Don Lake

Acting · Production

Born November 26, 1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Donald Lake (born November 26, 1956) is a Canadian actor, writer, and television producer. He is frequently cast by director Christopher Guest, and is also a close friend and frequent collaborator of Bonnie Hunt. He had a role in The Bonnie Hunt Show, for which he received comedic praise. He also had roles in the comedy films Police Academy, Hot Shots!, Dumb & Dumber To, and Corner Gas: The Movie. He played more serious roles in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Super Mario Bros., along with a voice role as Stu Hopps in Zootopia. He is also known as Dr. Carl Whitehorn on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, he returned to Toronto to join the Second City Touring Company, and later was promoted to The Second City. He also appeared in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.

Filmography

• 2026The Dink — Gary
• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, Wagons East
• 2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — Tour Guide
• 2025Zootopia 2 — Stu Hopps (voice)
• ted — Bert
• Frasier — Dean Melvin
• Not Dead Yet — Rand
• Zootopia+ — Stu Hopps (voice)
• Ghosts — Tom
• Space Force — Brig. Gen. Brad Gregory
• Pup Academy — Charlie
• Summer Camp Island — Additional Voices (voice), Doc Hogsbottom (voice)
• The Resident — Jerry Tolman
• 2017Downsizing — Leisureland Guide Matt
• Marlon — Hank Hoffstetter
• 2016Mascots — Buddy Campbell
• Teachers — Bob
• 2016Zootopia — Stu Hopps (voice)
• The Odd Couple — Kent
• 2014Corner Gas: The Movie — Jerome
• 2014Dumb and Dumber To — Dr. Meldman
• Family Tree — Harvey Krupp
• 2013Grudge Match — Video Game Producer
• Anger Management — James
• The Soul Man — Dr. Zagelman
• 2011Avalon High — Allie's Father
• Last Man Standing — Professor
• $#*! My Dad Says — Marvin
• Modern Family — Dr. Sendroff
• 2008Smother — Minister
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Producer
• 2006For Your Consideration — Love It Film Critic
• Psych — C. Lee Banting
• 2006Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk — Tom Thumb / Gingerbread Man (voice)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Carl
• American Dad! — Bad Larry / Spy (voice)
• American Dragon: Jake Long — Stan the Sewer Troll (voice)
• Committed — Richard
• How I Met Your Mother — Albert Donovan
• 2003A Mighty Wind — Elliott Steinbloom
• NCIS — Phillip Brooks
• Life with Bonnie — Dr. Bill McClaw, Micky Travisi, Clown, Writer, Creator
• Watching Ellie — Dr. Don Zimmerman
• Philly
• 2000Best in Show — Graham Chissolm
• 2000Return to Me — Transplant Man, Story, Screenplay
• Teacher's Pet
• 2000The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave — Don, Story
• 1999Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm — HBO Director
• 1998Almost Heroes — Elias
• The Wild Thornberrys — Harold Fervel (voice)
• Pepper Ann — Mr. Sherman Finky (voice), Mr. Sherman Finky / Butler (voice)
• 1997RocketMan — Le Chirurgien du Vol
• 1997Waiting for Guffman — Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian
• Goode Behavior
• Men Behaving Badly — Epstein
• Bonnie — Keith Jedzik
• Double Rush
• Murder One — Joel Mytelka
• Ellen — Bob
• 1994Hostage for a Day — Lieutenant Sneed
• 1994Sodbusters — Roy Poulet
• 1994Wagons East! — Lt. Bailey
• 1993Beethoven's 2nd — Window Display Manager
• 1993Super Mario Bros. — Sgt. Simon
• The Building — Brad
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures — Mr. Preston
• Camp Wilder
• Love & War
• Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire — (voice)
• 1991Hot Shots! — Doctor
• 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Mossberg
• Blossom
• Parker Lewis Can't Lose
• The Dave Thomas Comedy Show
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Dr. Whitehorn
• 1989Speed Zone — Whitman
• 1989The Rocket Boy — Store Customer
• 1988110 Lombard — Frankie
• Empty Nest
• Murphy Brown — Stage Manager
• 1988Short Circuit 2 — Manic Mike
• 1988The Best of SCTV
• 1987Blue Monkey — Elliot Jacobs
• 1987Hands of a Stranger — Grady
• Super Dave — Donald Glanz
• 1987The Big Town — Patsy Fuqua
• 1987The Pink Chiquitas — Deputy Barney Drum
• Hot Shots — Dr. Post
• L.A. Law — Bob Steinlage
• 1986Murder Sees the Light — Thornton
• 1986Really Weird Tales — Hugh Mullins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
• Mr. Belvedere
• The Golden Girls — Mr. Porter
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — A.C. Boone
• 1984Police Academy — Mr. Wig
• 1982Lookin' to Get Out — Alfred Jordon - Registration Desk
• The Littlest Hobo — Mr. Wilkinson