Don Lake

Don Lake
Born	November 26, 1956 (1956-11-26) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Writer Actor Director
Spouse	Claire Lake

Don Lake (born November 26, 1956) is a Canadian actor, film and television writer, and television producer. He is frequently cast by director Christopher Guest, and is also a close friend and the collaborative partner of Bonnie Hunt.

An actor, writer, and producer, Lake was born in Toronto, Ontario. He first arrived in Los Angeles to attend California Institute of the Arts, which counts John Lasseter, Ed Harris, Don Cheadle, and Tim Burton among its alumni. After graduating, Lake returned to Toronto to spend four years as part of Second City, the world-famous improvisational theater company.

During this time, he was a regular on two series for Showtime: Bizarre and Super Dave, which ran for nine years total. He eventually returned to Los Angeles and became a series regular on Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Building, and The Bonnie Hunt Show.

Feature film work has included roles in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Hot Shots!, RocketMan, Wagons East, and Super Mario Bros. Lake also appeared in and co-wrote the film Return to Me with Bonnie Hunt. He had a two-year run as co-creator and executive producer of Life With Bonnie and also appeared as a series regular on Watching Ellie with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Lake continued his improvisational work in four previous Christopher Guest films: Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and Almost Heroes.

He has also done commentary for I Love the '80s Strikes Back and Best Week Ever.

Most recently, he and writing partner Bonnie Hunt have worked on the screenplays for the animated Pixar feature Cars and the Mrs. Doubtfire sequel.

Starring roles

• Super Dave - Regular sidekick
• The Bonnie Hunt Show - Himself/Producer
• Don't Answer the Phone
• Life with Bonnie - Keith Jedzek
• The Building - Brad
• The Dave Thomas Comedy Show - Regular
• Watching Ellie - Dr. Don Zimmerman

Guest appearances

• The Dating Game c. 1979 - Contestant (wasn't picked)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Policeman
• Police Academy I - Rude Customer in Parking Lot
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Diamonds Aren't Forever - A.C. Boone
• Blossom - Three O'Clock and All Is Hell - Cop #1
• Camp Wilder - Career Day - Ed
• Committed - The Morning After - Richard
• American Dragon: Jake Long - Old School Training - Stan The Sewer Troll
• Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm - HBO Director
• The New Adventures of Old Christine - Crash - Carl
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Dr. Whitehorn (recurring)
• SCTV Network - Jane Eyrehead - Troy
• The Golden Girls - Older and Wiser - Mr. Porter
• Odd Job Jack - The Man Who Smelled to Much - Anton

Writer

• Life with Bonnie - 6 episodes
• The Bonnie Hunt Show - Pilot

Other

• The Second City - troup member of the Toronto Touring Company (1981)
• Life with Bonnie - Creator, Producer
• Maniac Mansion - Trapped Like Rats - Story
• The Bonnie Hunt Show - Creator, Producer

External links

• Don Lake at the Internet Movie Database