Daniel Richard McBride is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He starred in the HBO television series
Eastbound & Down and
Vice Principals, which he co-created with frequent collaborator Jody Hill, and
The Righteous Gemstones, which he created himself. He has appeared in films such as
The Foot Fist Way (2006),
Hot Rod (2007),
Pineapple Express (2008),
Tropic Thunder (2008),
Up in the Air (2009),
Land of the Lost (2009),
Your Highness (2011),
This Is the End (2013), and
Alien: Covenant (2017). He has done voice acting for
Despicable Me (2010),
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011),
30 Minutes or Less (2011),
Hell and Back (2015),
The Angry Birds Movie (2016),
Sausage Party (2016),
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021).