BRUCE McCULLOCH
Birth Name: Bruce Ian McCulloch
Date of Birth: May 12, 1961
This only child from Edmonton, Alberta is most famous for his comedic talent
in Canada's comic troupe, The Kids In The Hall. Following high school,
McCulloch headed over to Mount Royal College where he studied journalism and
public relations.
Besides studying, he started taking classes with TheatreSports and the Loose
Moose Theater Company, where he met up with Mark McKinney. The two formed a
comedy troupe called The Audience, with two other actors. The duo moved to
Toronto and eventually joined with Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley and Scott
Thompson to form The Kids in the Hall.
The quintet were "discovered" by Lorne Michaels, a Toronto native best known
for creating Saturday Night Live, who produced their Canadian TV show.
Mixing zany antics, ribald humour, somewhat surreal moments and musings on
life, the show lasted for more than five seasons and gained a popular
following. McCulloch's own contributions included quirky monologues and
oddball characterizations such as the chauvinist Cabbage Head and
happy-go-lucky Flying Pig.
In 1994 the show was cancelled, and the group decided to try their antics on
the big screen. The troupe received mixed reviews with The Kids in the
Hall: Brain Candy (1996), and after several years on their own they found
success together again touring the U.S. and Canada as a live stage act.
While apart from his chums, McCulloch made appearances on Saturday Night
Live, The Tom Green Show and Twitch City before returning to the director's
chair in 1998. McCulloch had made his directorial debut in 1992 with the
short film Coleslaw Warehouse (1992). Dog Park (1998) marked his first
feature length film as a director and writer. He followed up the success
with Superstar (1999) and Stealing Harvard (2002).
Never married, McCulloch has no children.
Filmography (actor):
Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses (2001)
Dick (1999)
Dog Park (1998)
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
Filmography (director):
Stealing Harvard (2002)
Superstar (1999)
Dog Park (1998)
Coleslaw Warehouse (1992)
Filmography (writer):
Dog Park (1998)
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)