--- name: "Ted McGinley" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-mcginley" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 May 1958" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T16:41:09.982603+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ted McGinley Actor. Born 30 May 1958 in Newport Beach, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 May 1958, Newport Beach, California, USA - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_McGinley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617641, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18982 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Shrinking*](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) (61) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ted McGinley is an American actor. Born on 30 May 1958 in Newport Beach, California, he began his career after being spotted as a model in GQ magazine, which led to his role as Roger Phillips on the sitcom *Happy Days* from 1980 to 1984. He is known for playing Jefferson D'Arcy on *Married... with Children* (1987–1997), Charley Shanowski on *Hope & Faith* (2003–2006), and for recurring appearances on *The Love Boat* and *Dynasty*. He also played Stan Gable in *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984) and its sequels, and appeared in films including *Wayne's World 2* (1993) and *Pearl Harbor* (2001). Since 2023, McGinley has played Derek on the Apple TV+ series *Shrinking*. He has been married to actress Gigi Rice since 1991. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, people.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Platonic* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Johnny Rev — [page](https://film.one/tv/platonic.md) - *Shrinking* (2023), Fi1m 61, as Derek — [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) ## Complete filmography (88) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Blowin' Smoke* (2025), as Luke Parsons, Producer - *The Engagement Plan* (2024), as Ed Jones - *Silent Thunder* (2024), as Marshal Spencer Sunday - *The Baxters* (2024), series, as John Baxter - *Platonic* (2023), series, as Johnny Rev — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/platonic.md) - *Shrinking* (2023), series, as Derek — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) - *Keeping Up with the Joneses* (2021), series, as Webb Devereux - *Christmas Reservations* (2019), as Duffy Johnson - *No Good Nick* (2019), series, as Sam - *A-X-L* (2018), as George Fontaine - *God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness* (2018), as Thomas Ellsworth - *The Landlord* (2017), as Robert J. Farnsworth - *Area of Conflict* (2017), as Carter - *The Outcasts* (2017), as Principal Whitmore - *Happily Never After* (2017), as Gene - *Expendable Assets* (2016), Acting - *The Bridge Part 2* (2016), as Charlie Barton - *The Bridge* (2015), as Charlie Barton - *Underdog Kids* (2015), as Mr. Hershfeld - *Do You Believe?* (2015), as Matthew - *Redeemed* (2014), as Paul - *Rescuing Madison* (2014), as Douglas - *Bad Behavior* (2013), as Bruce - *Mom* (2013), series, as Dr. Berenson - *A Mother's Rage* (2013), as Stan - *Imaginary Friend* (2012), as Officer Cameron - *Notes from the Heart Healer* (2012), as Kingston Danville - *Christmas with a Capital C* (2011), as Dan Reed - *Breaking In* (2011), series, as Larry - *Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster* (2010), as Uncle Thorny - *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as FBI Special Agent Sam Collins - *Melissa & Joey* (2010), series, Acting - *Castle* (2009), series, as Brock Harmon - *The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love* (2009), as Kingston Danville - *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* (2008), series, as Aquaman 2 (voice) - *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Ed Hunt - *Eavesdrop* (2008), as Grant - *The Note* (2007), as Kingston Danville - *Wizards of Waverly Place* (2007), series, as Superintendent Clanton - *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Mel — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) - *'Til Death* (2006), series, as Webby - *Psych* (2006), series, as Randy Labayda - *Retrosexual: The '80s* (2004), series, as (archive footage) - *NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323* (2004), as Reese Faulkner - *Hope & Faith* (2003), series, as Charley Shanowski - *Charlie Lawrence* (2003), series, as Graydon Cord - *Frozen Impact* (2003), as Dan Blanchard - *Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)* (2002), series, as Ted Wayne Giblen - *Justice League* (2001), series, as Tom Turbine (voice), Burns (voice) - *Pearl Harbor* (2001), as Army