Michael McKean

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Born: 10/17/1947 · New York, NY

Biography: You knew him as Lenny Koznowski, the nasal, nerdish pal of Andrew "Squiggy" Squigman (David L. Lander) on the hit TV series Laverne and Shirley. Show-biz insiders knew Michael McKean as an intelligent, versatile actor and writer. Shedding himself of the "Lenny" image after …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

Whatever Works [Movie] as Joe

2009

imps* [Movie]

2009

Adventures of Power [Movie]

2007

The Grand [Movie]

2007

Joshua [Movie] as Chester Jerkins

2007

For Your Consideration [Movie] as Lane Iverson

2006

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Laverne & Shirley: The Playboy Show [TV Series]

1982

ProducerAll Producer Credits

The Return of Spinal Tap [Movie]

1992

WriterAll Writer Credits

A Mighty Wind [Movie]

2003

Waiting For Guffman [Movie]

1996

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Former ?Raider? for Paul Revere Dies

07/06/09 Late Night Concert $3.99 Judas Priest $38.86 Railroad Earth $23.13 TV on the Radio $23.71 David Byrne $56.61 Todd Rundgren $34.91 Susan Tedeschi $34.91 311 $29.30 Bill Maher $52.93 Great Big Sea $37.19 The Black Keys $25.96 Jack's Mannequin $24.17 Joel McHale $32.99 Skillet $19.43 Black Label Society $32.26 Metallica $61.32 Brad Paisley $41.71 Tyr $16.31 "Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival" $33.45 Keller Williams $23.76 Alice Cooper $45.60 Plain White T's $18.49 Who's Bad - Trib. to Michael Jackson $14.27 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band $90.11 STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) $29.03 Vince Gill $53.52 Ratatat $18.41 k.d. lang $58.92 Gov't Mule $30.54 David Copperfield $58.39 "Dancing With The Stars" $81.36 Ben Folds $31.70 Donavon Frankenreiter $17.88 Jon McLaughlin $13.85 Sam Roberts Band $24.28 Harry Shearer $46.28 Kenny Rogers $44.51 Candlebox $20.35 Neil Diamond $84.72 John Fogerty $51.97 Celine Dion $114.38 "Yanni Voices: Live In Concert" $62.88 Rusted Root $25.82 Yes $43.96 Ladysmith Black Mambazo $29.29 The Hold Steady $24.23 O.A.R. $28.16 Robin Williams $76.52 "Taste Of Chaos" $21.49 Chris Cornell $36.20 "So You Think You Can Dance" $47.88 John Legend $54.95 Gavin Rossdale $25.08 Maxwell $70.15 Buckethead $20.22 Carlos Mencia $42.32 State Radio $17.80 Larry The Cable Guy $36.88 Nine Inch Nails $46.98 Shwayze $18.92 Big Head Todd & The Monsters $27.68 Doobie Brothers $40.35 Backstreet Boys $49.13 Kathy Griffin $52.45 "Strange Noize Tour" $29.50 Flogging Molly $23.22 Robert Earl Keen $31.65 Toubab Krewe $13.58 Eric Church $16.01 Cheech & Chong $45.01 Collie Buddz $21.99 Stephen Lynch $28.89 Dropkick Murphys $25.76 The Derek Trucks Band $28.51 Smashing Pumpkins $50.88 Atmosphere $21.21 Minus the Bear $17.98 Adele $21.72 Hedley $30.00 Sevendust $22.59 Tech N9ne $25.24 Eagles $128.70 Indigo Girls $34.99 Henry Rollins $25.92 Jeff Dunham $43.86 Watain $16.05 Bryan Adams $45.68 Chris Botti $51.83 Underoath $20.88 All Time Low $16.29 All That Remains $16.55 Dolly | Pollstar
Paisley: 'Hard To Ignore' Serious Themes On New CD

07/03/09 Trib. to Michael Jackson $14.27 Alanis Morissette $50.71 The Black Keys $25.96 "American Idols Live" $60.58 Big Head Todd & The Monsters $27.68 Collie Buddz $21.99 Great Big Sea $37.19 Earth, Wind & Fire $49.11 The Hold Steady $24.23 Roger Clyne And The Peacemakers $19.41 Zoso (The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience) $12.17 Clutch $21.31 Grace Potter And The Nocturnals $21.01 Good Charlotte $23.75 Old Crow Medicine Show $25.89 Carlos Mencia $42.32 Bryan Adams $45.68 O.A.R. $28.16 Theory Of A Deadman $22.51 Toubab Krewe $13.73 The Cheetah Girls $43.57 Eagles Of Death Metal $19.50 Thriving Ivory $12.65 Kate Voegele $13.43 Sister Hazel $25.85 Amon Amarth $20.98 Andr� Rieu $95.58 Bob Dylan $58.37 Ani DiFranco $35.56 Jonas Brothers $45.03 Los Lonely Boys $36.68 Ray LaMontagne $35.71 Third Day $28.93 Jonny Lang $40.89 Cute Is What We Aim For $16.37 Ozomatli $23.05 Nine Inch Nails $48.30 Lucinda Williams $38.57 Henry Rollins $25.92 All Time Low $16.29 Joshua Radin $18.64 Ryan Adams $30.39 The English Beat $26.54 Cold War Kids $18.17 Secondhand Serenade $16.32 Missy Higgins $20.68 Celine Dion $114.38 "Jagermeister Music Tour" $21.62 Yes $43.96 Brett Dennen $17.43 Larry The Cable Guy $36.88 Black Kids $19.12 David Byrne $56.61 Take Action Tour $17.14 Chiodos $21.99 Brad Paisley $41.71 Mastodon $20.80 Cut Copy $20.84 Lindsey Buckingham $43.45 Buddy Guy $56.11 Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers $16.44 All That Remains $16.55 Chris Tomlin $27.85 The Avett Brothers $22.77 Marc Broussard $19.90 George Thorogood & The Destroyers $38.33 Kottonmouth Kings $23.69 Les Claypool $31.06 The Rocket Summer $15.39 "Strange Noize Tour" $29.50 Mudvayne $27.34 Rise Against $30.39 Vicente Fernandez $73.23 Building 429 $8.34 Gavin Rossdale $25.08 Alan Jackson $58.22 Bill Gaither & Friends "Homecoming" $34.38 Indigo Girls $34.99 Yonder Mountain String Band $25.62 Coldplay $73.95 Gavin DeGraw $24.51 Sevendust $22.59 Boys Like Girls $24.01 Bret Michaels $34.20 Gov't Mule $30.54 Keller Williams $23.76 Live | Pollstar
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07/02/09 $18.32 Great Big Sea $37.19 Snoop Dogg $27.07 Bill Maher $52.93 Calexico $20.66 Bill Gaither & Friends "Homecoming" $34.38 Thriving Ivory $12.65 Street Dogs $12.98 Citizen Cope $27.24 Celine Dion $114.38 Fleetwood Mac $96.21 Dance Gavin Dance $12.84 George Lopez $55.07 Leonard Cohen $102.27 John Fogerty $53.09 "Strange Noize Tour" $29.50 George Thorogood & The Destroyers $38.33 Metro Station $16.28 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers $62.69 Lindsey Buckingham $43.45 The Ting Tings $19.92 Cradle Of Filth $24.89 Michael McDonald $53.29 Robin Williams $76.52 Louis C.K. $30.59 Flogging Molly $23.22 Reverend Horton Heat $17.54 The Robert Cray Band $39.76 Black Kids $19.12 Candlebox $20.25 The Hush Sound $14.06 Take Action Tour $17.14 Styx $43.42 Minus the Bear $17.98 Lyle Lovett $54.29 My Morning Jacket $35.71 Chris Tomlin $27.85 Brandi Carlile $25.81 "No Fear Music Tour" $23.11 Of Montreal $19.48 The English Beat $26.42 Puddle Of Mudd $23.47 Coldplay $73.35 "Taste Of Chaos" $21.44 Celtic Woman $55.36 Tina Turner $100.55 Bob Dylan $58.37 Chiodos $21.99 Steve Miller Band $43.71 Hollywood Undead $13.71 Mason Jennings $19.49 Widespread Panic $36.82 "Vans Warped Tour" $27.60 Mega 80's - Tribute Band $9.89 Kenny Rogers $44.51 Grace Potter And The Nocturnals $21.01 Lil' Wayne $66.16 Neil Diamond $84.72 Saliva $18.16 Kathy Griffin $52.45 Alan Jackson $58.22 Cattle Decapitation $11.61 Alkaline Trio $18.45 Doobie Brothers $39.58 Rocco DeLuca & The Burden $15.20 Bob Schneider $21.86 Willie Nelson $53.15 The Hold Steady $24.39 The Black Keys $25.96 Flight Of The Conchords $38.32 Gaelic Storm $23.58 Judas Priest $38.86 Kings Of Leon $39.43 John Hiatt $51.58 k.d. lang $58.92 Larry The Cable Guy $36.88 Watain $16.05 The Faint $22.15 "No Fear Energy Music Tour" $33.15 AC/DC $86.89 "So You Think You Can Dance" $47.88 Cross Canadian Ragweed $25.61 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band $90.11 Buddy Guy $56.67 Carrie Underwood $47.82 All Time Low $16.29 The Australian Pink Floyd Show $37.62 | Pollstar
Review: "Whatever Works"

