Danny
McBride is the writer, creator, actor and producer of the following three MAX
shows.
Eastbound
and Down, 2009-2013, where he played a major league/minor league baseball
player and also worked as a commentator on a sports TV show. Will Ferrell
appeared in this show as a car dealership owner patterned after wrestler Ric
Flair.
Vice Principals, 2016-2017, where he played a high school vice principal. He directed 2 episodes of this show. He said that this show was an homage to the high school teen comedies of the 1980s, like the Molly Ringwald films. Instead of it looking at the challenges and anxiety of being a high school student, it looked at how the high school teachers have many of the same issues. There was an episode where people were climbing through heating vents to get to the other side of the school in order to evade the principal. That was a shout out to a similar scene in The Breakfast Club.
The
Righteous Gemstones, 2019-2023, (on March 9, 2025, the final season kicked off
on MAX). He plays a minister in a family of wealthy ministers that runs a mega
church. These "religious" people need to practice what they preach. John Goodman plays his father in this show, and the head minister. Adam
Devine plays his brother, and Edi Patterson is his sister. McBride directed 4
episodes of this show.
In each show
he plays a vulgar, drug abusing buffoon with a distinctive haircut. His
characters lack a moral compass.
Vice
Principals and The Righteous Gemstones both co-starred Walton Goggins and Edi
Patterson.
McBride’s
shows stand out since they have talented, funny actors, character development
and creative writers that come up with excellent storylines that hold your
attention.
Here are some movies that
McBride has appeared in…
Hot Rod,
Superbad, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Sausage Party, Up in the Air, The
Angry Birds Movie. He’s appeared in movies since 2003.
He did a
voice in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.
Here are
some quotes from McBride…
In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.
I've always had the hair of Lionel Ritchie since I was a boy,
but the mullet sadly is a hairpiece. My wife won't let me rock that hairstyle.
I'll still try to nail acting jobs, but with 'Eastbound,'
creating it is what gives me the ultimate pleasure at the end of the day.
I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I
appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will
see.
I made movies all the time when I was a kid.
I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a
weightlifter's belt all the time.
Information
from imdb.com.
