Mike McShane
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Michéal ("Mike") McShane (born December 10, 1957 in East Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor who first became known to American audiences through his appearances on the British version of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In 2003 McShane underwent gastric bypass surgery, losing several stone in weight.
McShane has performed on stage, on television, and in film, and is an alumnus of Los Angeles Theatresports. One of his larger TV roles was as Kramer's nemesis "FDR" (Franklin Delano Romanowski) on Seinfeld. He also had a cameo role as a doomed hypnotherapist in the cult film Office Space.
McShane appeared in Tom and Huck as Muff Potter.
McShane appeared in Brotherly Love as the experienced but a wisecracking mechanic, Lloyd. His character does not really relate to the story but brings humorous (and sometimes deadpan) one-liners as he shows up. Lloyd can somehow force people to take care of his trouble by taking the battery out of a van, taking car keys, or talking about his appearance.
He provided the voice for Cid in video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, and played Friar Tuck in the 1991 movie, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He has also appeared with Tony Slattery in a comedy sketch show, S&M, starred in the sitcom The Big One, and provided voice work in the anime Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, as D's sarcastic possessed left hand.
In 2006 he will be appearing in the new Talk Radio play by Stewart Lee.
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