Mike McShane

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Michéal ("Mike") McShane (born December 10, 1957 in East Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor who first became known to American audiences through his appearances on the British version of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In 2003 McShane underwent gastric bypass surgery, losing a significant amount of weight.

McShane has performed on stage, on television, and in film, and is an alumnus of Los Angeles Theatresports. One of his larger TV roles was as Kramer's nemesis Franklin Delano Romanowski (FDR) on Seinfeld. He also had a cameo role as a doomed hypnotherapist in the film Office Space.

McShane appeared in Tom and Huck as Muff Potter.

McShane appeared in Brotherly Love as the experienced but wisecracking mechanic, Lloyd. His character does not really relate to the story but brings humorous (and sometimes deadpan) one-liners as he shows up. Lloyd can somehow force people to take care of his trouble by taking the battery out of a van, taking car keys, or talking about his appearance.

He provided the voice for Cid in the video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, and played Friar Tuck in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He has also appeared with Tony Slattery in the comedy sketch show S&M, starred in the sitcom The Big One, and provided voice work in the anime Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, as D's sarcastic possessed left hand.

In 2006 he appeared in the new Talk Radio play by Stewart Lee.

Mike appeared as the voice of Audrey II (as well as playing a number of peripheral characters) in the London revival of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark between December 2006 and February 2007. The show was a critical success and was sold out for the duration of its run, and Mike is continuing in the role following the show's transfer to the West End at the Duke of York theatre.