Theodore Martin 'Ted' McGinley (born May 30, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children, and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. He was a late regular on Happy Days, Dynasty and The Love Boat and is known for playing the villainous role of Stan Gable in the film Revenge of the Nerds and in several made-for-television sequels. He has been married to actress Gigi Rice since 1991.

Filmography

• 2025Blowin' Smoke — Luke Parsons, Producer
• 2024Silent Thunder — Marshal Spencer Sunday
• The Baxters — John Baxter
• 2024The Engagement Plan — Ed Jones
• Platonic — Johnny Rev
• Shrinking — Derek
• Keeping Up with the Joneses — Webb Devereux
• 2019Christmas Reservations — Duffy Johnson
• No Good Nick — Sam
• 2018A-X-L — George Fontaine
• 2018God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness — Thomas Ellsworth
• 2017Area of Conflict — Carter
• 2017Happily Never After — Gene
• 2017The Landlord — Robert J. Farnsworth
• 2017The Outcasts — Principal Whitmore
• 2016Expendable Assets
• 2016The Bridge Part 2 — Charlie Barton
• 2015Do You Believe? — Matthew
• 2015The Bridge — Charlie Barton
• 2015Underdog Kids — Mr. Hershfeld
• 2014Redeemed — Paul
• 2014Rescuing Madison — Douglas
• 2013A Mother's Rage — Stan
• 2013Bad Behavior — Bruce
• Mom — Dr. Berenson
• 2012Imaginary Friend — Officer Cameron
• 2012Notes from the Heart Healer — Kingston Danville
• Breaking In — Larry
• 2011Christmas with a Capital C — Dan Reed
• Hawaii Five-0 — FBI Special Agent Sam Collins
• Melissa & Joey
• 2010Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster — Uncle Thorny
• Castle — Brock Harmon
• 2009The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love — Kingston Danville
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Aquaman 2 (voice)
• 2008Eavesdrop — Grant
• The Mentalist — Ed Hunt
• Mad Men — Mel
• 2007The Note — Kingston Danville
• Wizards of Waverly Place — Superintendent Clanton
• 'Til Death — Webby
• Psych — Randy Labayda
• 2004NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 — Reese Faulkner
• Retrosexual: The '80s — (archive footage)
• Charlie Lawrence — Graydon Cord
• 2003Frozen Impact — Dan Blanchard
• Hope & Faith — Charley Shanowski
• Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) — Ted Wayne Giblen
• 2001Cahoots — Brad
• Justice League — Tom Turbine (voice), Burns (voice)
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Army Corps Major
• 2000Daybreak — Dillon Johansen
• 2000Face the Music — Marcus
• 1999Dick — Roderick
• Family Guy — (voice), Helicopter Rental Agent (voice)
• 1999Follow Your Heart — James Allen Bailey
• 1999Hard Time: Hostage Hotel — FBI Agent Hopkins
• 1999The Big Tease — Johnny Darjerling
• The West Wing — Mark Gottfried
• 1998Every Mother's Worst Fear — Scanman
• 1998Major League: Back to the Minors — Leonard Huff
• Sports Night — Gordon
• The Practice — Michael Hale
• 1996Deadly Web — Peter Lawrence
• 1995Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead — Jeff Quint
• 1994Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love — Stan Gable
• 1994Wild Justice — Aubrey Billings
• 1993Linda — Brandon 'Jeff' Jeffries
• The John Larroquette Show — Karl Reese
• 1993Wayne's World 2 — Mr. Scream
• 1992Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation — Stan Gable
• 1992Space Case — Biff
• Baby Talk
• 1991Blue Tornado — Philip
• Dream On — Chad Spencer
• B.L. Stryker — Mitch Slade
• 1989Physical Evidence — Kyle
• 1989Troop Beverly Hills — Self, Ted McGinley
• Married... with Children — Jefferson D'Arcy, Norman Jablonsky
• 1984Revenge of the Nerds — Stan Gable
• 1983Herndon
• 1983Making of a Male Model — Gary Angelo
• Hotel
• 1982Young Doctors in Love — Dr. Bucky DeVol
• Dynasty — Clay Fallmont
• 1979Valentine — Jogger
• The Love Boat — Ashley Covington Evans, Henry Harper
• Happy Days — Roger Phillips

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• 2004Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003Married... with Children Reunion — Self