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John C. McDonnell

Guinness. It's good for you!

About Me

Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, I started as a stand-up there in 1980. I moved to L.A. in January of 1987 . Moved from stand-up to actor and am currently enjoying the life of an actor sans day job. I like football (Da Bears & Notre Dame), hockey (Blackhawks) and baseball (White Sox), drinking Guinness (Tom Bergin's!) and long walks on short piers. I have dual citizenship (US & Ireland).Need to know more about me? Go to www.imdb.com and/or www.ReelAccess.com. Just type in John C. McDonnell and search. Reel Access has more pics and a current reel.I also have a Comedy MySpace page. It has other pics and videos. Check it out. www.myspace.com/johncmcd. If you want to be friends there as well, hit me with a friend request!
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My Interests

I like to cook (and eat). Bowling, photography, hiking and eating while doing all of those things. I'm a big fan of Chicago sports teams (Bears, White Sox and Blackhawks) and Notre Dame football. Tom Bergin's is my favorite pub. I love beer. Guinness is my favorite. I like working on my car. (See pics) Did I mention Portillo's? Nothing hits the spot like an Italian beef sandwich and a Chicago dog.

I'd like to meet:

The inventor of TiVo!!! Lou Holtz, Knute Rockne, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Frank Sinatra, Ted Nugent, James Cagney, Theodore Roosevelt, Brian Urlacher.

Music:

Jazz (Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon...) Frank Sinatra, Irish music (The Chieftains, The Irish Rovers, Van Morrison...) blues (Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Stevie Ray Vaughan...) and classical (Mozart, Shubert, Vivaldi, Haydn) As well as Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss, The Allman Brothers, Little Feat, Chicago, Led Zeppelin and various delectible bits of obscure 60s and 70s stuff.

Movies:

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Grosse Pointe Blank, So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Blues Brothers, Blazing Saddles, Only the Lonely, The Quiet Man, Caddyshack, A Christmas Story, Dr. Strangelove, A Fish Called Wanda, Dirty Harry, Three Stooges shorts, Home Alone, Being There, King Kong, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, Slapshot, Animal House, Braveheart, Goodfellas, The Godfather, The Godfather II, My Favorite Year, Midnight Run and anything with James Cagney, Monty Python, Robert DeNiro, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
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Television:

I have three.

Books:

The Law of Attraction. The Astonishing Power of Emotions.

Heroes:

John Wayne, Jesus Christ and the men and women of our Armed Forces.

My Blog

Thank you all

Thanks to everyone for both the birthday and Halloween greetings, comments and emails. I have been doing stand up on Holland America Cruise Lines and was away for my birthday. I had a great time, met ...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:38:00 PST

More TV to see

..>Wed. Oct. 1712:00 AMCW Everybody Loves RaymondRobert's Wedding7.24 Wed. Oct. 177:00 AMAETV The DistrictStill Life2.17 Thur. Oct. 1812:00 AMCW Everybody Loves RaymondRobert's Wedding7.24..>Sorry, ...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:38:00 PST

More Raymond

..>Mon. Aug. 207:30 PMCW Everybody Loves RaymondRobert's Wedding7.24 Tue. Aug. 217:30 PMCW Everybody Loves RaymondRobert's Wedding7.24..>'nuff said. I'm the DJ. Dig it....
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:29:00 PST

On the tube again

..>..>..>Thur. Aug. 92:30 PMFAM Step by StepThe Half Monty7.15..>..>Mon. Aug. 137:00 PMMyNetwork The King of QueensWhite Collar1.18..>Ah, yes. The pivotal role of "Assistant Strip Club Manager". I was...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:35:00 PST

Just try and keep me off the TV!

..>..>..>..>..>Sun. July 19:00 PMSHOW DexterBorn Free#1.12..>..>Tue. July 310:00 PMTNT Without a TraceSafe#4.2..>Season ender of the first season. I break up the fight between Dexter and Doakes at the...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:02:00 PST

My favorite performance (so far)

..>Wed. June 274:00 AMTNT NYPD BlueSergeant Sipowicz' Lonely Hearts Club Band#12.17..>Check me out on "NYPD Blue". It was a great time. Everyone was fun and friendly and I also happen to think that th...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:09:00 PST

Mmmmm...reruns

..>Thur. June 217:00 PMCW Everybody Loves RaymondRobert's Wedding#7.24 Fri. June 227:00 PMCW Everybody Loves RaymondRobert's Wedding#7.24..>As always, check local listings for time in your area. I'm ...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:40:00 PST

More reruns!

..>Thur. June 1412:00 AMCW FriendsThe One with Joey's Big Break#5.22 Fri. June 157:00 AMAETV  The District  Still Life#2.17..>There ya go, kids. A little action on the CW and on A&E. "T...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:17:00 PST

Skunked AGAIN!

Who'd a thunk it, but I got it again. Cut completely from "Ocean's Thirteen". You do hear my voice say "New Dice". That's it. 8 full days on this beast and I'm on the cutting room floor once again. Ev...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:54:00 PST

O13 Press Conference from Cannes

There's laughter at 'Ocean's Thirteen' news conference, but seriously & By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte, Special to The Times May 25, 2007 ...
Posted by John C. McDonnell on Sat, 26 May 2007 05:15:00 PST