The whippet-thin, wild-haired member of the Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, McDonald also played Chris Cooper, the scientist hero of their 1996 film, "The Kids in the Hall BRAIN CANDY"

Kevin McDonald was an aspiring actor and resource-center of film and TV comedy information working as a theater usher when he met another aspirant, Dave Foley, at a Second City workshop. The duo became friends and eventually hooked up with Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson to form The Kids in the Hall, named for what Jack Benny used to call the young writers who tried to sell him