Neal McDonough

Neal McDonough
McDonough in 2017
Born	Neal P. McDonough (1966-02-13) February 13, 1966 (age 52) Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other names	Neil McDonough
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Ruvé Robertson (m. 2003)
Children	5

Neal P. McDonough^[1] (born February 13, 1966) is an American actor and voice actor, known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), Deputy District Attorney David McNorris on Boomtown (2002–2003), Sean Cahill on Suits, Robert Quarles on Justified, William Parker in Mob City, and Dave Williams on ABC's Desperate Housewives (2008–2009). He also appeared in films such as Star Trek: First Contact, Minority Report, Walking Tall, The Guardian, Flags of Our Fathers, Red 2, The Marine 3: Homefront, Traitor, The Hitcher, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Proud Mary, and as Dum Dum Dugan in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films and TV series. He appeared as Damien Darhk on Arrow, and in Legends of Tomorrow, as well as voicing a variety of comic superheroes and villains in a number of animated films and video games.

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  1 Early life and education
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Filmography
  
  
  
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    4.1 Film
    
  
  
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    4.2 Television
    
  
  
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    4.3 Video games
    
  
  
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    4.4 Internet
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Awards and nominations
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early life and education

McDonough was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the son of Catherine (née Bushe) and Frank McDonough, motel owners who emigrated from Ireland, with his mother coming from County Tipperary and his father from County Galway.^[2][3] McDonough grew up in Barnstable, Massachusetts and was raised Roman Catholic.^[4] His childhood nickname was "Headster", which McDonough says originated in his brothers' teasing him about the size of his head.^[5] He graduated from Barnstable High School, and attended Syracuse University, where he was initiated and became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988. He had obtained several college scholarships to play baseball, but he decided to go to Syracuse as he thought it had the best theater department.^[6]

Career

McDonough in 2015

In 1991, McDonough won the Best Actor Dramalogue for "Away Alone". McDonough has made many television and film appearances since then, including Band of Brothers, Boomtown, Star Trek: First Contact, Minority Report and The Hitcher. McDonough played Dave Williams on the fifth season of Desperate Housewives.^[7] He also starred in the lead role on 2004 medical drama Medical Investigation for its one full season.

McDonough was set to star in the ABC dramedy Scoundrels,^[8] but was fired for refusing to act in sex scenes, citing his family and Catholic faith as basis for his decision.^[9][10]

McDonough portrays Jesus in "The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio New Testament Bible," a 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, fully dramatized audio New Testament which uses the Catholic edition of the revised standard version of the Bible.^[11]

In 2011, McDonough appeared as Marvel comic book character Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger. McDonough also voiced the character in the 2011 movie tie-in video game, Captain America: Super Soldier. He reprised his role three times since then: in the 2013 short film, Agent Carter; in the first episode of the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014); and in an episode of the Agent Carter television series (2015).

In 2012, McDonough had a recurring role in the third season of FX's Justified as Robert Quarles, a sadistic carpetbagging mobster from Detroit.^[12] He was later cast as Police Chief Parker in Frank Darabont's TNT pilot Mob City.^[13]

During the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on NBC, McDonough was featured in a high-profile and frequently aired Poolside commercial for the Cadillac ELR hybrid electric car.^[14]

In 2015, McDonough was cast as DC Comics villain Damien Darhk on the fourth season of Arrow.^[15]

