Don McManus

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2.058

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-Nov-1959

Age

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Don R. McManus

Don McManus

Biography

Don McManus (November 8, 1959, in San Diego, California) is an American actor. He studied at Yale University and began his career in the late 1980s. McManus has appeared in numerous films, including The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Air Force One (1997), Magnolia (1999), and The 6th Day (2000). He later starred in National Treasure (2004), The Maze Runner (2014), and Vice (2018). On television, he has appeared in series such as Seinfeld, Boston Legal, Dexter, Justified, and The Newsroom. He had recurring roles in Mom (2013–2017) and Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019). In addition to acting, McManus is also a voice actor, lending his voice to characters in Life Is Strange (2015) and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017).


Credits

Letters from the Big Man Letters from the Big Man (2011) Character: Forest Superintendent
Sarah Smith, an artist and government hydrologist, sets out on a post-fire stream survey in a remote part of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of southwestern Oregon. In the course of her journey through this ancient and ecologically diverse land, she unwittingly finds herself interacting with a sasquatch man, and a mutual curiosity ensues. As their friendship deepens, Sarah must take bold steps to protect his privacy, as well as her own.
Galyntine Galyntine (2014) Character: Richter
Takes place at a time after a cataclysmic technology-induced disaster has resulted in a new society that has eschewed any form of technology. This catastrophic event leaves small numbers of survivors scattered around the planet and forced to adapt to isolation and unique challenges.
Park City Park City (2015) Character: Charley
PARK CITY is the story of a filmmaking team that lose their movie and their minds. JOEY, an ambitious and jaded director, and HANNAH, a savvy producer, hit the road to the Sundance Film Festival with the 35mm film print of their movie, HEARTS AND CASH, in the trunk of their car. They’ve invited along their melodramatic lead actress, JILL, who insists upon bringing her cat everywhere she goes; as well as their glorified production assistant, DAVE, who documents their Sundance Adventure on his iPhone.
Hide and Seek Hide and Seek (2014) Character: Paul
A teenage girl is forced by her hostile stepmother to babysit at her young step-brother's birthday party. When she calls her stepmother a witch, weird things start to happen.
The Perfect 46 The Perfect 46 (2014) Character: Steve Heisman
A geneticist creates a website that pairs an individual with their ideal genetic partner for children.
Innocent Victims Innocent Victims (1996) Character: N/A
Army Sergeant Tim Hennis is wrongly convicted of killing the wife and children of an Air Force captain. Based on a true story.
Monsignor Martinez Monsignor Martinez (2000) Character: Warren Mansack
Live-action spin off based on the in-show telenovela from "King of the Hill" that follows the adventures of the titular character.
Noah Noah (1998) Character: N/A
In order to save his family, a contractor must construct an ark before a massive flood hits his home town.
Telling Secrets Telling Secrets (1993) Character: Dean Everett
Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't be traced back to her. The detective investigating the murder soon realizes her role in it, and sets out to find a way to pin the murder on her.
The Starling The Starling (2021) Character: Big Daddy
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Auto Focus Auto Focus (2002) Character: Priest
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
Hannibal Hannibal (2001) Character: Asst. Mayor Benny Holcombe
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
True Colors True Colors (1991) Character: Doug Stubblefield
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
Under the Silver Lake Under the Silver Lake (2018) Character: Final Man
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
Senior Moment Senior Moment (2021) Character: Rock Kendall
After drag racing his vintage convertible around Palm Springs, a retired NASA test pilot loses his license. Forced to take public transportation, he meets Caroline and learns to navigate love and life again.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) Character: Mr. Shan
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
Air Force One Air Force One (1997) Character: F-15 Leader Colonel Carlton
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.
The Leader The Leader (2026) Character: N/A
In 1997, thirty-nine members of the American cult known as "Heaven's Gate" committed the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. This is their story.
Saved By The Light Saved By The Light (1995) Character: Dr. Raymond Moody
A mean, loud-mouthed town bully is talking on the phone one night during a storm when, in a freak occurrence, a bolt of lightning strikes a telephone pole, travels down the phone wires and hits him. He is declared clinically dead, but miraculously recovers shortly thereafter--with a completely new personality and, he claims, the ability to communicate with the dead.
National Treasure National Treasure (2004) Character: Dr. Stan Herbert
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
White Mile White Mile (1994) Character: Art Stefanoff
An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.
Choose Connor Choose Connor (2007) Character: Daniel Norris
Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads, posters, interviews, and speaking engagements in the cut throat media-image-is-all world of American politics.
Cinema Verite Cinema Verite (2011) Character: Talk Show Moderator
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. CINEMA VERITE tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.
Zack & Reba Zack & Reba (1998) Character: Reverend Poole
Two young adults who are coping with the deaths of their partners try to move forward with their lives and start a relationship with each other.
Joker: Folie à Deux Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Character: Paddy Meyers' Producer
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
Ben 10: Race Against Time Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008) Character: Carl Tennyson
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.
