Danny McBride

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Danny McBride
McBride at Wondercon 2013
Born	Daniel Richard McBride [1] (1976-12-29) December 29, 1976 (age 47) Statesboro, Georgia, U.S.
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations	Actor comedian writer producer
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Gia Ruiz ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2

Daniel Richard McBride (born December 29, 1976 ^[2] ) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He starred in the HBO television series Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals , which he co-created with frequent collaborator Jody Hill, and The Righteous Gemstones , which he created himself. He has appeared in films such as The Foot Fist Way (2006), Hot Rod (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Up in the Air (2009), Land of the Lost (2009), Your Highness (2011), This Is the End (2013), and Alien: Covenant (2017). He has done voice acting for Despicable Me (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Hell and Back (2015), The Angry Birds Movie (2016), Sausage Party (2016), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021).

Early life

McBride was born in Statesboro, Georgia. ^[3] His mother, Kathy Rudy, and his stepfather both work at Marine Corps Base Quantico, as civilian support. ^[4] McBride has Irish, Scottish, English and Jewish ancestry, ^{[5] [6]} with Catholic ancestors from Ulster who emigrated to Virginia in the 1870s. ^[7] He was raised Baptist and has said, "church was very much part of my life when I was a kid. My parents were really involved and went all the time." ^{[5] [8]} His mother performed sermons in church using puppets, and McBride stated that his "interest in telling stories comes from her." ^[4] He was raised in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where he graduated from Courtland High School and attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and became one of the "Three Flavas" along with director Jody Hill and Kris Baucom. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Career

McBride was a second unit director for David Gordon Green's feature film debut George Washington . McBride made his acting debut in 2003, starring in Green's second film All the Real Girls . ^[14]

In 2006, McBride played Fred Simmons in the low-budget comedy film The Foot Fist Way , which he co-wrote with collaborators Jody Hill and Ben Best. His character later appeared in Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 26, 2008. McBride wrote and starred in the HBO original comedy series Eastbound & Down (also a collaboration with Hill and Best), as Kenny Powers, a washed-up former major league baseball pitcher with anger management issues. The series was produced by Gary Sanchez Productions, and the pilot episode premiered on February 15, 2009, featuring Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson.

On April 8, 2009, HBO announced it had renewed the series for a second season. ^[15] On July 2, 2012, HBO renewed the series for a fourth season. ^{[16] [17]} The series ended on November 17, 2013. In March 2009, because of his role as Powers, he received an offer to play semi-professional baseball for the Pensacola Pelicans, a team in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. ^{[18] [19]}

McBride in 2009 promoting the film Observe and Report

In 2010, he signed an endorsement deal with K-Swiss shoes and played the eponymous roadie in the Tenacious D music video for "Roadie" in 2012. McBride co-starred in the HBO comedy series Vice Principals from 2016 to 2017.

McBride voiced Duane Earl, a fictional talk radio host in the video game Grand Theft Auto V . Earl, the owner of the Blaine County Radio station, is the host of Beyond Insemination, a segment where he converses with callers.

In 2017, McBride appeared in the prequel film Alien: Covenant , alongside Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender and Billy Crudup. McBride told Vanity Fair in an interview that he was both surprised and glad for the opportunity to be involved with the Alien movie since he had been a longtime fan of the franchise. ^[20]

In January 2018, two trailers were released online for what was supposedly a Crocodile Dundee sequel, titled Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home. The film was said to star McBride as Brian Dundee, the son of the original Crocodile Dundee. The trailers feature cameo appearances by Australian actors Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Margot Robbie and Ruby Rose. ^[21] From the beginning, various aspects of the campaign made some publications believe that film was an elaborate hoax. ^[22] It was later reported that these ads were actually part of a lead-up to a Super Bowl commercial for Tourism Australia. ^[22]

McBride served as an executive producer for the films, Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022), which served as one of the final films for the franchise of the same name. The sequel trilogy is directed and written by Green, and produced by Jason Blum. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

Since 2018, McBride has been the face of bookmaker Coral's television commercials in the United Kingdom, playing a character called "Sports Rodstein", described as "the world's biggest sports fan (although not the savviest)". ^{[26] [27]}

In late 2018, HBO ordered The Righteous Gemstones , the series from McBride and his Rough House Pictures label, straight to series. ^[28] The series also stars John Goodman, Adam Devine and Edi Patterson. It follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. ^[29]

