History Creator / MarkMcKinney

After his brief stint as a writer during the 1985-1986 season of ''SNL'', Lorne Michaels gave [=McKinney=] his own show: ''Kids in the Hall'', a surrealistic sketch show that has had many comparisons to ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''. ''Kids in the Hall'' lasted from 1989 to 1995.

After ''Kids in the Hall'' ended, [=McKinney=] joined the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'' for the 20th season and stayed on ''SNL'' until the end of season 22.

* ''Film/ANightInRoxbury'' as Father Williams

After his brief stint as a writer during the 1985-1986 season of ''SNL'', Lorne Michaels gave [=McKinney=] his own show: ''Kids in the Hall'', a surrealistic sketch show that has had many comparisons to ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''. ''Kids in the Hall'' lasted from 1985 to 1994.

* ''Film/BrainCandy'' as various (also writer)

* ''Series/TheKidsInTheHallDeathComesToTown'' as various

[=McKinney=], along with Bruce [=McCulloch=], David Foley, and Scott Thompson, was originally asked to be a cast member for ''Saturday Night Live'' when Lorne Michaels returned to his role as showrunner in 1985. Of the four, only [=McKinney=] and Bruce [=McCulloch=] were picked, not to be cast members, but to be writers. When the 1985-1986 season proved to be a failure (one that nearly got ''SNL'' canceled[[note]]but not before some quick recasting saved the show[[/note]]), Lorne Michaels gave [=McKinney=], [=McCulloch=], Thompson, and Foley their own show: ''Kids in the Hall'', a surrealistic sketch show that has had many favorable and unfavorable comparisons to ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''. ''Kids in the Hall'' lasted from 1985 to 1994.

After ''Kids in the Hall'' ended, [=McKinney=] joined the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'', in the middle of another terrible season the show was going through: the 1994-1995 season (season 20). Unlike most of the cast members during that time (who had either quit because of the toxic work environment at the time[[note]]as seen with Janeane Garofalo[[/note]], were fired for either wearing out their welcome[[note]]like Adam Sandler and Chris Farley[[/note]] or plagiarizing jokes[[note]]as seen with Jay Mohr[[/note]], or left because they were tired of being on the show[[note]]as seen with Kevin Nealon, Al Franken, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Elliott, Mike Myers, Laura Kightlinger, Morwenna Banks, and Michael [=McKean=][[/note]]), [=McKinney=] (along with Molly Shannon, David Spade, Creator/NormMacDonald, and Tim Meadows[[note]]who was originally going to be fired, but Lorne kept him on because they needed at least one African-American cast member and Ellen Cleghorne left[[/note]]) survived the cast overhaul that occurred at the end of season 20 and stayed on ''SNL'' until the end of the 1996–1997 (season 22).

During his time on SNL, [=McKinney=] had six recurring characters (some of note include Ian Daglers from "Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly", Melanie, a Catholic schoolgirl, and Lucien Callow, a fop often paired with David Koechner's fop character Fagan) and twenty-seven celebrity impersonations (some of note include Mel Gibson, Barney Frank, Al Gore, Paul Shaffer[[note]]who, believe it or not, was an ''SNL'' cast member and the leader of ''SNL'''s house band in the 1970s episodes[[/note]], Mark Russell, Jim Carrey, Lance Ito, Tim Robbins, Steve Forbes, Wolf Blitzer, Bill Gates, and Ellen [=DeGeneres=]).

* ''Film/{{Superstar}}'' as Father Ritley

Mark Douglas Brown [=McKinney=] (June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian best known for ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

* ''Film/TheWrongGuy'' (cameo, UncreditedRole)

* ''Film/SnowCake'' as Neighbor (uncredited)

* ''Series/SeeingThings'' (1 episode)
* ''Series/StreetLegal'' as Stanley/Officer Robert Kaufman (2 episodes)
* ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' as Dynablue (1988)

* ''Series/TwitchCity'' as Rex Reilly (3 episodes)
* ''Series/StrangersWithCandy'' as Lee (1 episode)
* ''Series/TheIndustry'' as Dean Sutherland (1 episode)
* ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' as Freak #2 (1 episode)
* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' as Guy (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Mentors}}'' as Mack Sennett (1 episode)
* ''Series/WandaAtLarge'' as Mark (2 episodes)
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' as Bertley Pleakley (1 episode)
* ''Series/TheTorontoShow'' as various (1 episode)

* ''Series/PuppetsWhoKill'' as Quiz Show Host (1 episode)
* ''Series/CornerGas'' as Bill (1 episode)
* ''Series/KevinHill'' as Prof. Xavier Ambrose (1 episode)
* ''Series/RobsonArms'' as Tom Goldblum (3 episodes)
* ''Series/RickMercerReport'' as Driver in responsible drinking commercial (1 episode)
* ''Series/HatchingMatchingAndDispatching'' as Todd (6 episodes)
* ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip'' as Andy Mackinaw (10 episodes)
* ''Series/TheKidsInTheHallDeathComesToTown'' as various (8 episodes)
* ''Series/LessThanKind'' as Gunman/The Bear (1 episode)
* ''Series/DinoDan'' as Mr. Drunheller (2 episodes)