Mr. Murder Mr. Murder (1998) Character: Carl Clocker
A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double has his same physical appearance but has the personality of a murderer.
Vice Vice (2018) Character: David Addington
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
Dropping Out Dropping Out (2000) Character: Mr. Flemington
Emile Brockton enjoys TV, chicken pot pies, and...well, not much else. His life has become a meaningless procession of banal activities that prompt him to spice things up the only way he can devise: by killing himself. However, the road to suicide is filled with many distractions, and these create the ultimate conundrum for Emile.
Knight Rider 2010 Knight Rider 2010 (1994) Character: Dean
Loosely based on the popular television series of the 80's, this movie brings the story into an apocalyptic time and a new "KITT".
The Congress The Congress (2013) Character: President Bobs (voice)
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Kill Theory Kill Theory (2009) Character: Dr. Karl Truftin
While celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Just Peck Just Peck (2011) Character: Mr. Trustman
At 104 pounds dripping wet, baby-faced sophomore Michael Peck (age 15) is not exactly the coolest guy at American High. Peck’s teachers make him feel like an idiot, his classmates make him feel like a geek and his home life is just as bad, with parents who schedule family time in their planners and require him to sign contracts with them about his extra-curricular activities.
Under the Tuscan Sun Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) Character: Nasty Man
Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.
The Maze Runner The Maze Runner (2014) Character: Masked Man
A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
Killshot Killshot (2008) Character: Nelson Davies
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer.
Lovelace Lovelace (2013) Character: Arty Shapiro
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
I'm Losing You I'm Losing You (1998) Character: Jake Horowitz
Based on Bruce Wagner's best selling novel, "I'm Losing You" is the gripping tale of a wealthy Los Angeles family and their journey from profound loss to love, hope and redemption. On the verge of his 60th birthday, patriarch and TV producer Perry Krohn is diagnosed with inoperable cancer and is told he has only months left to live. He delays telling his thirtysomething children, has-been actor Bertie and adopted daughter Rachel.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) Character: Kent
Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods (1997) Character: Bondo / Chukha-Trok (voice)
Wicket remembers four memorable adventures from his youth: how he fixed up his great grandfather's battle wagon, the occasion when Latara ran away from the Ewok village to join the traveling Jindas, the time his father Deej fell terrible ill and the story of Kneesa's long lost sister, Asha.
Little Fish, Strange Pond Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009) Character: Dennis Rivers
Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predetermines their existence. Mr. Jack attempts to illustrate to his sidekick the delicate and natural forces of the universe. Sweet Stephen's superficial charm and bloodsucking lifestyle sends him and Mr. Jack on a voyage that is relentless, engaging, and darkly hilarious.
Grandma Grandma (2015) Character: Dad
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
Grand Piano Grand Piano (2013) Character: Reisinger
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. Just moments after starting his performance in the packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a threatening message written on the score: 'Play one wrong note and you die'. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without anyone realizing.
Magnolia Magnolia (1999) Character: Dr. Landon
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
For a Good Time, Call... For a Good Time, Call... (2012) Character: Scott
College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie's noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reevaluate their hopes and dreams and realize that just because someone pees in your hair in college doesn't mean she won't be your best friend 10 years later.
The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Character: Guard Wiley
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
The 6th Day The 6th Day (2000) Character: RePet Salesman
A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.
Punch-Drunk Love Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Character: Plastic (voice)
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Motorcycle Gang Motorcycle Gang (1994) Character: Cisco
On their way to California, the biggest decision Leann Morris and her family have to make is where to stop and sightsee. But their ill-fated fortune brings them face-to-face with a ruthless motorcycle gang and its rebellious but irresistible leader Jake. From there, Leann's trip turns into a wild journey down a dangerous road as Jake acts on his attraction and kidnaps her.
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993) Character: Jules Braxton Jr.
For thirty years, Marshall Matt Dillon fought to preserve the law in Dodge City… now, he's wanted for murder and fighting to clear his name. Three deputies ride up with a warrant for Dillon's arrest, a wealthy mine operator has been gunned down in cold blood and an eyewitness says Dillon was the murderer.
Ocean's Thirteen Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Character: Neil
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
The Bonfire of the Vanities The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Character: Bondsman
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
The Onion Movie The Onion Movie (2008) Character: Dennis McCormick
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
Dark Around the Stars Dark Around the Stars (2013) Character: Brian
Glen is on a drunken road trip when he plots to commit suicide on his birthday. His decision sends him on a spirited adventure.....
Lucky Bastard Lucky Bastard (2014) Character: Mike
Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). But everyone gets more than they bargained for in the seemingly mild-mannered Dave... with gruesome results. The film is captured by the "Lucky Bastard" porn cameras for a fresh take on the "found footage" genre



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