Corps Major - *Cahoots* (2001), as Brad - *Daybreak* (2000), as Dillon Johansen - *Face the Music* (2000), as Marcus - *The Big Tease* (1999), as Johnny Darjerling - *Hard Time: Hostage Hotel* (1999), as FBI Agent Hopkins - *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Mark Gottfried — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) - *Dick* (1999), as Roderick - *Family Guy* (1999), series, as (voice), Helicopter Rental Agent (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *Follow Your Heart* (1999), as James Allen Bailey - *Sports Night* (1998), series, as Gordon - *Every Mother's Worst Fear* (1998), as Scanman - *Major League: Back to the Minors* (1998), as Leonard Huff - *The Practice* (1997), series, as Michael Hale - *Deadly Web* (1996), as Peter Lawrence - *Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead* (1995), as Jeff Quint - *Wild Justice* (1994), as Aubrey Billings - *Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love* (1994), as Stan Gable - *Wayne's World 2* (1993), as Mr. Scream - *Linda* (1993), as Brandon 'Jeff' Jeffries - *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, as Karl Reese - *Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation* (1992), as Stan Gable - *Space Case* (1992), as Biff - *Blue Tornado* (1991), as Philip - *Baby Talk* (1991), series, Acting - *Dream On* (1990), series, as Chad Spencer - *Troop Beverly Hills* (1989), as Ted McGinley - *B.L. Stryker* (1989), series, as Mitch Slade - *Physical Evidence* (1989), as Kyle - *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Jefferson D'Arcy, Norman Jablonsky - *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), as Stan Gable - *Making of a Male Model* (1983), as Gary Angelo - *Herndon* (1983), Acting - *Hotel* (1982), series, Acting - *Young Doctors in Love* (1982), as Dr. Bucky DeVol - *Dynasty* (1981), series, as Clay Fallmont - *Valentine* (1979), as Jogger - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Ashley Covington Evans - *Happy Days* (1974), series, as Roger Phillips ## Gallery - ![Members of the Love Boat cast on board the Pacific Princess (II) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-15bd4f017879.jpg) Members of the Love Boat cast on board the Pacific Princess (II) (2015) — Wehwalt. Credit Gary Greenbaum/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Love_Boat_cast_2015.jpeg/1280px-Love_Boat_cast_2015.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Derivative of Robert Carradine holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film at the Mill Valley Film Festival (2004)](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-83a48e5c1775.png) Derivative of Robert Carradine holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film at the Mill Valley Film Festival (2004) — the1secondfilm.com at https://www.flickr.com/photos/the1secondfilm/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Revenge_of_the_Nerds_1984_Collage.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ted McGinley at the Universal Hilton Hotel 24th Annual Movieguide® Awards, <a href="http://www.movieguide.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.movieguide.or (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-13195a37f51f.jpg) Ted McGinley at the Universal Hilton Hotel 24th Annual Movieguide® Awards, <a href="http://www.movieguide.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.movieguide.or (2016) — Movieguide®, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Ted_McGinley_2016.jpg/1280px-Ted_McGinley_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ted McGinley at the Universal Hilton Hotel 24th Annual Movieguide® Awards, <a href="http://www.movieguide.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.movieguide.or (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-b01f7d86ddbe.jpg) Ted McGinley at the Universal Hilton Hotel 24th Annual Movieguide® Awards, <a href="http://www.movieguide.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.movieguide.or (2016) — Movieguide®, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Ted_McGinley_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ted McGinley](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-d05ef3946f0b.jpg) Ted McGinley — Image via TMDB - ![Ted McGinley](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-ffd946ccee1b.jpg) Ted McGinley — Image via TMDB - ![Ted McGinley](https://film.one/media/person/378359/gallery-c407669de285.jpg) Ted McGinley — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ted_McGinley_at_PaleyLive_Shrinking_2024.jpg/1280px-Ted_McGinley_at_PaleyLive_Shrinking_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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