Portrait of Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: July 11, 1950

Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Filmography

2025
Black Zone

as General Bruce Wright

2023
Lioness

as NSA Advisor Hollar

2023
Love & Death

as Judge Tom Ryan

2022
Reacher

as Mayor Teale

2021
American Underdog

as Jim Foster

2021
Blue Miracle

as Wayne Bisbee

2021
The Crew

as Bobby Spencer

2020
2020
Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Poms

as Chief Carl

2019
The Best of Enemies

as Carvie Oldham

2016
MacGyver

as Detective Greer

2016
Ride Along 2

as Lt. Brooks

2015
Run All Night

as Pat Mullen

2014
Ride Along

as Lt. Brooks

2013
Troubled Waters

as Jerry Paar

2012
Lincoln

as Edwin Stanton

2012
Unconditional

as Detective Miller

2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

as President Calvin Coolidge

2011
Me Again

as Big Earl

2011
Suits

as Stanley Gordon

2011
Apart

as Dr. Thomas Abner

2010
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!

as John Williams (voice)

2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Detective Vince Korsak

2010
Fair Game

as Jim Pavitt

2009
The Perfect Game

as Mr. Tanner

2009
Law Abiding Citizen

as Jonas Cantrell

2009
The Good Wife

as Jeremy Breslow

2009
Held Hostage

as Ben Summers

2009
Imagine That

as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)

2009
Obsessed

as Joe Gage

2008
W.

as George Tenet

2008
Recount

as Mac Stipanovich

2008
A Line in the Sand

as Marty Kopac

2008
Vantage Point

as Phil McCullough

2007
The Lookout

as Robert Pratt

2007
The Good Life

as Frank Jones

2007
Area 57

as Gen. Keller

2007
Humble Pie

as Mr. Grigoratus

2006
2006
Psych

as Dan Trombly

2005
Elizabethtown

as Bill Banyon

2005
Slow Burn

as Godfrey

2005
Cinderella Man

as Jimmy Johnston

2005
American Dad!

as Judge (voice)

2005
Numb3rs

as Austin

2005
Medium

as Jerry Carlisle

2004
Collateral

as Frank Pedrosa

2003
Path to War

as George Ball

2003
NCIS

as Henry Rogers

2003
Matchstick Men

as Chuck Frechette

2003
Runaway Jury

as Judge Harkin

2002
Live from Baghdad

as Peter Arnett

2002
The Sum of All Fears

as National Security Advisor Revell

2001
Ali

as Bradley

2001
Justice League

as General McCormick (voice)

2001
Shallow Hal

as Reverend Larson

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Peter Bellingham

2001
Wolf Lake

as Willard Cates

2001
61*

as Ralph Houk

2001
Exit Wounds

as Frank Daniels

2001
2000
2000
Deep Core

as Sam Dalton

2000
Running Mates

as Sen. Mitchell Morris

1999
The Insider

as Ron Motley

1999
1999
1999
Family Guy

as Santa Claus (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as John Williams (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice)

1998
Ground Control

as T.C. Bryant

1998
1998
Everything That Rises

as Alan jamison

1998
The Magnificent Seven

as Dicky O'Shea

1997
Lawn Dogs

as Nash

1997
I Am Weasel

as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)

1997
The Practice

as Judge Charles Fleming

1997
Rosewood

as Duke Purdy

1996
Shadow of a Doubt

as Dr. Fred Williams

1996
Black Sheep

as Neuschwander

1995
The Good Old Boys

as City Marshall

1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Captain Braxton

1994
Timecop

as Commander Eugene Matuzak

1994
Babylon 5

as Major Ed Ryan

1993
A Perfect World

as Paul Saunders

1993
Shameful Secrets

as Judge Ian Greenstein

1993
Dave's World

as Mr. Holroyd

1993
Bakersfield P.D.

as Captain Stocker

1993
Cliffhanger

as Treasury Agent

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Boone Waxwell

1992
Play Nice

as Captain Foxx

1992
My Cousin Vinny

as Sheriff Farley

1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak

1991
The Last Boy Scout

as Mike Matthews

1991
Home Improvement

as Doug O'Brien

1990
Little Vegas

as Harvey

1990
1990
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

1989
Quantum Leap

as Weird Ernie

1989
Quantum Leap

as Al the Bartender

1989
Out Cold

as Ernie

1989
Three Fugitives

as Charlie

1988
Baby M

as Harold Cassidy

1987
End of the Line

as Billy Haney

1987
1987
Waiting for the Moon

as Ernest Hemingway

1987
The Last Innocent Man

as Burt Matson

1987
The Secret of My Success

as W. Shaw (uncredited)

1986
No Mercy

as Lt. Hall

1986
Club Paradise

as Dave the Fireman

1986
As Summers Die

as V.D. Skinner

1986
Wildcats

as Dan Darwell

1985
MacGyver

as Jack Dalton

1985
MacGyver

as Jack Dalton / 'The Great Sheldrake'

1985
MacGyver

as Jack Dalton (voice)

1985
MacGyver

as Jack Dalton, Jack Dalton / 'The Great Sheldrake', Jack Dalton (voice)

1985
Into the Night

as Charlie

1983
Silkwood

as Mace Hurley

1983
1983
Tough Enough

as Tony Fallon

1981
The Hand

as Brian Ferguson

1979
Delta House

as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)

1978
Animal House

as Daniel Simpson Day

1978
F.I.S.T.

as Hitman (uncredited)

1977
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