Dave MacDonald
Biography
American actor, Dave MacDonald started his career as a military broadcast journalist for the U.S. Army. He hosted a radio and talk show in Berlin, Germany on the American Forces Network for three years. He was a member of the U.S. Army Berlin rugby team and played semi-professional American football for the Berlin Adlers. After leaving the service he headed for Los Angeles, California and graduated from the theater department at Loyola Marymount University. Dave toured nationally with the Chicago based Griffen Theatre production, Letters Home. Some of his notable credits are Ozark, Doom Patrol, Stranger Things, The Resident, Mr. Mercedes.
Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Flamethrower Soldier
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Cop #2
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Minuteman #2
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant” or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Todd Barker
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Connor McVeigh
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Agent Vincent Whittaker
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Daddy
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Plunkett
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Officer #1
A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Stu
Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other up as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small Southern town of Serenity.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Captain Lawrence Talby
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Wilkins
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • as Older FBI Agent
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Agent Bowes
When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman, more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea of politics, who won’t rest until justice is served.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as FBI Agent
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Tim McCarthy
Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling book, the film begins in the final months leading up to the 1980 presidential election, and explores the challenges Reagan faced to define himself as a leader. Meanwhile, an aimless and deranged Hinckley is unraveling, leading to the fateful day in March 1981 when these disparate figures collided.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Detective Moreland
After exotic dancer Isis falls in love with up-and-coming politician Osiris, a band of criminals from her past threatens the couple’s future together.