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Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Actor · Born July 11, 1950 (76) · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. Of his extensive film and television credits, he is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as D-Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 11, 1950 (76)
From
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
116 on MovieCove · 149 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 24% in 30 days

What are Bruce McGill's films like?

Across their 73 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 70 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 24 · Serious 17 · Dark 29

Grounded 51 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 1

Gentle 12 · Charged 31 · Intense 27

Steady 26 · Shifting 40 · Whiplash 4

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 42 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 10

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 44 · Relentless 9

Casual 28 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 10

Easy watch 20 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 24

Resolved 57 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 7 of 26 analyzed roles.

Mentor
7 of 26
Threshold guardian
6 of 26
Shadow
5 of 26
Ally
3 of 26
Herald
3 of 26
Trickster
1 of 26
Hero
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
49
Hopeful
24
Warm
22
Thrilling
15
Melancholic
18
Other
69

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy27
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous14
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bruce McGill's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 79 of their 116 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (30).

Subscription and free streaming for Bruce McGill's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

149 credits, 116 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Black Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as General Bruce Wright

  • Lioness(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as Monty Holler · as NSA Advisor Hollar

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Love & Death(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Judge Tom Ryan

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Buried in Barstow(2022)

    as Von

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Reacher(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Mayor Teale

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
  • American Underdog(2021)

    as Jim Foster

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Blue Miracle(2021)

    as Wayne Bisbee

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • The Crew(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · as Bobby Spencer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
  • Troubled Waters(2020)

    as Jerry Paar

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • The Big Ugly(2020)

    as Milt

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Poms(2019)

    as Chief Carl

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • The Best of Enemies(2019)

    as Carvie Oldham

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • MacGyver(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Detective Greer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
  • Ride Along 2(2016)

    as Lt. Brooks

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Run All Night(2015)

    as Pat Mullen

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Ride Along(2014)

    as Lt. Brooks

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Lincoln(2012)

    as Edwin Stanton

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • FDR: American Badass!(2012)

    as Louis

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • Unconditional (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Detective Miller

  • For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada(2012)

    as President Calvin Coolidge

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Me Again(2012)

    as Big Earl

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Suits(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Stanley Gordon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Apart(2011)

    as Dr. Thomas Abner

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as John Williams (voice)

  • Rizzoli & Isles(2010)

    Show 105 episodes · as Detective Vince Korsak

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Fair Game(2010)

    as Jim Pavitt

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The Perfect Game(2009)

    as Mr. Tanner

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Law Abiding Citizen(2009)

    as Jonas Cantrell

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Cleveland Show(2009)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lloyd Waterman (voice) · as Mr. Waterman (voice)

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Jeremy Breslow

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Held Hostage(2009)

    as Ben Summers

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Imagine That(2009)

    as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • From Mexico with Love(2009)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Obsessed(2009)

    as Joe Gage

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • W.(2008)

    as George Tenet

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Recount(2008)

    as Mac Stipanovich

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • A Line in the Sand(2008)

    as Marty Kopac

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Vantage Point(2008)

    as Phil McCullough

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Kings of the Evening(2008)

    as Wilfred Cheedle

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • The Lookout(2007)

    as Robert Pratt

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Good Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Frank Jones

  • Area 57(2007)

    as Gen. Keller

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Humble Pie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Mr. Grigoratus

  • Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil(2006)

    as Gen. Norman T. Vance

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Psych(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Dan Trombly

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Valley of the Heart's Delight(2006)

    as Horace Walsh

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Elizabethtown(2005)

    as Bill Banyon

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Slow Burn(2005)

    as Godfrey

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Cinderella Man(2005)

    as Jimmy Johnston

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • Numb3rs(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Austin

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
  • Medium(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Jerry Carlisle

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • Collateral(2004)

    as Frank Pedrosa

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Path to War(2002)

    as George Ball

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Runaway Jury(2003)

    as Judge Harkin

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Rogers

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • Matchstick Men(2003)

    as Chuck Frechette

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day

  • Live from Baghdad(2002)

    as Peter Arnett

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Sum of All Fears(2002)

    as National Security Advisor Revell

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Ali(2001)

    as Bradley

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Justice League(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as General McCormick (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Shallow Hal(2001)

    as Reverend Larson

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter Bellingham

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • Wolf Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 6 episodes · as Willard Cates

  • 61*(2001)

    as Ralph Houk

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Exit Wounds(2001)

    as Frank Daniels

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Inside The Osmonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as George Osmond

