McKean\'s first big role was playing annoying neighbor Lenny Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley. In the mid-1990s he was a repertory cast member on Saturday Night Live. He has played roles in several Christopher Guest ensemble films, particularly as David St. Hubbins, lead vocalist and co-lead guitarist of the fictional rock band Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap. He co-wrote the song "A Mighty Wind" (from the film of the same name), which won a Grammy Award, as well as "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from the same film, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song.\n', '

McKean portrayed Chuck McGill, brother of Saul Goodman, as a series regular on the AMC drama series Better Call Saul from 2015 to 2018.\n', '

McKean was born October 17, 1947, in New York City, the son of Ruth, a librarian, and Gilbert McKean, one of the founders of Decca Records, and was raised in Sea Cliff, New York, on Long Island. McKean is of Irish, English, Scottish, and some German and Dutch, descent. He graduated from high school in 1965. In early 1967 he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band The Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy"/"And Suddenly" single.\n', '

Return to Michael McKean Autograph Profile