McBride celebrating at TIFF 2018

In 2021, McBride voiced Rick Mitchell in the Sony Pictures Animation film The Mitchells vs. the Machines . ^[30]

Personal life

McBride married art director Gia Ruiz in 2010. They have a son and a daughter. ^{[31] [32]} He and his family reside in Charleston, South Carolina.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Actor	Writer	Executive Producer	Role	Notes
2003	All the Real Girls	Yes	No	No	Bust-Ass
2006	The Foot Fist Way	Yes	Yes	No	Fred Simmons
2007	Hot Rod	Yes	No	No	Rico Brown
	Superbad	Uncredited	No	No	Buddy at Party
	The Heartbreak Kid	Yes	No	No	Martin
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Yes	No	No	Don Armstrong
	Pineapple Express	Yes	No	No	Red
	Tropic Thunder	Yes	No	No	Cody Underwood
2009	Fanboys	Uncredited	No	No	Head of Security
	Observe and Report	Yes	No	No	Caucasian Crackhead
	Land of the Lost	Yes	No	No	Will Stanton
	Up in the Air	Yes	No	No	Jim Miller
2010	Despicable Me	Yes	No	No	Fred McDade (voice)
	Due Date	Yes	No	No	Lonnie
2011	Your Highness	Yes	Yes	Yes	Thadeous
	Fight for Your Right Revisited	Yes	No	No	MCA	Short film
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Yes	No	No	Wolf Boss (voice)
	30 Minutes or Less	Yes	No	No	Dwayne King
2013	As I Lay Dying	Yes	No	No	Vernon Tull
	This Is the End	Yes	No	No	Himself
2014	The Sound and the Fury	Yes	No	No	Police Sheriff
	Don Verdean	Yes	No	No	Tony Lazarus
2015	Aloha	Yes	No	No	Colonel Lacy
	Hell and Back	Yes	No	No	Orpheus (voice)
	Rock the Kasbah	Yes	No	No	Nick
2016	The Angry Birds Movie [33]	Yes	No	No	Bomb (voice)
	Sausage Party	Yes	No	No	Honey Mustard (voice)
	In Dubious Battle	Yes	No	No	Tramp
2017	Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper	Yes	No	No	Tennessee Faris	Short film [34]
	Alien: Covenant	Yes	No	No
	The Disaster Artist	Yes	No	No	Himself
2018	Arizona	Yes	No	No	Sonny	Also producer
	The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Don
	Halloween	No	Yes	Yes	—
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Yes	No	No	Bomb (voice)
	Zeroville	Yes	No	No	Financier
2021	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Yes	No	No	Rick Mitchell (voice)
	Halloween Kills	No	Yes	Yes	—
2022	Halloween Ends	No	Yes	Yes	—
2023	The Exorcist: Believer	No	Story	Yes	—

Executive producer only

McBride at the 2013 WonderCon, Anaheim, California

Year	Title	Notes
2011	The Catechism Cataclysm	Producer
2012	The Comedy
2013	Prince Avalanche
2013	Joe
2013	Manglehorn
2015	The D Train
2016	Donald Cried
2016	Masterminds
2017	Dayveon
2017	Flower
2020	Fatman

Television

Year	Title	Actor	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Creator	Role	Notes
2009–2013	Eastbound & Down	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Kenny Powers	29 episodes
2011	Good Vibes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Voneeta Teets (voice)	12 episodes
2013	Clear History	Yes	No	No	No	No	Frank	Television film
2014	Chozen	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Jimmy (voice)	8 episodes
2016	Animals	Yes	No	No	No	No	Gregory (voice)	Episode: "Turkeys"
2016–2017	Vice Principals	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Neal Gamby	18 episodes and directed 2 episodes
2019–present	The Righteous Gemstones	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Jesse Gemstone	27 episodes and directed 4 episodes
2023	Telemarketers	No	No	No	Executive	No	—

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role	Notes
2011	"Make Some Noise"	The Beastie Boys	MCA
2012	"Roadie"	Tenacious D	Sebastian / "The Roadie"
2013	"YOLO"	The Lonely Island featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar	Drug dealer	Cameo

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Duane Earl	Voice role	[35]

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External links

• Danny McBride at IMDb