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Michael McKean

 
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Did celebrity impersonations of Robert Evans, Gary Busey, Howard Stern, and Bill Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" (1975).

Children: Fletcher and Colin McKean (born to Susan).

Engaged to Annette O'Toole in 1998.

Was the oldest man to join the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1975).

Is the only person to have appeared as a musical guest, hosted, then become a regular cast member, in that order, on Saturday Night Live.

The song, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," performed by Mitch & Mickey in "A Mighty Wind" was written by McKean and his wife, Annette O'Toole, as a love song to each other after the movie was conceived.

Performed as the comedy trio Credibility Gap with David Lander and Harry Shearer (among others) in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for their rock band version of Who's on First?

Along with his wife, he was one of three husband/wife teams nominated for an Oscar for the 2003 season, Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh and Shari Springer Berman and her husband Robert Pulcini.

Wrote the song "Potatos In The Patty Wagon" with his wife while commuting back and forth from the United States to Canada, where "Smallville" was being filmed (his wife plays Martha Kent on the series). There was ample time to write due to the long checks at the border as this was just weeks after September 11th, 2001.

Attended North Shore High School in Glen Head, New York

Married to Annette O'Toole since 20 March 1999. [2006]

Had 2 children with former wife Susan to whom he was married to between 1970 and 1993.