07/02/09 PG-13 for sexual situations including dialogue, brief nude images and thematic material. 1 hour, 32 minutes. | The Denver Post - Denver CO
Brass group shows

06/27/09 Cohesion and teamwork make these two albums stand out. | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
'Whatever Works' -- 1 1/2 stars

06/26/09 How big a bastard can Woody Allen build a screenplay around and still generate a modicum of audience goodwill? | Talking Pictures - Chicago Tribune
Classic Rock nod for Spinal Tap

06/25/09 Spoof rock band Spinal Tap will compete against heavy metal giants AC/DC for a spot in Classic Rock magazine's Rock Roll of Honour. | BBC Radio 1
Broadway slate falling into place

06/25/09 With the announcement that the Broadway production of Tracy Letts' "Superior Donuts" will play the Music Box Theater this autumn, details of the imminent Rialto season continue to fall into place. | Variety
Spinal Tap Springs 'Back From The Dead'

06/24/09 Spinal Tap is "Back From the Dead." At least according to the title of the group's new album. | Billboard
Music Review: Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead (CD/DVD)

06/23/09 For those of you not up on your Spinal Tap history, here's a quick summary. | Blogcritics.org Music
Spinal Tap Is Back from the Dead

06/22/09 A quarter century after walking the fine line between clever and stupid, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer are back together again as Spinal Tap, playing their "greatest hits" and gearing up for a one-night-only "world tour" at Wembley. | Rotten Tomatoes
Whatever Works

06/19/09 Boris is moving on down from the East Side to a funky crib near Chinatown. | Rolling Stone
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer (& Elvis Costello) were Unwigged & Unplugged @ Beacon Theater

05/27/09 An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer at the gorgeously restored Beacon Theater. | Brooklyn Vegan
What?s Going on Today: Hear Christopher Guest and Bon Iver?s muse sing

05/26/09 Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer play songs from This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind at Beacon Theatre?without costumes or amps. | Time Out NY
'Superior Donuts' Heads to Broadway

05/19/09 Superior Donuts ," the latest play by Tracy Letts, will transfer from the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago to Broadway this fall for an Oct. 1 opening, the producer Jeffrey Richards said on Tuesday. | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
'American Idol' Recap: The Race Is Closer Than You Think

05/14/09 It was a night filled with celebrities and one mildly surprising exit. " | Starpulse News Blog
Spinal Tap To Rock Georgetown In The Q&A Cafe

05/04/09 All three- David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest)- will be on tap. | fishbowl DC
The Week That Will Be (In Shows)

04/23/09 This double bill is a one-two punch of effervescent indie pop where exuberant harmonies jockey with wide-screen synths for your affection. | Buzz Bands
Early buzz: 'Heroes,' Haim, 'Caprica,' Peaches and more

04/22/09 I wish I had a fun story to tell, but I just stayed home, did some work and caught up on episodes of Delocated . | Pop Candy - USA Today
2nd Unwigged show PRESALE & a Spinal Tap "World Tour"

04/09/09 Spoof band Spinal Tap have announced a "world tour" consisting of a single June date at London's Wembley Arena. | Brooklyn Vegan
Spinal Tap's Reunion Amps Not Set to 11

03/03/09 ON AOL TELEVISION The faux rock band, Spinal Tap, is reuniting for a 30-city tour, which begins in April. | Popeater

Year
Result
Award
Movie

2003
Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Music (Runner-up)
A Mighty Wind

2003
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
Best Song
A Mighty Wind

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