Portrait of Michael O'Donoghue

Acting

Michael O'Donoghue

Career

Active from 1971 to 2005, with a break from 1993 to 2004, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael O'Donoghue Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    0.9, average 4.0
  • Melancholy
    2.1, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.7, average 5.3
  • Crime
    1.2, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Sketch Comedy 3
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Darkly Humorous 2
  • SNL 2
  • Musical Performance 2
  • Satire 2
  • Physical Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 76
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found (2005)

Writer

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 63
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer

Resident Alien
Resident Alien (1991)

Thanks

1980s

6 titles ยท average score 52
Scrooged
Scrooged (1988)
GoodWatch score 61

as Priest

The Suicide Club
The Suicide Club (1988)

as Cardinal Mervin

Wall Street
Wall Street (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

as Reporter

Head Office
Head Office (1985)
GoodWatch score 27

as Scott Dantley

Single Bars, Single Women
Single Bars, Single Women (1984)

Executive Producer

Gilda Live
Gilda Live (1980)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer, Music

1970s

7 titles ยท average score 56
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mr. Mike

Manhattan
Manhattan (1979)
GoodWatch score 84

as Dennis

The Things We Did Last Summer
The Things We Did Last Summer (1978)

Writer

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (1975)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Titanic Guest (uncredited) / Self - Impressionist

Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle!
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle! (1975)
GoodWatch score 43

Writer

Savages
Savages (1972)
GoodWatch score 42

Screenplay

Dynamite Chicken
Dynamite Chicken (1971)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer