Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- American Pie Presents - The Naked Mile
- Isn't She Great
- Military History of New Bedford
- Interview
- Serum
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952-02-12
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16
- Total plays
- 90
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Christopher+McDonald">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,634x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,890x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,939x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,302x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-02-15 ) February 15, 1955 (age 71) , Waterloo, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Hobart College
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Spouse
- Lupe Gidley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
- Relatives
- Daniel McDonald (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Christopher McDonald 2011 Shankbone.JPG
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Christopher McDonald
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- date of birth
- 1955-02-15
- name in native language
- Christopher McDonald
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his villainous role as professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 sports comedy Happy Gilmore, a role he reprised in its 2025 sequel.
Other notable starring roles for McDonald in film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in Grease 2 (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise (1991), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation Leave It to Beaver (1997), Kent Mansley in The Iron Giant (1999), and Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream (2000). Along with numerous independent and small-budget film roles, he played supporting characters in box-office hits Grumpy Old Men (1993), Flubber (1997), Rumor Has It (2005), The House Bunny (2008) and About Last Night (2014).