Creator / Mac McDonald

A man whose family crest is made up of two cream buns and a profiterole.

"I always hoped that they would bring Hollister back, and I always thought, 'If there's any series where you can actually do that, it's Red Dwarf.' Because you could come back as a coffee table or whatever, but everything is possible in Red Dwarf."

Mac McDonald, born Terence McDonald, (18 July 1949), is an American actor living in the UK best known for playing Captain Hollister in Red Dwarf.

Once he left school, he began a stage career in comedy and music. He decided to travel through Europe in 1974, and in Amsterdam accepted an invitation to live in a commune in North London, where he began to busk as the Human Jukebox.

In 1982, he formed a musical comedy troupe with two others known as "The Cheap Shots", which lead to "The Chip Shop Show" which spoofed musicals on London's alternative comedy circuit. After this came TV work, with McDonald mostly being Typecast as American characters.

In 1988, he took the role of Captain Hollister on Red Dwarf, making recurring appearances in the first two series, being brought back as an Ascended Extra in Series VIII, and appearing in a guest role in Series XII's "Skipper".

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Films

• Rollerball (1975) — Executive (Uncredited Role)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Rebel Pilot (Uncredited Role)
• Top Secret! (1984) — German Soldier
• Electric Dreams (1984) — Removal Man
• Death Wish 3 (1985) — Policeman
• Aliens (1986) — Al Simpson (Deleted Role)
• Haunted Honeymoon (1986) — Reporter
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — Marshall
• Batman (1989) — Goon
• Nightbreed (1990) — Lou Rickman
• Hardware (1990) — Newscaster
• Memphis Belle (1990) — Les
• The Russia House (1990) — Bob
• The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994) — Mrs. Rockchewer
• Fierce Creatures (1997) — TV Producer
• The Fifth Element (1997) — Flying Cop
• The 51st State (2001) — Mr. Davidson
• Flyboys (2006) — Sheriff Detweiller
• Shooter (2007) — Police Captain (Uncredited Role)
• Transsiberian (2008) — Minister
• The Descent Part 2 (2009) — Mayor Riley Caplan (Uncredited Role)
• Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009) — Warden Ladew
• Tad, the Lost Explorer (2012) — Professor Lavrof/Professor Humbert
• Patient Zero (2018) — Chief of Police

Series

• Edge of Darkness, episode "Into the Shadows" (1985) — Kelly
• Screen Two, 2 episodes:
  • "Coast to Coast" (1987) — USAF Airman
  • "Fellow Traveller" (1990) — G-Man
• Red Dwarf, 11 episodes (1988-2017) — Captain Frank Hollister
• The New Statesman, episode "California Here I Come" (1989) — Sheriff
• French and Saunders, 3 episodes:
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?", "Go to the Movies" (1990-95) — Various
  • "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1990) — Comedy Emcee
• Dark Justice, episode "The Carnival" (1991) — McGrath
• Jeeves and Wooster, episode "Bertie Ensures Bicky Can Continue to Live in Manhattan (or, the Full House)" (1992) — Birdsburger
• Liquid Television, 5 episodes (1992) — Police Officer
• The Chief, 1 episode (1993) — Squash Stegner
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, episode "The Phantom Train of Doom" (1993) — Big Mac
• Lovejoy, episode "A Going Concern" (1993) — John Ewell
• The Tomorrow People, 2 episodes^{show list} "The Monsoon Man: Part 4", "The Monsoon Man: Part 5" (1994) — Twitch
• Mike & Angelo, episode "The Larkswood Kid" (1996) — Cactus Billy
• Oh, Doctor Beeching!, episode "Love is a Very Splendid Thing" (1997) — Joe
• My Family, episode "The Last Supper" (2001) — Scott Tailor
• Spooks, episode "Smoke and Mirrors" (2003) — Hard-Faced Man (Uncredited Role)
• Hustle, episode "The Last Gamble" (2004) — American on Plane
• Black Books, episode "A Little Flutter" (2004) — American War Enthusiast
• Little Britain, 2 episodes^{show list} "Little Britain Abroad: Part 1", "Little Britain Abroad: Part 2" (2006) — Phil
• Chuggington, 6 episodes^{show list} "Zephie's Monkey Business", "Koko on Call", "Chug-o-flage", "Top Secret Koko", "Park Patroller Wilson", "Round Up Wilson" (2009-15) — Dr. Gosling
• Thunderbirds Are Go, episode "Grandma Tourismo" (2017) — Dallas Rainey
• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators, episode "The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit" (2018) — Martin Mariner

Video Games

• G-Police (1997) — Voice
• Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001) — Additional Voices
• Second Sight (2004) — Additional Voices
• Timesplitters Future Perfect (2005) — Additional Voices
• Battlefield 3 (2011) — Commander
• Alien: Isolation (2014) — Voice
• Terminator: Resistance (2018) — Voice
• Wolfstride (2021) — Newscaster
• Atomic Heart (2023) — Voice

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