Danny McBride

Daniel Richard McBride (born December 29, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He starred in the HBO television series Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals, and The Righteous Gemstones, the first two of which he co-created with frequent collaborator Jody Hill. He has also starred in films, such as The Foot Fist Way (2006), Hot Rod (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Up in the Air (2009), Your Highness (2011), This Is the End (2013), and Alien: Covenant (2017). He has done voice acting for Despicable Me (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), The Angry Birds Movie, Sausage Party (both 2016), and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).

Danny McBride
McBride speaking at the 2013 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Birth name	Daniel Richard McBride[1]
Born	(1976-12-29) December 29, 1976 Statesboro, Georgia, U.S.
Medium	Film, television
Nationality	American
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Gia Ruiz ( m. 2010)
Children	2

Early life

McBride was born in Statesboro, Georgia.[2] His mother, Kathy Rudy, and his stepfather both work at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, as civilian support.[3] McBride has English, Jewish, Scottish and Irish heritage.[4][5] He was raised Baptist.[6] His mother performed sermons in church using puppets, and McBride stated that his "interest in telling stories comes from her".[3] He was raised in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where he graduated from Courtland High School and attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and became one of the "Three Flavas" along with well known director Jody Hill and Kris Baucom.[7][8][9][10][11]

Career

In 2006, McBride played Fred Simmons in the low-budget comedy film The Foot Fist Way, which he co-wrote with collaborators Jody Hill and Ben Best. He appeared in character as Simmons to promote the film on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 26, 2008. He wrote and starred in the HBO original comedy series Eastbound & Down (also a collaboration with Hill and Best), as Kenny Powers, a washed up former major league baseball pitcher with anger management issues. The series was produced by Gary Sanchez Productions, and the pilot episode premiered on February 15, 2009, featuring Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson.

On April 8, 2009, HBO announced it had renewed the series for a second season.[12] On July 2, 2012, HBO renewed the series for a fourth season.[13][14] The series ended on November 17, 2013. In March 2009, because of his role as Powers, he received an offer to play professional baseball for the Pensacola Pelicans, a minor league team in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.[15][16]

In 2010, he signed an endorsement deal with K-Swiss shoes and played the eponymous roadie in the Tenacious D music video for "Roadie" in 2012. McBride starred in the HBO comedy series Vice Principals from 2016 to 2017.

In January 2018, two trailers were released online for what was supposedly a Crocodile Dundee sequel, titled Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home. The film was said to star McBride as Brian Dundee, the son of the original Crocodile Dundee. The trailers also feature cameo appearances by Australian actors Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Margot Robbie, and Ruby Rose.[17] From the beginning, various aspects of the campaign made some publications believe that film was an elaborate hoax.[18] It was later reported that these ads were actually part of a lead up to a Super Bowl commercial for Tourism Australia.[18]

McBride and David Gordon Green co-wrote the script for Halloween, the 2018 sequel to Halloween (1978). The film was directed by Green, executive produced by series creator John Carpenter, and produced by Jason Blum.[19][20][21]

Since 2018 McBride has been the face of bookmaker Coral's television commercials in the United Kingdom, playing a character called "Sports Rodstein", described as "the world’s biggest sports fan (although not the savviest)".[22][23]

In late 2018, HBO ordered The Righteous Gemstones, a new show from McBride and his Rough House Pictures label, straight to series.[24] The show, a comedy, is centered on a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work.[25]

Personal life

McBride has been married to art director Gia Ruiz since October 15, 2010. They have a son and a daughter.[26][27] He currently lives with his family in Charleston, South Carolina.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	All the Real Girls	Bust-Ass
2006	The Foot Fist Way	Fred Simmons	Also writer
2007	Hot Rod	Rico Brown
	Superbad	Buddy at Party	Uncredited extra
	The Heartbreak Kid	Martin
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Don Armstrong
	Pineapple Express	Red
	Tropic Thunder	Cody Underwood
2009	Fanboys	Head of Security	Uncredited
	Observe and Report	Caucasian Crackhead
	Land of the Lost	Will Stanton
	Up in the Air	Jim Miller
2010	Despicable Me	Fred McDade (voice)
	Due Date	Lonnie
2011	Your Highness	Thadeous	Also writer and executive producer
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Wolf Boss (voice)
	30 Minutes or Less	Dwayne King
	The Catechism Cataclysm		Producer
2012	The Comedy		Executive producer
2013	As I Lay Dying	Vernon Tull
	This Is the End	Himself
	Prince Avalanche		Executive producer
	Joe		Executive producer
2014	The Sound and the Fury	Police Sheriff	Cameo
	Manglehorn		Executive producer
2015	Don Verdean	Tony Lazarus
	Aloha	Colonel Lacy
	Hell and Back	Orpheus (voice)
	Rock the Kasbah	Nick
2016	Sausage Party	Honey Mustard (voice)
	The Angry Birds Movie[28]	Bomb (voice)
	Masterminds		Executive producer
	In Dubious Battle	Tramp
2017	Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper	Tennessee Faris	Short film[29]
	Alien: Covenant
	The Disaster Artist	Himself	Cameo
2018	Arizona	Sonny	Also producer
	The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter	Don	Also writer and executive producer
	Halloween		Co-writer and executive producer
2018	ARIZONA	Sonny	also producer
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Bomb (voice)
	Zeroville	Financier
2020	Connected	Rick Mitchell (voice)
2021	Halloween Kills		Co-writer and executive producer Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–13	Eastbound & Down	Kenny Powers	29 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer
2011	Good Vibes	Voneeta Teets (voice)	12 episodes
2013	Clear History	Frank	Television film
2014	Chozen	Jimmy (voice)	8 episodes; also executive producer
2016	Animals.	Gregory (voice)	Episode: "Turkeys"
2016–2017	Vice Principals	Neal Gamby	18 episodes; also creator, writer, executive producer and directed 2 episodes
2019–present	The Righteous Gemstones	Jesse Gemstone	Also creator, writer, executive producer and director

