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Acting

Bruce McGill

Career: Active from 1977 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Path to War
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 114 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bruce McGill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Wonder
2.5, average 3.4
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0
Uncanny
1.8, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 8
Character-Driven 7
Fast-Paced 4
Psychological Drama 3
Melancholic Tone 3
Character Study 3
Redemption Arc 3
Political Intrigue 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Neo-Noir Thriller 3
Star-Studded Cast 3
Contemporary Setting 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

145

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Waiting Game

as Mel

2020s

10 titles · average score 65

Black Zone

as General Bruce Wright

Lioness

71

TV show · as Monty Holler / NSA Advisor Hollar

Love & Death

70

TV show · as Judge Tom Ryan

Reacher

81

TV show · as Mayor Teale

Buried in Barstow

67

as Von

Blue Miracle

64

as Wayne Bisbee

American Underdog

68

as Jim Foster

The Crew

57

TV show · as Bobby Spencer

Troubled Waters

as Jerry Paar

The Big Ugly

45

as Milt

2010s

16 titles · average score 58

The Best of Enemies

60

as Carvie Oldham

MacGyver

49

TV show · as Detective Greer

Run All Night

60

as Pat Mullen

Ride Along

43

as Lt. Brooks

Unconditional

74

as Detective Miller

FDR: American Badass!

54

as Louis

Lincoln

80

as Edwin Stanton

Apart

31

as Dr. Thomas Abner

Suits

81

TV show · as Stanley Gordon

Me Again

59

as Big Earl

Rizzoli & Isles

71

TV show · as Detective Vince Korsak

Fair Game

69

as Jim Pavitt

2000s

46 titles · average score 60

Law Abiding Citizen

50

as Jonas Cantrell

Obsessed

40

as Joe Gage

The Lookout

74

as Robert Pratt

Cinderella Man

77

as Jimmy Johnston

Elizabethtown

48

as Bill Banyon

Collateral

78

as Frank Pedrosa

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

45

as Stanford Marks

Runaway Jury

68

as Judge Harkin

Matchstick Men

71

as Chuck Frechette

Shallow Hal

52

as Reverend Larson

The Legend of Bagger Vance

56

as Walter Hagen

Deep Core

25

as Sam Dalton

1990s

43 titles · average score 63

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Santa Claus (voice) / Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Gordon Garrison

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

69

as Sheriff Rick

Ground Control

44

as T.C. Bryant

Rosewood

75

as Duke Purdy

Lawn Dogs

74

as Nash

Black Sheep

47

as Neuschwander

Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie

as James Konklin

Star Trek: Voyager

75

TV show · as Captain Braxton

Timecop

50

as Commander Eugene Matuzak

Babylon 5

70

TV show · as Major Ed Ryan

Home Improvement

71

TV show · as Doug O'Brien

1980s

25 titles · average score 58

Quantum Leap

72

TV show · as Weird Ernie / Al the Bartender

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")

Out Cold

57

as Ernie

Baby M

67

TV show · as Harold Cassidy

The Last Innocent Man

54

as Burt Matson

Wildcats

39

as Dan Darwell

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Jack Dalton

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Hank Weldon

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

85

as Reporter Blakely

Tough Enough

58

as Tony Fallon

The Hand

47

as Brian Ferguson

TV show · as Billy Clyde 'B.C.' Puckett

1970s

4 titles · average score 66

Delta House

56

TV show · as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)

Animal House

79

as Daniel Simpson Day

F.I.S.T.

64

as Hitman (uncredited)

Citizens Band

64

as Blood