Don Lake

Donald Lake (born November 26, 1956) is a Canadian actor, film and television writer, and television producer.[1] He is frequently cast by director Christopher Guest, and is also a close friend and the collaborative partner of Bonnie Hunt.

Don Lake
Born (1956-11-26) November 26, 1956
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationWriter
Actor
Director
Years active1980–present
Spouse(s)Claire Lake

He had a role in The Bonnie Hunt Show, for which he received comedic praise. He also had roles in the comedy films Police Academy, Hot Shots!, Dumb & Dumber To, and Corner Gas: The Movie. He played more serious roles in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Super Mario Bros., along with a voice role as Stu Hopps in Zootopia. He is also known as Dr. Carl Whitehorn on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Life and career

Lake was born in Toronto, Ontario. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, he returned to Toronto to join the Second City Touring Company, and later was promoted to Second City.

During this time, he was a regular on Showtime series Bizarre and Super Dave. He eventually returned to Los Angeles and became a series regular on Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, The Building, The Bonnie Hunt Show, and Space Force.

Feature film work has included roles in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Hot Shots!, RocketMan, Wagons East, and Super Mario Bros. Lake also appeared in and co-wrote the film Return to Me with Bonnie Hunt. He had a two-year run as co-creator and executive producer of Life With Bonnie and also appeared as a series regular on Watching Ellie with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Lake continued his improvisational work in six Christopher Guest films, including Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and Almost Heroes. He has also done commentary for I Love the '80s Strikes Back and Best Week Ever. He and writing partner Bonnie Hunt worked on the screenplays for the animated Pixar feature Cars and the Mrs. Doubtfire sequel. In 2013 he appeared in Guest's Family Tree.

Starring roles

Guest appearances

Film

Television

Writer
  • Life with Bonnie - six episodes
  • The Bonnie Hunt Show - pilot

Other
  • The Second City - troupe member of the Toronto Touring Company (1981)
  • Life with Bonnie - creator, producer
  • Maniac Mansion - "Trapped Like Rats" - story
  • The Bonnie Hunt Show - creator, producer

References
  1. "Don Lake". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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