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23 Facts About Mike McShane

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Michael McShane was born on June 25,1955 and is an American actor, singer, and improvisational comedian.

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Mike McShane has been involved in several Disney productions, including Tom and Huck, the television series Brotherly Love, Tower of Terror, and A Bug's Life.

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Mike McShane voiced the Revolting Slob in the Canadian-American variety television series Crashbox.

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Mike McShane studied drama at San Joaquin Delta College and San Francisco State University, performing with Faultline Theatre, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater and the Eureka Theatre.

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Mike McShane remained a regular performer on the show for the next ten years.

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In 1992 Mike McShane starred in the sitcom The Big One alongside another Whose Line performer Sandi Toksvig.

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Mike McShane played Friar Tuck in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves in 1991, had a small role as a doomed hypnotherapist in the 1999 film Office Space, and played the friendly scientist, Professor Keenbean, in the 1994 movie Richie Rich.

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Mike McShane co-starred with Sir John Gielgud, Emily Watson and Rosemary Harris in "A Summer's Day Dream" for BBC "Performance" series.

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In 1995, Mike McShane starred as Harley in the BBC Screen Two TV Movie Crazy For A Kiss, about a young boy who is sent to a mental institution for teenagers in Mike McShane's home state of Kansas.

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Mike McShane appeared in Tom and Huck as Muff Potter and on Brotherly Love as the experienced but wisecracking mechanic, Lloyd.

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Mike McShane appeared with Dunst in the 1999 comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous, playing a quick-tempered beauty pageant judge who serves as caretaker for his learning disabled brother.

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Mike McShane provided voice work for the anime Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, as D's sarcastic possessed left hand.

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Mike McShane provided the voice of Detective Twitch in the HBO animated series Spawn.

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Mike McShane provided the voice of Shalulu in Disney's redub of Castle in the Sky, and Baron Rakan Harkonnen in the 2001 strategy game Emperor: Battle for Dune.

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Mike McShane provided the voice for Cid in the video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2.

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Mike McShane appeared as the voice of Audrey II in the London revival of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark between December 2006 and February 2007.

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In 2008, Mike McShane appeared as a guest performer in Paul Merton's Impro Chums, a live improv show, and was asked to join the permanent company for three UK tours, and is still ongoing with the group.

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In September 2012, Mike McShane appeared as the character Grayle in the television series Doctor Who in the series 7 episode "The Angels Take Manhattan".

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In November 2012, Mike McShane starred as a CIA military consultant in BBC Three comedy series Bluestone 42.

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In February 2013, Mike created the role of Louis B Mayer in the new musical "The Tailor Made Man" at The Arts Theatre in London's West End, garnering rave reviews.

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In 2014, Mike McShane was in the horror comedy film Love in the Time of Monsters.

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Mike McShane would pick you up and make you feel like the exploration of your imagination and expression was a good thing.

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In 2016, Mike McShane starred as Sam in the Western web series Red Bird.