10 Questions with Chris McDonald Chris McDonald Chris McDonald is an amazing actor who is just as comfortable performing Shakespeare as he is trading pratfalls with Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore . Chris currently stars as "Rex Hamilton" on the CBS drama, Family Law . He's also been in feature films such as The Faculty Flubber (with Robin Williams Lawn Dogs , and he even starred as Ward Cleaver in the feature film adaptation of the television classic Leave It To Beaver . (If you want to see McDonald in his most hilarious father role, check out the film SLC Punk , one of the favorite films of the SH staff.) Born and raised in New York City, McDonald studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory in New York. (From the Royal Academy to Adam Sandler that's what you call an acting range , folks!) Besides Family Law , Chris' television credits also include the recurring role of Bryce, Kirstie Alley 's estranged husband in the series Veronica's Closet McDonald's theatre credits include the Obie Award -winning musical Nightclub Cantata Hay Fever Bouncers and the Los Angeles Theatre Center's productions of Hamlet Othello and The Taming Of The Shrew . He also starred in a production of Final Touches , for which he won the Dramalogue Best Actor Award Chris came to Long Beach, California, to race in the | |
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