Personal details
- Birth Date: 1976-12-29
- Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Birth Location: Statesboro, Georgia, USA
- Children: (1 child) Declan George McBride
- Parents: Kathleen Marie Chaby
- Professions: Writer, Actor, Producer
Daniel Richard McBride, yeah, the dude’s basically made a career out of being your favorite chaos agent on screen. Born in the U.S. (obviously), he’s not just an actor—he’s that guy who writes, produces, and somehow makes every project feel like it’s half improv, half fever dream. If you’ve ever caught yourself quoting Eastbound & Down or Vice Principals, you’ve already gotten a taste of his wild sense of humor (and honestly, that’s some of his best work, co-created with his ride-or-die partner Jody Hill). Then there’s The Righteous Gemstones, which he cooked up solo, and at this point, it’s a cult classic in the making. But McBride doesn’t just stick to TV. He’s popped up in movies all over the place—think The Foot Fist Way, Hot Rod, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder (yeah, he was in that too), Up in the Air, Your Highness (so dumb but so good), This Is the End, and even Alien: Covenant. Dude’s got range, even if half the time he’s playing some variation of “Danny McBride but with a different job.” And if you’ve got kids or just love cartoons, his voice is everywhere: Despicable Me, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Angry Birds Movie (both of them), Sausage Party, The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Basically, if there’s a messed-up animated character who sounds vaguely Southern and unhinged, it’s probably him. The guy’s carved out a killer niche—he’s hilarious, a little unhinged, but always worth watching.
movies trivia informationnnSo, Danny McBride—yeah, the funny guy you know from all those wild comedies—had a bit of a name problem when he first tried to join SAG. Turns out, there was already a “Danny McBride” hanging around the industry. Not just any dude either; we’re talking ‘Dirty Dan’ McBride, who’d staked his claim on the name ages ago. So, our Danny had to toss in his middle initial just to get his foot in the door. It’s like showing up to a party and realizing someone else is wearing your exact outfit, but you roll with it anyway. Fast forward, after stacking up a bunch of movie credits and making a real name for himself, SAG finally let him drop the initial in 2008. Now he gets to be the Danny McBride everyone knows—no extra letters, just the original recipe. Wild how a single letter can mess with your Hollywood dreams, right?
referencennHonestly, it’s wild how not much has changed between me and my crew since we were 18. We're older, sure, but the inside jokes, the way we roast each other, the little power struggles—still the same old circus. Maybe the stakes are a bit higher now, like someone’s got a mortgage or a kid on the way, and yeah, maybe we can’t stay up as late as we used to (hangovers hit way harder now, not gonna lie), but the core? Still intact. We fall back into those old roles without even thinking about it. It's like muscle memory. One glance and you know exactly who's about to start some drama or who's going to be the peacemaker. Even when we try to act all grown up, it takes about five minutes before we’re back to teasing each other about something dumb we did in high school. Grown-up lives, same old group chat energy.
December 29, 1976
5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Statesboro, Georgia, USA
Yes, Declan George McBride
Kathleen Marie Chaby and Surekha
48 years old