Wendy Pleakley (voice) 	
2004 	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends 	Ivan, a seeing-eye imaginary friend (voices) 	Episode: "Sight for Sore Eyes"
2004 	Zeroman 	Rusty Woodenwater (voice) 	Episode: Smotherly Love
2004 	Corner Gas 	Marvin Drey 	Episode: "Tax Man"
2004 	Grounded for Life 	Steve 	Episode: "Pressure Drop"
2004 	Stitch's Great Escape! 	Agent Wendy Pleakley (voice) 	Theme park attraction
2005 	Catscratch 	Waffle (voice) 	TV series
2005 	Arrested Development 	Detective Streudler 	Episode: "Not Without My Daughter"
2005 	Sky High 	Dr. Medulla 	
2005 	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 	Agent Wendy Pleakley (voice) 	
2006 	Bratz 	Scott (voice) 	
2006 	Unaccompanied Minors 	Guard 	
2006 	Casper's Scare School 	Beaky (The Pirate's Parrot) (voice) 	
2006 	Leroy & Stitch 	Agent Wendy Pleakley (voice) 	
2006 	Sketch with Kevin McDonald 	Host 	
2006 	Minoriteam 	 	
2007 	WordGirl 	Vocab Bee, PoliceChief, Judge, The Baker (voices)	1 episode
2007 	Epic Movie 	Harry Potter 	
2007 	The Emperor's New School 	Security Guard (voice) 	1 episode
2009 	Back at the Barnyard 	Baxter, Flaky (voices) 	4 episodes ("Puppy Love", "Doggelganger", "Man's Best Fiend", "CuPig")
2009 	The Penguins of Madagascar 	Barry (voice) 	
2010 	Fish Hooks 	Dr. Frog (voice) 	Bea's Journalism teacher
2010 	Death Comes to Town 	 	
2011 	Keyhole 	 	
2011 	Dan Vs. 	Barry Ditmer 	1 episode
2012 	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness 	Lu Kang 	TV series
2012 	Dead Before Dawn 	Professor Reginald Duffy 	
2013 	Phineas and Ferb 	Professor Bannister (voice) 	Episode: "Sidetracked"
2014 	Oceanworld 	Edward Bumpass 	Main cast
2014 	Odd Squad 	Lord Rectangle 	Episode: "Crime at Shapely Manor"
2015 	Moonbeam City 	Accoutrement (voice) 	Episode: "Lasers and Liars"
2016 	The Bagel and Becky Show 	Bagel (voice) 	TV series
2016 	Delmer & Marta 	Creston 	TV series
2019 	Amphibia 	Mr. Duckweed (voice) 	TV series
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2014	Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes	Agent Wendy Pleakley	
==Awards and nominations==
* 1989 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Won
* 1989 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series - Won
* 1990 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Won
* 1992 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Nominated
* 1993 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Won
* 1993 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominated
* 1993 - CableACE Award - Nominated
* 1994 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Nominated
* 1994 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominated
* 1995 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominated
* 1995 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Nominated
* 1996 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Nominated
* 1996 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Nominated
* 1998 - Silver Hugo Award for Best Documentary - Won
* 2003 - Gemini Award for Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series - Nominated
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