Acting

Ted McGinley

Born: May 30, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace: Newport Beach, California, USA
Credits: 92 titles

Biography

Theodore Martin 'Ted' McGinley (born May 30, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children, and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. He was a late regular on Happy Days, Dynasty and The Love Boat and is known for playing the villainous role of Stan Gable in the film Revenge of the Nerds and in several made-for-television sequels.

He has been married to actress Gigi Rice since 1991.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Pearl Harbor

2001

Family Guy

1999

The Mentalist

2008

Castle

2009

Hawaii Five-0

2010

Mad Men

2007

A-X-L

2018

Married... with Children

1987

Wayne's World 2

1993

Wizards of Waverly Place

2007

Psych

2006

Revenge of the Nerds

1984

Shrinking

2023

Mom

2013

Justice League

2001

The West Wing

1999

Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

2010

The Outcasts

2017

Acting credits 92

Year	Title	Role
2025	Blowin' Smoke Film	Luke Parsons
2024	The Engagement Plan Film	Ed Jones
2024	Silent Thunder Film	Marshal Spencer Sunday
2024	The Baxters TV	John Baxter (34 ep)
2023	Platonic TV	Johnny Rev (1 ep)
2023	Shrinking TV	Derek (32 ep)
2021	Keeping Up with the Joneses TV	Webb Devereux (7 ep)
2019	Christmas Reservations Film	Duffy Johnson
2019	No Good Nick TV	Sam (8 ep)
2018	A-X-L Film	George Fontaine
2018	God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness Film	Thomas Ellsworth
2017	The Landlord Film	Robert J. Farnsworth
2017	Area of Conflict Film	Carter
2017	The Outcasts Film	Principal Whitmore
2017	Happily Never After Film	Gene
2016	Expendable Assets Film
2016	The Bridge Part 2 Film	Charlie Barton
2015	The Bridge Film	Charlie Barton
2015	Underdog Kids Film	Mr. Hershfeld
2015	Do You Believe? Film	Matthew
2014	Redeemed Film	Paul
2014	Rescuing Madison Film	Douglas
2013	Bad Behavior Film	Bruce
2013	Mom TV	Dr. Berenson (1 ep)
2013	A Mother's Rage Film	Stan
2012	Imaginary Friend Film	Officer Cameron
2012	Notes from the Heart Healer Film	Kingston Danville
2011	Christmas with a Capital C Film	Dan Reed
2011	Breaking In TV	Larry (1 ep)
2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster Film	Uncle Thorny
2010	Hawaii Five-0 TV	FBI Special Agent Sam Collins (1 ep)
2010	Melissa & Joey TV	(1 ep)
2009	Castle TV	Brock Harmon (1 ep)
2009	The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love Film	Kingston Danville
2008	Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV	Aquaman 2 (voice) (1 ep)
2008	The Mentalist TV	Ed Hunt (1 ep)
2008	Eavesdrop Film	Grant
2007	The Note Film	Kingston Danville
2007	Wizards of Waverly Place TV	Superintendent Clanton (1 ep)
2007	Mad Men TV	Mel (1 ep)
2006	'Til Death TV	Webby (1 ep)
2006	Psych TV	Randy Labayda (1 ep)
2005	Dancing with the Stars TV	Self - Contestant (3 ep)
2004	Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade Film	Self
2004	Retrosexual: The '80s TV	(archive footage) (5 ep)
2004	NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 Film	Reese Faulkner
2003	Hope & Faith TV	Charley Shanowski (73 ep)
2003	Charlie Lawrence TV	Graydon Cord (7 ep)
2003	Frozen Impact Film	Dan Blanchard
2003	Married... with Children Reunion Film	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self (1 ep)
2002	Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) TV	Ted Wayne Giblen (1 ep)
2001	Justice League TV	Tom Turbine (voice), Burns (voice) (2 ep)
2001	Pearl Harbor Film	Army Corps Major
2001	Cahoots Film	Brad
2000	Daybreak Film	Dillon Johansen
2000	Face the Music Film	Marcus
1999	The Big Tease Film	Johnny Darjerling
1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel Film	FBI Agent Hopkins
1999	The West Wing TV	Mark Gottfried (3 ep)

Crew credits 1

Year	Title	Job
2025	Blowin' Smoke Film	Producer