Danny McBride is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer known for his sharp, offbeat humor and collaborations with filmmaker Jody Hill. He rose to fame with Eastbound & Down (2009–2013), where he starred as disgraced pitcher Kenny Powers, and went on to co-create and star in acclaimed HBO series like Vice Principals (2016–2017) and The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). McBride has also appeared in films including Pineapple Express (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), and This Is the End (2013), solidifying his reputation for bold, irreverent comedy.

Filmography

• 2026Idiots — Executive Producer
• 2026The Angry Birds Movie 3 — Bomb (voice)
• 2025The Man Who Saves the World? — Executive Producer
• 2024*smiles and kisses you* — Executive Producer
• 2024Hippo — Executive Producer
• It's Florida, Man. — Executive Producer
• 2024Nutcrackers — Executive Producer
• 2023Metal Monsters: The Righteous Redeemer — Executive Producer
• Telemarketers — Executive Producer
• 2023The Exorcist: Believer — Executive Producer, Screenstory
• 2022Halloween Ends — Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 2022Mississippi River Styx — Executive Producer
• 2021Halloween Kills — Writer, Executive Producer
• 2021The King of North Sudan — Executive Producer
• 2021The Mitchells vs. the Machines — Rick (voice)
• 2019The Angry Birds Movie 2 — Bomb (voice)
• The Righteous Gemstones — Jesse Gemstone, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
• 2019Zeroville — Slim
• 2018Arizona — Sonny, Producer
• 2018Halloween — Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 2018The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter — Don, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2018Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home — Brian Dundee
• 2017Alien: Covenant — Tennessee
• 2017Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos — Tennessee
• 2017Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages — Tennessee
• 2017Dayveon — Executive Producer
• 2017Flower — Executive Producer
• Tarantula — Executive Producer
• 2017The Disaster Artist — Danny McBride
• 2016Fraud — Executive Producer
• 2016In Dubious Battle — Tramp
• 2016Masterminds — Executive Producer
• 2016Sausage Party — Honey Mustard (voice)
• 2016The Angry Birds Movie — Bomb (voice)
• Vice Principals — Neal Gamby, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2015Aloha — Colonel "Fingers" Lacy
• 2015Don Verdean — Tony Lazarus
• 2015Hell and Back — Orpheus (voice)
• 2015Hot Sugar's Cold World — Executive Producer
• 2015Manglehorn — Executive Producer
• 2015Rock the Kasbah — Nick
• 2015The Sound and the Fury — Police Sheriff
• 2013As I Lay Dying — Vernon Tull
• 2013Clear History — Frank
• 2013Prince Avalanche — Executive Producer
• 2013This Is the End — Danny McBride
• 2012The Comedy — Executive Producer
• 2012The Roadie — Sebastian, Writer
• 201130 Minutes or Less — Dwayne
• Black Jack — Executive Producer
• 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited — MCA (B-Boys 1)
• Good Vibes — Ms. Teets (voice)
• 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 — Wolf Boss (voice)
• 2011The Catechism Cataclysm — Producer
• Underworld: Endless War — Writer
• 2011Your Highness — Thadeous, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2010Despicable Me — Fred McDade (voice)
• 2010Due Date — Lonnie
• Eastbound & Down — Kenny Powers, Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2009Fanboys — Head of Security (uncredited)
• 2009Land of the Lost — Will Stanton
• 2009Observe and Report — Caucasian Crackhead
• 2009Up in the Air — Jim Miller
• 2008Drillbit Taylor — Don
• 2008Pineapple Express — Red
• 2008The Foot Fist Way — Fred Simmons, Writer
• 2008Tropic Thunder — Cody
• 2007Hot Rod — Rico
• 2007Superbad — Buddy at Party (uncredited)
• 2007The Heartbreak Kid — Martin
• 2007The Sins of the Nude
• 2003All the Real Girls — Bust-Ass (as Danny R. McBride)
• 2000George Washington — Second Unit Director
• Cornucopia — Producer
• Suburban Psycho — Executive Producer
• The Prima Donna — Executive Producer
• Untitled Danny McBride G.I. Joe Film — Director, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Chelsea — Self
• 2015Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• Conan — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)