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	"Fight for Your Right Revisited"	MCA	Music video
2012	"Roadie"	Sebastian "The Roadie"
2013	"YOLO"	Drug dealer	Cameo; music video The Lonely Island song
	Grand Theft Auto V	Duane Earl	Video game Host of radio station Beyond Insemination[30]
2018	Coral Bookmakers Advertising Campaign	Sports Rodstein	Commercial[31]

References

1. Byrne, Paul (September 14, 2008). "Danny McBride talks Eastbound & Down & his upcoming Movies". Movies Ireland. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
2. Fine, Marshall (May 23, 2008). "'Foot' in the door for cult comedy star Danny R. McBride". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
3. Gavin Edwards (February 19, 2012). "Kenny Powers and the Unlikely Rise of Danny McBride". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
4. "The prince McBride". The Irish Times. April 15, 2011.
5. Rapkin, Mickey (November 17, 2008). "Funnyman of the Year: Danny McBride". Gq.com.
6. WTF Podcast Marc Maron (July 4, 2016). "WTF Podcast - DANNY MCBRIDE". YouTube. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
7. The Free Lance-Star; News.google.com, accessed August 18, 2014.
8. The Free Lance-Star; News.google.com, accessed August 18, 2014.
9. "Movie, TV projects fall in line for local native". Fredericksburg.com. January 24, 2008. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
10. Rottenberg, Josh (August 8, 2008). "Breakout Actor: Danny McBride". Ew.com. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
11. Freydkin, Donna (August 14, 2008). "Danny McBride is in the 'Express' lane to fame". USA Today.
12. "TV Show News and Ratings - Live Feed". Thrfeed.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
13. Levine, Stuart (July 2, 2012). "HBO asks for more 'Eastbound & Down'". Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
14. Levine, Stuart (October 27, 2010). "HBO re-ups two half-hour comedies". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
15. "Pensacola Pelicans kick off season May 14 with great talent". Splash! Northwest Florida's Entertainment Magazine. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
16. "Professional Baseball Team Offers HBO's Kenny Power 2009 Contract". OurSportsCentral. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
17. Garcia, Arturo. "Is a 'Crocodile Dundee' Sequel Being Released in 2018?". Snopes. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
18. Moran, Rob. "Crocodile Dundee reboot outed as advertising campaign for Tourism Australia". Brisbane Times. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
19. "David Gordon Green and Danny McBride Rebooting 'Halloween' for October 2018 - Bloody Disgusting!". bloody-disgusting.com.
20. Galluzzo, Rob. "David Gordon Green, Danny McBride Will Direct/Write The New HALLOWEEN Movie For Blumhouse!". Blumhouse. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
21. Daw, Robbie (October 9, 2017). "Q&A: John Carpenter Talks New Album Anthology & The Upcoming Halloween Sequel". Stereogum. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
22. https://lbbonline.com/news/danny-mcbride-stars-as-sports-rodstein-in-new-corals-campaign-2/
23. Evans, Jake. "Coral launches six-part Danny McBride TV ad campaign".
24. "HBO Orders Danny McBride Comedy 'The Righteous Gemstones' To Series". Deadline.
25. "Danny McBride Returns With New Family Comedy". HBO.
26. "Danny McBride, Wife Expecting Baby Boy". Usmagazine.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
27. Peisner, David; Peisner, David (January 17, 2018). "Danny McBride: The Rolling Stone Interview".
28. "Angry Birds Movie Voice Cast Announced, Includes Game of Thrones and SNL Vets". News.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
29. 20th Century Fox (February 22, 2017). "Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper - 20th Century FOX". YouTube.
30. Grand Theft Auto V. Gameinformer; retrieved September 28, 2013
31. Danny McBride stars as sports rodstein in new Coral's campaign. LBBonline; retrieved January 9, 2019

External links

• Danny McBride on IMDb