Personal life

McDonough is a devout Catholic^[16]. In 2003 McDonough married Ruvé Robertson, a South African model whom McDonough met in the United Kingdom while filming Band of Brothers.^[17] The couple have five children, Morgan "Little Buck"^[18] Patrick (born November 2005), Catherine Maggie (born May 14, 2007), London Jane (born January 11, 2010), Clover Elizabeth (born August 15, 2011),^[19][20] and James Hamilton (born March 31, 2014).^[21] He has stated that he refuses to do sex or even kissing scenes because of his faith and respect for his wife. He also claimed that he was fired from the TV series Scoundrels for his refusal in doing sex scenes.^[22]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Angels in the Outfield	Whit Bass
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Lieutenant Hawk
1997	Fire Down Below	Truck driver at the truck stop
1999	A Perfect Little Man	Billy Morrisson
	Ravenous	Reich
2002	Minority Report	Officer Gordon 'Fletch' Fletcher
2003	Timeline	Frank Gordon
	They Call Him Sasquatch	Ned Dwyer
2004	Walking Tall	Jay Hamilton
2006	The Guardian	Chief Petty Officer Jack Skinner
	The Last Time	Hurly
	Flags of Our Fathers	Capt Dave Severance
2007	Forever Strong	Coach Richard Penning
	The Hitcher	Lt Esteridge
	Machine	Jack Ford
	I Know Who Killed Me	Daniel Fleming
2008	88 Minutes	Jon Forster
	Traitor	Max Archer
2009	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	M. Bison
2010	DC Showcase: Green Arrow	Green Arrow	Voice Short film
2011	Little Birds	Hogan
	Ticking Clock	James Keene
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Dum Dum Dugan
2012	The Philly Kid	L.A. Jim
2013	Company of Heroes	Lieutenant Joe Conti
	The Marine 3: Homefront	Jonah Pope
	Red 2	Jack Horton
	Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter	Dum Dum Dugan	Short film
2014	Bad Country	Kiersey
	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Deadshot / Floyd Lawton	Voice
	Falcon Rising	Manny Ridley
2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Vincent Sofel
2016	Greater	Marty Burlsworth
2017	1922	Harlan Cotterie
2018	Proud Mary	Walter
	Game Over, Man!	Conrad Drothers
2019	Sonic the Hedgehog		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	China Beach	Lurch	Episode: "Hello Goodbye"
	Quantum Leap	Chucky	Episode: "Play Ball"
	Babe Ruth	Lou Gehrig	TV movie
1995	JAG	Second Lieutenant Jay Williams	Episode "Desert Son"
	White Dwarf	Dr. Driscoll Rampart III	TV movie
	Iron Man	Firebrand	Voice Episode: "Fire and Rain"
1996	NYPD Blue	Jerry Selness	Episode: "He's Not Guilty, He's My Brother"
1996–97	The Incredible Hulk	Bruce Banner	Voice 21 episodes
1998	Diagnosis: Murder	Ross Canin	2 episodes
1999	Martial Law	Kyle Strode	4 episodes
	Balloon Farm	Sheriff	Television film
	Just Shoot Me!	Craig	Episode: "Shaking Private Trainer"
	Profiler	Christoper Langston	Episode: "To Serve and Protect"
2001	Band of Brothers	First Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton	8 episodes
2002	The X-Files	Agent Comer	2 episodes
2002–03	Boomtown	Los Angeles deputy district attorney David McNorris	24 episodes
2004–05	Medical Investigation	Dr. Stephen Connor	20 episodes
2007	Traveler	Secretary of Homeland Security, Jack Freed	6 episodes
	Tin Man	Wyatt Cain (Tin Man)	3 episodes
2008–09	Desperate Housewives	Dave Williams	24 episodes (Season 5)
2010	Terriers	Ford / Tom Cutshaw	2 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Monsignor McTeal	Episode: "The Consoler"
2012	Justified	Robert Quarles	13 episodes
	CSI: NY	Senator Gordon Hamilton	Episode: "Unspoken"
	Perception	Fredrick James Dafoe	Episode: "Cipher"
2013	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tommy Barnes	Episode: "Sheltered"
	Mob City	William Parker	6 episodes
2014–16	Suits	Sean Cahill	15 episodes
2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Dum Dum Dugan	Episode: "Shadows"
2015	Agent Carter		Episode: "The Iron Ceiling"
	Public Morals	Rusty Patton	9 episodes
2015–16	Arrow	Damien Darhk	recurring season 4; guest season 5 (credited as special appearance by)
2015	The Flash		guest season 2 (credited as special appearance by)
2016–present	DC's Legends of Tomorrow		recurring seasons 2-present, guest season 1 (credited as special appearance by)
2017	Rogue	Casey Oaks	5 episodes
	Survivor's Remorse	Brian	Episode: "Repercussions"
2019	Project Blue Book	General James Harding
	Yellowstone	Malcolm Beck	recurring season 2[23]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction	Bruce Banner	Voice
2009	Rogue Warrior	Admiral Travis Payton
2011	Captain America: Super Soldier	Dum Dum Dugan
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	The Flash Nightwing (Damian Wayne)
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Astroblast	Voice[24]
2015	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Jack Vincent	Voice and likeness

