Michael McKean

About The Author

Michael McKean is an accomplished artist with a career spanning six decades as an actor, musician, songwriter, screenwriter, director, producer, and television host. His theater credits on Broadway and elsewhere include Hairspray, The Pajama Game, The Homecoming, Superior Donuts, The Best Man, All the Way, The Little Foxes, and currently on Broadway in Glengarry Glen Ross. His television credits include Laverne & ShirleySaturday Night LiveGood Omens, Breeders, The DiplomatThe X-Files, and more, as well as Better Call Saul, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. His many film credits include Young Doctors in Love, Used Cars, Clue, Light of Day, The Brady Bunch Movie, True Crime, Best in Show, This is Spinal Tap, its upcoming sequel Spinal Tap: The End Continues, and others. Michael and his wife, Annette O’Toole, were nominated for an Academy Award for their song  “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” from Christopher Guest’s A Mighty Wind, and he won a Grammy alongside Guest and Eugene Levy for the film’s title track. Michael lives in Los Angeles and New York and wherever his next adventure takes him.

Books by Michael McKean

A Fine Line between Stupid and Clever

The Story of Spinal Tap

‘One of the best making-of books to hit the shelves’ Booklist

For the first time, the director and co-creators of This is Spinal Tap provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary.

Since its original release in 1984, <...

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