Biography
He made his entrance and delivered a twenty-five minute soliloquy in rhyming couplets that made critics and audiences pay attention. While the show failed to run, McGowan earned a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor. Having trained at the prestigious Yale School of Drama, appeared with the Yale Rep and landed work with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the actor appeared to be poised to have a successful stage career. Instead, he turned to TV …
Career Milestones
| Performed in numerous plays with Yale Repertory Theatre and New York Shakespeare Festival | ||
| Was regular cast member on sitcom "Down the Shore" (Fox) | ||
1981 | Made TV series debut in "Another Life", syndicated soap opera | |
1983 | Made feature film debut in small role, "Reuben, Reuben" | |
1991 | Made Broadway debut replacing Ron Silver in the leading role of "La Bete"; earned Tony nomination as Best Actor | |
1994 | Had regular role on short-lived Fox sitcom "Monty" | |
1994 | Portrayed Alexander Woolcott in "Mrs. Parker and Her Vicious Circle" | |
1995 | Played featured role off-Broadway in "The Food Chain" | |
1996 | Had recurring role on the hit CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" | |
1998 | Had recurring role as station manager on the hit NBC sitcom "Frasier" | |
1998 | Joined cast of the Broadway musical "Chicago" as Amos Hart | |
2000 | Cast in "The Family Man" directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage | |
2001 | Cast in Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World" | |
2003 | Once again worked with director in Terry Zwigoff's "Bad Santa" | |
2006 | Cast in Michael Cuesta's sophomore feature "Twelve and Holding" | |