Michael McShane
Biography
Born in Boston in 1955, Michael McShane is an American actor and singer who built his career in improvisational comedy. His drama training came at San Francisco State University and San Joaquin Delta College, and he performed with the American Conservatory Theater, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and Faultline Theatre before gaining notice in 1988 as a regular on the British program Whose Line Is It Anyway?, a role he kept for a decade. His screen credits include Friar Tuck in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), the scientist Professor Keenbean in Richie Rich (1994), Muff Potter in Tom and Huck (1995) and a doomed hypnotherapist in Office Space (1999). He voiced Tuck and Roll in A Bug's Life (1998) and Shalulu in Castle in the Sky, played Grayle in Doctor Who in 2012, and took the role of Audrey II in a London staging of Little Shop of Horrors.
71years old
Turns 72 on June 25in 227 days
- Born Boston
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 20 years1986 to 2006
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Early training
McShane trained as a performer at San Joaquin Delta College and San Francisco State University, and he went on to work with Faultline Theatre, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater and the Eureka Theatre.
Beyond film
McShane voiced Audrey II, the man-eating plant, in the London revival of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory, a run that sold out and transferred to the West End.
Big break
Michael McShane gained exposure on the British show Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 1988, and he stayed a regular performer on it for the next ten years.
Michael McShane movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kirsten Dunst appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kirsten Dunst's page
Tom Kenny's page
Corey Burton's page
Patrick Warburton's page
Andy Dick's page
Michael Wincott's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- David Hyde PierceTreasure Planet (2002) and A Bug's Life (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael McShane's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
11 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$390M39.0% of the total
- 2$363M36.3% of the total
- 3$110M11.0% of the total
- 4$38M3.8% of the total
- 5$38M3.8% of the total
- 6$24M2.4% of the total
- 7$13M1.3% of the total
- 8$11M1.1% of the total
$13.7 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Online
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