Neal McDonough
Neal McDonough
Neal McDonough has appeared in 47 movies on CringeMDb. 16 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 31 do not.
Born February 13, 1966 · Known for acting
34.0% Featured Movie Cringe Score (47 movies)
Neal McDonough Movie Credits
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Star Trek: First Contact
...as Lieutenant Hawk
Ravenous
...as Reich
Captain America: The First Avenger
...as Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan
Flags of Our Fathers
...as Captain Severance
The Guardian
...as Jack Skinner
Forever Strong
...as Coach Richard Penning
The Hitcher
...as Lieutenant Esteridge
Timeline
...as Frank Gordon
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
...as Jason
Traitor
...as Max Archer
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
...as Bison
The Shift
...as The Benefactor
Three Wishes
...as Policeman
Ticking Clock
...as Keene
One Tough Bastard
...as Agent Ward
The Philly Kid
...as LA Jim
RED 2
...as Jack Horton
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
...as Rick
The Marine 3: Homefront
...as Jonah Pope
Holiday Twist
...as Skip
Homestead
...as Ian Ross
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
...as Vincent Sofel
Angels in the Outfield
...as Whitt Bass
Greater
...as Marty Burlsworth
Proud Mary
...as Walter
Fire Down Below
...as Truck Driver at Truck Stop
Sonic the Hedgehog
...as Major Bennington
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
...as William Birkin
The Last Rodeo
...as Joe Wainwright
Jimmy
...as Alexander Stewart
Angel and the Badman
...as Laredo
Certified Cringeworthy
Minority Report
...as Fletcher
88 Minutes
...as Jon Forster
Buddy Games
...as Self
Walking Tall
...as Jay Hamilton
I Know Who Killed Me
...as Daniel Fleming
Machine
...as Ford
You're Killing Me...
...as Peter Gish
Little Birds
...as Hogan
Outlaw Posse
...as Bart
Company of Heroes
...as Lt. Joe Conti
There Are No Saints
...as Vincent
Falcon Rising
...as Manny Ridley
Batman: Assault on Arkham
...as Deadshot / Floyd Lawton (voice)
Soul Mates
...as Matchmaker
Telling You
...as Eddie
Twisted
...as Bradshaw
About Neal McDonough
**Neal McDonough** (born February 13, 1966) is an American actor and producer. Known for his piercing blue eyes, platinum-blond hair, and intense screen presence, he has built an extensive career portraying principled leaders, morally ambiguous figures, and chilling villains across major film and television productions.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, to Irish immigrant parents, McDonough grew up in Barnstable on Cape Cod. He developed an early interest in performance, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 1988 before training classically at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
His defining breakthrough came with the critically acclaimed HBO World War II miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001), where his poignant portrayal of First Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton earned him international recognition. McDonough soon established himself as one of Hollywood's most dependable character actors, appearing in high-profile feature films such as Steven Spielberg's *Minority Report* (2002), the action remake *Walking Tall* (2004), *The Guardian* (2006), and Clint Eastwood's *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006). In 2011, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan in *Captain America: The First Avenger*, later reprising the role across *Marvel's Agent Carter*, *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*, and the animated series *What If...?*.
On television, McDonough has delivered a succession of memorable performances. He played the sinister Dave Williams in the fifth season of *Desperate Housewives* (2008 to 2009) and the ruthless Detroit mob boss Robert Quarles in the third season of FX's neo-Western crime drama *Justified* (2012), for which he earned a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. He also portrayed the comic book supervillain Damien Darhk across the CW's Arrowverse, starring as a series regular on *Arrow* and *Legends of Tomorrow*, alongside appearances on *The Flash*.
In recent years, he expanded his footprint in modern Westerns and crime dramas, portraying ruthless mogul Malcolm Beck in Taylor Sheridan's *Yellowstone*, General James Harding in *Project Blue Book*, President Dwight D. Eisenhower in *American Horror Story: Double Feature*, and powerful wind baron Cal Thresher in the second season of Paramount+'s *Tulsa King* (2024). Balancing big-budget studio projects, prestige television, and independent cinema, he remains one of the most recognizable and versatile character actors of his generation.
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