43 Facts About Chuck McGill

Chuck McGill is portrayed by Michael McKean and was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.

Chuck McGill is the older brother of fellow lawyer and titular character Jimmy McGill.

Chuck McGill was amicably divorced from Rebecca Bois, who was unaware of his EHS, a few years before the events of Better Call Saul.

When Gilligan eventually contacted McKean about acting in Better Call Saul, he accepted the role knowing only the bare minimum regarding Chuck McGill's electromagnetic sensitivity, since he was a fan of Breaking Bad and trusted Gilligan.

When filming of Better Call Saul started in 2014, McKean had to initially split his time between playing Chuck McGill and performing in All the Way, a Broadway play that coincidentally starred Bryan Cranston who had played Walter White in Breaking Bad.

In interviews, McKean has stated that while Chuck McGill did make efforts to foil Jimmy's attempts to get ahead as a lawyer, it wasn't always planned that Chuck McGill would resort to underhanded tricks.

Chuck McGill described Chuck as a person who, until the onset of his belief that he suffered from electromagnetic sensitivity, had "followed all the rules" and who suddenly saw all he had slip away.

Gilligan said that Chuck McGill was originally planned as a Mycroft Holmes character, emotionally damaged but supportive of Jimmy's efforts, with Howard Hamlin to serve as the antagonist.

Chuck McGill was born in 1944, and grew up in Cicero, Illinois.

Early in his career, Chuck excelled in criminal law, famously arguing and winning the precedent-setting case of State v Gonzalez.

Ten years prior to the events of "Better Call Saul", Chuck McGill defended his younger brother Jimmy after Jimmy defecated through the sunroof of a romantic rival's BMW, unaware the man's children were in the backseat.

Chuck McGill became friendly, then romantically involved, with Kim Wexler, a law student who worked in the mailroom and later became an associate attorney at HHM.

Around the time of his divorce from Rebecca Bois, Chuck McGill began to think that he suffered from electromagnetic hypersensitivity and took a leave of absence from HHM.

Chuck McGill is taken to the hospital, and the doctor proves to Jimmy that Chuck McGill's illness is psychosomatic.

Chuck McGill collects shredded documents from the trash and starts piecing them together at Chuck's house.

Chuck McGill is impressed with Jimmy's legal instincts and steps in to help, discovering key documents that prove Jimmy is correct.

Jimmy and Chuck McGill begin a class action lawsuit and continue to collect evidence, which rekindles Chuck McGill's enthusiasm for the law.

Chuck McGill suggests the case is too large for the two of them alone and that they should get HHM's help.

Jimmy confronts Chuck McGill, who tells Jimmy that he doesn't consider him a "real lawyer" since he is still the same "Slippin' Jimmy" from Cicero.

Jimmy cuts ties with Chuck McGill and arranges for Howard to take over Chuck McGill's care.

Chuck McGill becomes suspicious after Jimmy uses questionable tactics to obtain new plaintiffs.

Chuck McGill initially persuades Mesa Verde to become her client, but Howard and Chuck succeed in retaining Mesa Verde's business.

Jimmy uses the opportunity to alter documents Chuck McGill has prepared for a new Mesa Verde branch application.

Kim infers Jimmy's guilt and tells him if he left any evidence, Chuck McGill will find it.

Ernesto leaves to pick up Chuck McGill and bring him back to speak with the clerk.

Chuck McGill suggests to the assistant district attorney that Jimmy could avoid prison by confessing to the break-in and making the confession available to the state bar association.

Chuck McGill admits to Kim that he has a copy of the recording and intends to use it at Jimmy's bar disciplinary hearing, which means Jimmy and Kim will be able to cross-examine him after he authenticates it.

Kim cancels the repairman Chuck McGill had called to fix the door Jimmy destroyed during the break-in and Jimmy asks Mike Ehrmantraut to pose as a repairman; Mike fixes the door while clandestinely photographing Chuck McGill's home to document his bizarre living conditions.

The hearing room is prepared for Chuck McGill's testimony, including turning off all electrical devices and storing cell phones outside the room.

Howard suggests Chuck McGill consider Jimmy's suspension a victory and move on, and Chuck McGill seems to agree.

The possibility that his illness is psychosomatic leads Chuck McGill to begin seeing Dr Cruz, a therapist who helps him cope with his symptoms to the point where he can walk outside and perform chores such as grocery shopping.

Chuck McGill feigns an emotional breakdown about Chuck's condition, which prompts the insurance company's representatives to meet with Howard and Chuck.

Chuck McGill wants to fight, but Howard encourages him to retire.

Chuck McGill then sues HHM, hoping this will force Howard to back down.

Chuck McGill removes all his appliances, tears the walls open to remove the wiring, and finally destroys the meter.

Howard believes Chuck McGill's death was his fault because he forced Chuck McGill to retire.

When Kim picks up Jimmy's inheritance check, Howard gives her a letter Chuck McGill wrote to Jimmy.

The reception Chuck McGill receives serves as a catalyst for Jimmy's subsequent legal studies, which he carries out in secret.

Chuck McGill becomes Kim's posthumous brother-in-law when she marries Jimmy, a tactic that enables Jimmy to tell Kim the truth about his work as Saul by attaching spousal privilege to their conversations.

Howard tells Kim that Chuck McGill knew Jimmy better than anyone else.

Howard goes on to tell Cary that Chuck McGill was the greatest legal mind he's ever known.

When Chuck McGill asks why he does it, Jimmy states that they are brothers and that Chuck McGill would do the same for him.

Chuck McGill is a successful lawyer in his own right but instead of being proud of Jimmy following in his footsteps, he tried to hold him back.