
Bruce McGill
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Black Zone as General Bruce Wright
2023Lioness as NSA Advisor Hollar
2023Love & Death as Judge Tom Ryan
2022Buried in Barstow as Von
2022Reacher as Mayor Teale
2021American Underdog as Jim Foster
2021Blue Miracle as Wayne Bisbee
2021The Crew as Bobby Spencer
2020Troubled Waters as Jerry Paar
2020The Big Ugly as Milt
2020Belushi as Self (archive footage)
2019Poms as Chief Carl
2019The Best of Enemies as Carvie Oldham
2016MacGyver as Detective Greer
2016Ride Along 2 as Lt. Brooks
2015Run All Night as Pat Mullen
2014Ride Along as Lt. Brooks
2012Lincoln as Edwin Stanton
2012FDR: American Badass! as Louis
2012Unconditional as Detective Miller
2012Outlaws - For Greater Glory as President Calvin Coolidge
2011Me Again as Big Earl
2011Suits as Stanley Gordon
2011Apart as Dr. Thomas Abner
2010Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! as John Williams (voice)
2010Rizzoli & Isles as Detective Vince Korsak
2010Fair Game as Jim Pavitt
2009The Perfect Game as Mr. Tanner
2009Law Abiding Citizen as Jonas Cantrell
2009The Cleveland Show
2009The Good Wife as Jeremy Breslow
2009Held Hostage as Ben Summers
2009Imagine That as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)
2009From Mexico With Love as Billy
2009Obsessed as Joe Gage
2008W. as George Tenet
2008Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
2008Recount as Mac Stipanovich
2008A Line in the Sand as Marty Kopac
2008Vantage Point as Phil McCullough
2007Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
2007The Lookout as Robert Pratt
2007The Good Life as Frank Jones
2007Humble Pie as Mr. Grigoratus
2007Area 57 as Gen. Keller
2006Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil as Gen. Norman T. Vance
2006Psych as Dan Trombly
2005Elizabethtown as Bill Banyon
2005Slow Burn as Godfrey
2005Cinderella Man as Jimmy Johnston
2005American Dad! as Judge (voice)
2005Numb3rs as Austin
2005Medium as Jerry Carlisle
2004Collateral as Frank Pedrosa
2003Path to War as George Ball
2003NCIS as Henry Rogers
2003Matchstick Men as Chuck Frechette
2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Stanford Marks
2003Runaway Jury as Judge Harkin
2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day
2002Live from Baghdad as Peter Arnett
2002The Sum of All Fears as National Security Advisor Revell
2001Ali as Bradley
2001Justice League as General McCormick (voice)
2001Shallow Hal as Reverend Larson
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Peter Bellingham
2001Wolf Lake as Willard Cates
200161* as Ralph Houk
2001Exit Wounds as Frank Daniels
2001Inside The Osmonds as George Osmond
2001The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Jonas Scatter
2000The Legend of Bagger Vance as Walter Hagen
2000Deep Core as Sam Dalton
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jimmy Tadero
2000Running Mates as Sen. Mitchell Morris
1999The Insider as Ron Motley
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gordon Garrison
1999A Dog of Flanders as William
1999Family Guy as Santa Claus (voice)
1999Family Guy as John Williams (voice)
1999Family Guy as (voice)
1999Family Guy as Lincoln's Cabinet Member (voice)
1998Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery as Sheriff Rick
1998The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - D-Day
1998Ground Control as T.C. Bryant
1998Letters from a Killer as Brinker
1998Everything That Rises as Alan jamison
1998The Magnificent Seven as Dicky O'Shea
1997Lawn Dogs as Nash
1997Cow and Chicken
1997I Am Weasel as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
1997The Practice as Judge Charles Fleming
1997Rosewood as Duke Purdy
1996Shadow of a Doubt as Dr. Fred Williams
1996Courage Under Fire as McQuillan
1996Black Sheep as Neuschwander
1995Perfect Alibi
1995Live Shot as Joe Vitale
1995The Good Old Boys as City Marshall
1995Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie as James Konklin
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Braxton
1994Timecop as Commander Eugene Matuzak
1994Babylon 5 as Major Ed Ryan
1993A Perfect World as Paul Saunders
1993Shameful Secrets as Judge Ian Greenstein
1993Dave's World as Mr. Holroyd
1993Bakersfield P.D. as Captain Stocker
1993Cliffhanger as Treasury Agent
1993Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story as Morgan
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Boone Waxwell
1992Play Nice as Captain Foxx
1992Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Dan Ryan
1992My Cousin Vinny as Sheriff Farley
1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak
1991The Last Boy Scout as Mike Matthews
1991The Commish
1991Home Improvement as Doug O'Brien
1991The Perfect Tribute as Lamon
1991Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance as Shifton
1990Little Vegas as Harvey
1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara
1990The Flockens as Philip Flocken
1990The Easter Story as (voice)
1989Tales from the Crypt as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")
1989Quantum Leap as Weird Ernie
1989Quantum Leap as Al the Bartender
1989Out Cold as Ernie
1989Three Fugitives as Charlie
1989Let's Get Mom as Bruce
1988Baby M as Harold Cassidy
1987End of the Line as Billy Haney
1987The Man Who Fell to Earth as Vernon Gage
1987Waiting for the Moon as Ernest Hemingway
1987The Last Innocent Man as Burt Matson
1987The Secret of My Success as W. Shaw (uncredited)
1986No Mercy as Lt. Hall
1986Club Paradise as Dave the Fireman
1986As Summers Die as V.D. Skinner
1986Wildcats as Dan Darwell
1985MacGyver as Jack Dalton
1985MacGyver as Jack Dalton (voice)
1985MacGyver as Jack Dalton / 'The Great Sheldrake'
1985Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom as Edward Philbrick
1985Into the Night as Charlie
1984Miami Vice as Hank Weldon
1983Silkwood as Mace Hurley
1983The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as Reporter Blakely
1983Tough Enough as Tony Fallon
1981The Hand as Brian Ferguson
1981A Whale for the Killing as Glenn
1980Semi-Tough
1979Delta House as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)
1978Animal House as Daniel Simpson Day
1978F.I.S.T. as Hitman (uncredited)
1977Citizens Band as Blood
—Waiting Game as Mel