* ''Series/MotherUp'' as Leland (1 episode)
* ''Series/TheBestLaidPlans'' as George Quimby (6 episodes)
* ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' as various (2 episodes)
* ''Series/SpunOut'' as Alastair (1 episode)
* ''Series/OddSquad'' as Gen. Pentagon (1 episode)
* ''Series/ManSeekingWoman'' as tom
* ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' as Glenn Sturgis
* ''WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo2019'' (1 episode)

* ''Series/ThisHourHasTwentyTwoMinutes'' as various (2 episodes)

* ''WesternAnimation/RocketMonkeys'' as Lord Peel (3 episodes)

After ''Kids in the Hall'' ended, [=McKinney=] joined the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'', in the middle of another terrible season the show was going through: the 1994-1995 season (season 20). Unlike most of the cast members during that time (who had either quit because of the toxic work environment at the time[[note]]as seen with Janeane Garofalo[[/note]], were fired for either wearing out their welcome[[note]]like Adam Sandler and Chris Farley[[/note]] or plagiarizing jokes[[note]]as seen with Jay Mohr[[/note]], or left because they were tired of being on the show[[note]]as seen with Kevin Nealon, Al Franken, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Elliott, Mike Myers, Laura Kightlinger, Morwenna Banks, and Michael [=McKean=][[/note]], [=McKinney=] (along with Molly Shannon, David Spade, Creator/NormMacDonald, and Tim Meadows[[note]]who was originally going to be fired, but Lorne kept him on because they needed at least one African-American cast member and Ellen Cleghorne left[[/note]]) survived the cast overhaul that occurred at the end of season 20 and stayed on ''SNL'' until the end of the 1996–1997 (season 22).

After ''Kids in the Hall'' ended, [=McKinney=] joined the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'', in the middle of another terrible season the show was going through: the 1994-1995 season (season 20). Unlike most of the cast members during that time (who had either quit because of the toxic work environment at the time[[note]]as seen with Janeane Garofalo[[/note]], were fired for either wearing out their welcome[[note]]like Adam Sandler and Chris Farley[[/note]] or plagiarizing jokes[[note]]as seen with Jay Mohr[[/note]], or left because they were tired of being on the show[[note]]as seen with Kevin Nealon, Al Franken, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Elliott, Mike Myers, Laura Kightlinger, Morwenna Banks, and Michael [=McKean=][[/note]], [=McKinney=] (along with Molly Shannon, David Spade, Creator/NormMacDonald, Tim Meadows[[note]]who was originally going to be fired, but Lorne kept him on because they needed at least one African-American cast member and Ellen Cleghorne left[[/note]]) survived the cast overhaul that occurred at the end of season 20 and stayed on ''SNL'' until the end of the 1996–1997 (season 22).

After ''Kids in the Hall'' ended, [=McKinney=] joined the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'', in the middle of another terrible season the show was going through: the 1994-1995 season (season 20). Unlike most of the cast members during that time (who had either quit because of the toxic work environment at the time[[note]]as seen with Janeane Garofalo[[/note]], were fired for either wearing out their welcome[[note]]like Adam Sandler and Chris Farley[[/note]] or plagiarizing jokes[[note]]as seen with Jay Mohr[[/note]], or left because they were tired of being on the show[[note]]as seen with Kevin Nealon, Al Franken, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Elliott, Mike Myers, Laura Kightlinger, Morwenna Banks, and Michael [=McKean=][[/note]], [=McKinney=] (along with Molly Shannon, David Spade, Creator/NormMacDonald, Tim Meadows[[note]]who was originally going to be fired, but Lorne kept him on because they needed at least one African-American cast member and Ellen Cleghorne left[[/note]]) survived the cast overhaul that occurred at the end of season 20 and stayed on ''SNL'' until the end of the 1996–1997 (season 22). During his time on SNL, McKinney had six recurring characters (some of note include Ian Daglers from "Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly", Melanie, a Catholic schoolgirl, and Lucien Callow, a fop often paired with David Koechner's fop character Fagan) and twenty-seven celebrity impersonations (some of note include Mel Gibson, Barney Frank, Al Gore, Paul Shaffer[[note]]who, believe it or not, was an ''SNL'' cast member and the leader of ''SNL'''s house band in the 1970s episodes[[/note]], Mark Russell, Jim Carrey, Lance Ito, Tim Robbins, Steve Forbes, Wolf Blitzer, Bill Gates, and Ellen [=DeGeneres=]).

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' as Guy (1 episode)