Kevin McDonald
McDonald in 2012
Born	Kevin Hamilton McDonald (1961-05-16)May 16, 1961 (age 63) Montreal,Quebec, Canada
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Tiffany Lacey ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1995)​
Parent(s)	Sheila McDonald(mother) Hamilton McDonald(father)
Relatives	Sandra McDonald(sister)

Kevin Hamilton McDonald (born May 16, 1961) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is a member of the comedy troupeThe Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of stage, television and film productions, most notably the 1988–1995 TV seriesThe Kids in the Hall. He played Pastor Dave inThat '70s Show, and starred as a co-pilot in the 2011 web comedy seriesPapillon. He also does voice work in animation, most notably asAgent Wendy Pleakley in theLilo & Stitch franchise, Waffle inCatscratch, and the Almighty Tallest Purple inInvader Zim.

He starred alongsideRodney Dangerfield,Lou Ferrigno andDom DeLuise as the titular character in the gangster parody filmThe Godson.

McDonald was born inMontréal,Québec, the son of Sheila and Hamilton "Hammy" McDonald, who was a dental equipment salesman.^[1] He moved toLos Angeles, California, at the age of seven, after his father was transferred there.^[2] His family subsequently lived inToronto, Ontario, as well. McDonald has a younger sister, Sandra.

During an interview onWTF with Marc Maron, McDonald discussed his father's severealcoholism, which inspired theKids in the Hall sketches "Daddy Drank" and "Girl Drink Drunk." Although he calls his mother "a wonderful woman," she was nevertheless reluctant to leave his father 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, McDonald used the same building to rehearse withThe 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 ananeurysm in 2004.^[3] McDonald used 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.^[4] However, during an interview withMarc 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 later found fame in his portrayal ofCigarette Smoking Man onThe X-Files), saw McDonald's potential and encouraged him to pursueimprov comedy by giving him the number toThe Second City in Toronto.^[3]

McDonald foundedThe Kids in the Hall comedy troupe with his friendDave Foley. They met inToronto at theSecond 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 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 itseponymous television series in 1994, the five members moved to a number of solo projects. McDonald has played roles in movies likeBoy Meets Girl,Pleakley in theLilo & Stitch franchise, andHarry Potter inEpic Movie. Ontelevision, he has appeared onThe 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, andCorner Gas. McDonald has also done voice work for various animated series, includingJohnny Bravo,Invader Zim (in which he did the voice for Almighty Tallest Purple),The Angry Beavers,Catscratch (in which he voiced Waffle), andClerks: The Animated Series. He also played animaginary friend named Ivan in theFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodeSight For Sore Eyes, and appeared in the music video for "Roses" byOutKast.

In 2006, McDonald hosted aCBC Television special,Sketch with Kevin McDonald, featuring several of Canada's best-known sketch comedy troupes. The special received two nominations, for the performances byThe Minnesota Wrecking Crew and by The Imponderables, forCanadian 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 fora number of tours and televised performances. The troupe played the 2007Just for Laughs festival, where McDonald also performed his one-and-a half-man showHammy and the Kids withCraig Northey, based on his twodysfunctional families, his father ("Hammy") and The Kids in the Hall.

• 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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