Bruce McGill

Known for: Acting

Born: 1950-07-11 (age 76)

From: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. Of his extensive film and television credits, he is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as D-Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.

Filmography (151)

MOVIE
Black Zone
2025
as General Bruce Wright
TV★ 8.0
Lioness
2023
as NSA Advisor Hollar
TV★ 7.8
Love & Death
2023
as Judge Tom Ryan
MOVIE★ 7.1
Buried in Barstow
2022
as Von
TV★ 8.1
Reacher
2022
as Mayor Teale
MOVIE★ 7.1
American Underdog
2021
as Jim Foster
MOVIE★ 7.3
Blue Miracle
2021
as Wayne Bisbee
TV★ 6.9
The Crew
2021
as Bobby Spencer
MOVIE★ 2.7
Troubled Waters
2020
as Jerry Paar
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Big Ugly
2020
as Milt
MOVIE★ 7.0
Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Poms
2019
as Chief Carl
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Best of Enemies
2019
as Carvie Oldham
TV★ 7.3
MacGyver
2016
as Detective Greer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Ride Along 2
2016
as Lt. Brooks
MOVIE★ 6.4
Run All Night
2015
as Pat Mullen
MOVIE★ 6.3
Ride Along
2014
as Lt. Brooks
MOVIE★ 6.8
Lincoln
2012
as Edwin Stanton
MOVIE★ 5.1
FDR: American Badass!
2012
as Louis
MOVIE★ 6.6
Unconditional
2012
as Detective Miller
MOVIE★ 6.8
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
as President Calvin Coolidge
MOVIE★ 4.9
Me Again
2011
as Big Earl
TV★ 8.2
Suits
2011
as Stanley Gordon
MOVIE★ 4.3
Apart
2011
as Dr. Thomas Abner
MOVIE★ 6.8
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010
as John Williams (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Detective Vince Korsak
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fair Game
2010
as Jim Pavitt
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Perfect Game
2009
as Mr. Tanner
MOVIE★ 7.4
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
as Jonas Cantrell
TV★ 5.9
The Cleveland Show
2009
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Jeremy Breslow
MOVIE★ 4.4
Held Hostage
2009
as Ben Summers
MOVIE★ 6.0
Imagine That
2009
as Mr. Rowe (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
From Mexico With Love
2009
as Billy
MOVIE★ 5.8
Obsessed
2009
as Joe Gage
MOVIE★ 6.1
W.
2008
as George Tenet
MOVIE★ 4.0
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Recount
2008
as Mac Stipanovich
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Line in the Sand
2008
as Marty Kopac
MOVIE★ 6.4
Vantage Point
2008
as Phil McCullough
TV★ 6.8
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Lookout
2007
as Robert Pratt
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Good Life
2007
as Frank Jones
MOVIE★ 6.7
Area 57
2007
as Gen. Keller
MOVIE★ 6.2
Humble Pie
2007
as Mr. Grigoratus
MOVIE★ 4.9
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
2006
as Gen. Norman T. Vance
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Dan Trombly
MOVIE★ 6.2
Elizabethtown
2005
as Bill Banyon
MOVIE★ 5.3
Slow Burn
2005
as Godfrey
MOVIE★ 7.6
Cinderella Man
2005
as Jimmy Johnston
TV★ 7.0
American Dad!
2005
as Judge (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Austin
TV★ 7.5
Medium
2005
as Jerry Carlisle
MOVIE★ 7.2
Collateral
2004
as Frank Pedrosa
MOVIE★ 6.7
Path to War
2003
as George Ball
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Henry Rogers
MOVIE★ 7.0
Matchstick Men
2003
as Chuck Frechette
MOVIE★ 5.7
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Stanford Marks
MOVIE★ 6.9
Runaway Jury
2003
as Judge Harkin
MOVIE★ 9.0
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day
MOVIE★ 6.7
Live from Baghdad
2002
as Peter Arnett
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as National Security Advisor Revell
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ali
2001
as Bradley
TV★ 8.2
Justice League
2001
as General McCormick (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Shallow Hal
2001
as Reverend Larson
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Peter Bellingham
TV★ 7.7
Wolf Lake
2001
as Willard Cates
MOVIE★ 7.0
61*
2001
as Ralph Houk
MOVIE★ 5.9
Exit Wounds
2001
as Frank Daniels
MOVIE★ 8.0
Inside The Osmonds
2001
as George Osmond
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
as Jonas Scatter
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
as Walter Hagen
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Jimmy Tadero
MOVIE★ 5.2
Running Mates
2000
as Sen. Mitchell Morris
MOVIE★ 4.1
Deep Core
2000
as Sam Dalton
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Insider
