Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian best known for The Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live.
The son of a diplomat, McKinney initially got his start in comedy as a member of The Audience, a comedy troupe he'd formed in Calgary with Norm Hiscock, Garry Campbell, Frank Van Keeken, and Bruce McCulloch in the early-'80s. Soon the troupe traveled to Toronto, where they met fellow comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, consisting of Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, and Luciano Casimiri. Soon the two troupes fused together under that title and dwindled down to McKinney, McCulloch, Foley and McDonald, with Scott Thompson soon rounding out the gang. In 1985, McKinney (along with the other Kids) auditioned for Lorne Michaels to be a part of Saturday Night Live, and he and McCulloch were hired as writers for that show's 1985-86 season. Not long after, Michaels decided to give the troupe their own self-titled sketch series, which initially ran from 1989-95.
After the Kids' show ended, McKinney joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for the 20th season and stayed on SNL until the end of season 22.
He was married to Marina Gharabegin and they have two children.
Film Roles
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy as various (also writer)
- Hayseed as Alien Doctor
- Spice World as Graydon
- The Last Days of Disco as Rex
- Dog Park as Dr. Cavan
- A Night at the Roxbury as Father Williams
- The Out-of-Towners as Greg
- New Waterford Girl as Dr. Hogan
- Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang as Mr. Fish
- Superstar (1999) as Father Ritley
- The Ladies Man as Mr. White
- The Saddest Music in the World as Chester Kent
- Falling Angels as Reg and Ron
- Snow Cake as Neighbor
- Unaccompanied Minors as Guard in the Hall #3
- High Life as Jeremy
- Room For Rent as Warren Baldwin
- Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss as Cultist
Television Roles
- Saturday Night Live as various (1985-1990, 1995-1997)
- Street Legal as Stanley/Officer Robert Kaufman
- Kagaku Sentai Dynaman as Dynablue (1988 Gag Dub)
- The Kids in the Hall as various
- Twitch City as Rex Reilly
- Strangers with Candy as Lee
- The Industry as Dean Sutherland
- Clerks: The Animated Series as Freak #2
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Guy
- Mentors as Mack Sennett
- Wanda At Large as Mark
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series as Bertley Pleakley
- The Toronto Show as various
- Slings & Arrows as Richard Smith-Jones
- Puppets Who Kill as Quiz Show Host
- Corner Gas as Bill
- Kevin Hill as Prof. Xavier Ambrose
- Robson Arms as Tom Goldblum
- Rick Mercer Report as Driver in responsible drinking commercial
- Hatching Matching And Dispatching as Todd
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Andy Mackinaw
- Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town as various
- Less Than Kind as Gunman/The Bear
- Dino Dan as Mr. Drunheller
- Rocket Monkeys as Lord Peel
- Mother Up as Leland
- The Best Laid Plans as George Quimby
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes as various
- Spun Out as Alastair
- Odd Squad as Gen. Pentagon
- Man Seeking Woman as Tom
- Where's Waldo? (2019) as Merlin
- Superstore as Glenn Sturgis