Bruce McGill
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. Of his extensive film and television credits, he is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as D-Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.
Known For
Filmography
Black Zone
2025
as General Bruce Wright
Love & Death
2023
as Judge Tom Ryan
Lioness
2023
as NSA Advisor Hollar
Lioness
2023
as Monty Holler
Buried in Barstow
2022
as Von
Reacher
2022
as Mayor Teale
American Underdog
2021
as Jim Foster
Blue Miracle
2021
as Wayne Bisbee
The Crew
2021
as Bobby Spencer
Troubled Waters
2020
as Jerry Paar
The Big Ugly
2020
as Milt
Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Enemies
2019
as Carvie Oldham
Poms
2019
as Chief Carl
Ride Along 2
2016
as Lt. Brooks
MacGyver
2016
as Detective Greer
Run All Night
2015
as Pat Mullen
Ride Along
2014
as Lt. Brooks
Lincoln
2012
as Edwin Stanton
FDR: American Badass!
2012
as Louis
Unconditional
2012
as Detective Miller
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
as President Calvin Coolidge
Apart
2011
as Dr. Thomas Abner
Me Again
2011
as Big Earl
Suits
2011
as Stanley Gordon
Fair Game
2010
as Jim Pavitt
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010
as John Williams (voice)
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Detective Vince Korsak
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
as Jonas Cantrell
Held Hostage
2009
as Ben Summers
Obsessed
2009
as Joe Gage
The Perfect Game
2009
as Mr. Tanner
From Mexico With Love
2009
as Billy
Imagine That
2009
as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)
The Cleveland Show
2009
The Good Wife
2009
as Jeremy Breslow
The Cleveland Show
2009
as Mr. Waterman (voice)
The Cleveland Show
2009
as Lloyd Waterman (voice)
W.
2008
as George Tenet
Recount
2008
as Mac Stipanovich
A Line in the Sand
2008
as Marty Kopac
Vantage Point
2008
as Phil McCullough
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
The Good Life
2007
as Frank Jones
The Lookout
2007
as Robert Pratt
Area 57
2007
as Gen. Keller
Humble Pie
2007
as Mr. Grigoratus
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as Gen. Norman T. Vance
Psych
2006
as Dan Trombly
Cinderella Man
2005
as Jimmy Johnston
Elizabethtown
2005
as Bill Banyon
Slow Burn
2005
as Godfrey
Medium
2005
as Jerry Carlisle
Numb3rs
2005
as Austin
American Dad!
2005
as Judge (voice)
Collateral
2004
as Frank Pedrosa
Path to War
2003
as George Ball
Runaway Jury
2003
as Judge Harkin
Matchstick Men
2003
as Chuck Frechette
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Stanford Marks
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day
NCIS
2003
as Henry Rogers
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as National Security Advisor Revell
Live from Baghdad
2002
as Peter Arnett
61*
2001
as Ralph Houk
Ali
2001
as Bradley
Shallow Hal
2001
as Reverend Larson
Exit Wounds
2001
as Frank Daniels
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
as Jonas Scatter
Inside The Osmonds
2001
as George Osmond
Justice League
2001
as General McCormick (voice)
Wolf Lake
2001
as Willard Cates
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Peter Bellingham
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
as Walter Hagen
Deep Core
2000
as Sam Dalton
Running Mates
2000
as Sen. Mitchell Morris
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Jimmy Tadero
The Insider
1999
as Ron Motley
A Dog of Flanders
1999
as William
Family Guy
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as John Williams (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Gordon Garrison
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998
as Sheriff Rick
Ground Control
1998
as T.C. Bryant
Everything That Rises
1998
as Alan jamison
Letters from a Killer
1998
as Brinker
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - D-Day
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Dicky O'Shea
Rosewood
1997
as Duke Purdy
Lawn Dogs
1997
as Nash
The Practice
1997
as Judge Charles Fleming
I Am Weasel
1997
as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
Cow and Chicken
1997
as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
Black Sheep
1996
as Neuschwander
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
as Dr. Fred Williams
Courage Under Fire
1996
as McQuillan
Perfect Alibi
1995
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
1995
as James Konklin
The Good Old Boys
1995
as City Marshall
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Captain Braxton
Live Shot
1995
as Joe Vitale
Timecop
1994
as Commander Eugene Matuzak
Babylon 5
1994
as Major Ed Ryan
A Perfect World
1993
as Paul Saunders
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
as Morgan
Cliffhanger
1993
as Treasury Agent
Shameful Secrets
1993
as Judge Ian Greenstein
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Boone Waxwell
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
as Captain Stocker
Dave's World
1993
as Mr. Holroyd
My Cousin Vinny
1992
as Sheriff Farley
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Dan Ryan
Play Nice
1992
as Captain Foxx
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak
The Last Boy Scout
1991
as Mike Matthews
The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Lamon
Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance
1991
as Shifton
Home Improvement
1991
as Doug O'Brien
The Commish
1991
Little Vegas
1990
as Harvey
The Easter Story
1990
as (voice)
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
1990
as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara
The Flockens
1990
as Philip Flocken
Three Fugitives
1989
as Charlie
Out Cold
1989
as Ernie
Let's Get Mom
1989
as Bruce
Quantum Leap
1989
as Weird Ernie
Quantum Leap
1989
as Al the Bartender
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")
Baby M
1988
as Harold Cassidy
End of the Line
1987
as Billy Haney
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
as Vernon Gage
Waiting for the Moon
1987
as Ernest Hemingway
The Secret of My Success
1987
as W. Shaw (uncredited)
The Last Innocent Man
1987
as Burt Matson
No Mercy
1986
as Lt. Hall
As Summers Die
1986
as V.D. Skinner
Wildcats
1986
as Dan Darwell
Club Paradise
1986
as Dave the Fireman
Into the Night
1985
as Charlie
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Edward Philbrick
MacGyver
1985
as Jack Dalton
Miami Vice
1984
as Hank Weldon
Silkwood
1983
as Mace Hurley
Tough Enough
1983
as Tony Fallon
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as Reporter Blakely
American Playhouse
1982
as Reporter Blakely
American Playhouse
1982
as Edward Philbrick
American Playhouse
1982
as Ernest Hemingway
The Hand
1981
as Brian Ferguson
A Whale for the Killing
1981
as Glenn
Semi-Tough
1980
Delta House
1979
as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)
Animal House
1978
as Daniel Simpson Day
F.I.S.T.
1978
as Hitman (uncredited)
Citizens Band
1977
as Blood