Internet

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	If Angels In The Outfield Happened For Real (30 For 30 Parody)	Whit Bass	CollegeHumor sketch

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Award category	Title of work	Result
1999	Atlantic City Film Festival	Best Actor (Jury Award)	A Perfect Little Man	Won
2003	Online Film & Television Association Award[25]	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Boomtown	Nominated
	Television Critics Association Award	Individual Achievement in Drama
	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Drama		Won
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Desperate Housewives	Nominated
2012	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Justified
	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Won

References

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   ^ "Neal McDonough Biography (1966–)". filmreference.com.
   


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   ^ Drew, April (2006). "McDonough Stars in The Guardian". IrishVoice. IrishAbroad. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
   


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   ^ Kelly, Antoinette (April 2, 2010). "'Housewives' Catholic star Neal McDonough fired, refused sex scenes". IrishCentral.
   


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   ^ "Neal McDonough Loves His Big Irish Family". Conan. November 22, 2013. TBS. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
   


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   ^ "Neal McDonough: The Hollywood Interview". Retrieved 2018-03-19.
   


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   ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 30, 2008). "New lover moves in on "Housewives"". Reuters UK.
   


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   ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 21, 2010). ""Desperate Housewives" Alums Get TV Roles". Hollywood Reporter. ...will star opposite Virginia Madsen on ABC's dramedy series "Scoundrels."
   


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   ^ Finke, Nikki (March 31, 2010). "No Sex Please, I'm Neal McDonough..." Deadline Hollywood. The reason? He's a family man and a Catholic, and he's always made it clear that he won't do sex scenes. And ABC knew that.
   


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    ^ Thompson, Paul (April 1, 2010). "Former Desperate Housewives star Neal McDonough fired from TV series for refusing to film sex scenes". Daily Mail. London, UK.
    


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    ^ "Cast, home changes for new audio Bible". Christian Retailing. Charisma Media. December 29, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2014. cast includes Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers, Desperate Housewives) as Jesus...
    


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    ^ Breihan, Tom (March 13, 2012). "Justified's Neal McDonough on Being an Awesome Villain, His Marvel Comics Future, and Going Toe-to-Toe with Boyd Crowder". GQ Magazine. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
    


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    ^ Dionne, Zach (March 8, 2012). "Justified's Neal McDonough Joins Frank Darabont's L.A. Noir". Vulture. New York Media LLC. Retrieved March 6, 2014. ...TNT drama pilot L.A. Noir is continuing to round out its cast, signing Neal McDonough as a lead
    


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    ^ Cadillac ELR TV spot "Work Hard". IiSpot.tv. February 8, 2014.
    


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    ^ Arrow Season 4 Adds Neal McDonough As Series Regular Villain. Cinema Blend. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
    


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    ^ https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/neal-mcdonough-recalls-being-reportedly-fired-after-refusing-sex-scenes-it-was-a-horrible-situation
    


17. 
    ^ Lee, Luaine (8 September 2004). "Actor McDonough once gave up dream". Retrieved 9 March 2017.
    


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    ^ McLellan, Dennis (February 29, 2012). "Lynn D. 'Buck' Compton dies at 90; judge also known for WWII service". L.A. Times.
    


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    ^ "Desperate Housewives' Neal McDonough Welcomes Baby Girl". TVGuide.com.
    


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    ^ Sarah Michaud; Julie Jordan (August 16, 2011). "Neal McDonough Welcomes Daughter Clover Elizabeth – Moms & Babies". People.
    


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    ^ "Neal McDonough Welcomes Son James Hamilton". People. April 4, 2014.
    


22. 
    ^ Neal McDonough recalls being reportedly fired from ABC's 'Scoundrels' for refusing sex scenes, Fox News, 8 January 2019
    


23. 
    ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (September 14, 2018). "Neal McDonough Joins Yellowstone". TVLine. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
    


24. 
    ^ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
    


25. 
    ^ "2002–03: The Season of Angels in America". Online Film & Television Association. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
    

External links

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v t e Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

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