1999
as Ron Motley
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Gordon Garrison
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Dog of Flanders
1999
as William
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998
as Sheriff Rick
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - D-Day
MOVIE★ 5.6
Ground Control
1998
as T.C. Bryant
MOVIE★ 5.4
Letters from a Killer
1998
as Brinker
MOVIE★ 5.8
Everything That Rises
1998
as Alan jamison
TV★ 6.6
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Dicky O'Shea
MOVIE★ 7.1
Lawn Dogs
1997
as Nash
TV★ 7.1
Cow and Chicken
1997
as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
TV★ 7.2
I Am Weasel
1997
as Baboon's Dad / Santa (voice)
TV★ 7.7
The Practice
1997
as Judge Charles Fleming
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rosewood
1997
as Duke Purdy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
as Dr. Fred Williams
MOVIE★ 6.5
Courage Under Fire
1996
as McQuillan
MOVIE★ 6.1
Black Sheep
1996
as Neuschwander
MOVIE★ 4.0
Perfect Alibi
1995
TV★ 7.0
Live Shot
1995
as Joe Vitale
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Good Old Boys
1995
as City Marshall
MOVIE★ 5.0
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
1995
as James Konklin
TV★ 7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Captain Braxton
MOVIE★ 6.0
Timecop
1994
as Commander Eugene Matuzak
TV★ 8.0
Babylon 5
1994
as Major Ed Ryan
MOVIE★ 7.5
A Perfect World
1993
as Paul Saunders
MOVIE★ 6.2
Shameful Secrets
1993
as Judge Ian Greenstein
TV★ 6.5
Dave's World
1993
as Mr. Holroyd
TV★ 7.7
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
as Captain Stocker
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cliffhanger
1993
as Treasury Agent
MOVIE★ 7.4
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
as Morgan
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Boone Waxwell
MOVIE★ 4.6
Play Nice
1992
as Captain Foxx
MOVIE★ 4.2
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Dan Ryan
MOVIE★ 7.5
My Cousin Vinny
1992
as Sheriff Farley
MOVIE★ 5.9
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
as Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Last Boy Scout
1991
as Mike Matthews
TV★ 7.1
The Commish
1991
TV★ 7.4
Home Improvement
1991
as Doug O'Brien
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Lamon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance
1991
as Shifton
MOVIE★ 5.0
Little Vegas
1990
as Harvey
MOVIE★ 5.8
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
1990
as Asst. DA Frank O'Meara
MOVIE
The Flockens
1990
as Philip Flocken
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Easter Story
1990
as (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Luigi "Lou" Paloma ("segment "The Trap")
TV★ 8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
as Weird Ernie
MOVIE★ 5.9
Out Cold
1989
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Three Fugitives
1989
as Charlie
MOVIE
Let's Get Mom
1989
as Bruce
TV★ 7.0
Baby M
1988
as Harold Cassidy
MOVIE★ 5.3
End of the Line
1987
as Billy Haney
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
as Vernon Gage
MOVIE★ 4.9
Waiting for the Moon
1987
as Ernest Hemingway
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Last Innocent Man
1987
as Burt Matson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Secret of My Success
1987
as W. Shaw (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
No Mercy
1986
as Lt. Hall
MOVIE★ 5.2
Club Paradise
1986
as Dave the Fireman
MOVIE★ 6.7
As Summers Die
1986
as V.D. Skinner
MOVIE★ 6.3
Wildcats
1986
as Dan Darwell
TV★ 7.7
MacGyver
1985
as Jack Dalton
MOVIE
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Edward Philbrick
MOVIE★ 6.5
Into the Night
1985
as Charlie
TV★ 7.4
Miami Vice
1984
as Hank Weldon
MOVIE★ 6.9
Silkwood
1983
as Mace Hurley
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as Reporter Blakely
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tough Enough
1983
as Tony Fallon
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Reporter Blakely
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Hand
1981
as Brian Ferguson
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Whale for the Killing
1981
as Glenn
TV
Semi-Tough
1980
TV★ 5.8
Delta House
1979
as Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Animal House
1978
as Daniel Simpson Day
MOVIE★ 6.5
F.I.S.T.
1978
as Hitman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Citizens Band
1977
as Blood
MOVIE
Waiting Game
—
as Mel