  • The Ballad of Lucy Whipple(2001)

    as Jonas Scatter

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance(2000)

    as Walter Hagen

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Jimmy Tadero

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Running Mates(2000)

    as Sen. Mitchell Morris

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Deep Core(2000)

    as Sam Dalton

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • The Insider(1999)

    as Ron Motley

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Gordon Garrison

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • A Dog of Flanders(1999)

    as William

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Family Guy(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice) · as John Williams (voice) · as Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice) · as Santa Claus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Ground Control(1998)

    as T.C. Bryant

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Letters from a Killer(1998)

    as Brinker

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Everything That Rises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Alan jamison

  • The Magnificent Seven(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dicky O'Shea

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Lawn Dogs(1997)

    as Nash

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Cow and Chicken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)

  • I Am Weasel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Charles Fleming

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Rosewood(1997)

    as Duke Purdy

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Shadow of a Doubt(1995)

    as Dr. Fred Williams

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Courage Under Fire(1996)

    as McQuillan

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Black Sheep(1996)

    as Neuschwander

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Perfect Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Live Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 13 episodes · as Joe Vitale

  • The Good Old Boys(1995)

    as City Marshall

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as James Konklin

  • Star Trek: Voyager(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Braxton

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Timecop(1994)

    as Commander Eugene Matuzak

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Babylon 5(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Major Ed Ryan

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • A Perfect World(1993)

    as Paul Saunders

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Shameful Secrets(1993)

    as Judge Ian Greenstein

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Dave's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Holroyd

  • Bakersfield P.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Stocker

  • Cliffhanger(1993)

    as Treasury Agent

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Boone Waxwell

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
  • Play Nice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Captain Foxx

  • Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • My Cousin Vinny(1992)

    as Sheriff Farley

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232(1992)

    as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • The Last Boy Scout(1991)

    as Mike Matthews

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • The Commish(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
  • Home Improvement(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Doug O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
  • The Perfect Tribute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Lamon

  • Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Little Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Harvey

  • Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston(1990)

    as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • The Flockens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Philip Flocken

  • The Easter Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as (voice)

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • Quantum Leap(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Al the Bartender · as Weird Ernie

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Out Cold(1989)

    as Ernie

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Three Fugitives(1989)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Let's Get Mom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Bruce

  • Baby M (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · as Harold Cassidy

  • End of the Line(1987)

    as Billy Haney

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Man Who Fell to Earth(1987)

    as Vernon Gage

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Waiting for the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Ernest Hemingway

  • The Last Innocent Man(1987)

    as Burt Matson

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The Secret of My Success(1987)

    as W. Shaw (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • No Mercy(1986)

    as Lt. Hall

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Club Paradise(1986)

    as Dave the Fireman

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • As Summers Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as V.D. Skinner

  • Wildcats(1986)

    as Dan Darwell

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • MacGyver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 18 episodes · as Jack Dalton

  • Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Edward Philbrick

  • Into the Night(1985)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Hank Weldon

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • Silkwood(1983)

    as Mace Hurley

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Reporter Blakely

  • Tough Enough(1983)

    as Tony Fallon

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Edward Philbrick · as Ernest Hemingway · as Reporter Blakely

  • The Hand(1981)

    as Brian Ferguson

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • A Whale for the Killing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Glenn

  • Semi-Tough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Delta House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 13 episodes · as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)

  • National Lampoon's Animal House(1978)

    as Daniel Simpson Day

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • F.I.S.T.(1978)

    as Hitman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Citizens Band(1977)

    as Blood

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Waiting Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mel

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 147 titles, 146 of them dated from 1977 to 2025; peak year 2002.

Film career

19772025

Peak 2002 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting147 of 147: 147 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

By decade

1970s4 · acting1980s26 · acting1990s44 · acting2000s46 · acting2010s16 · acting2020s10 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 60 roles
788898030813

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Bruce McGill's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 87; across their 70 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 70

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 70

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 70

Midcredits score across 116 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up42
  • 50th to 74th30
  • 25th to 49th32
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

51 of their 116 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved17
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic11
  • Crowd Pleaser51
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed28

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 67 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bruce McGill's work okay for kids?

Across up to 37 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore29 titles9–86 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity37 titles12–56 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity31 titles30–85 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs25 titles28–61 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense23 titles7–72 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bruce McGill work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bruce McGill's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Philip Baker Hall shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles