Neal McDonough's movies and TV shows prove that he is an actor who has a wide range when it comes to playing his roles, although he seems to fit in well as a villain most of the time. McDonough got his start in acting after giving up a baseball career to study theater at Syracuse. He began his career with small roles in some very popular properties, including the movies Darkman, Angels in the Outfield, and Star Trek: First , and TV shows like Quantum Leap and Jag.

However, McDonough got his true breakout when Steven Spielberg cast him in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. Since that time, McDonough has enjoyed a consistent career in both movies and TV shows. He returned to work with Spielberg again for Minority Report and even Clint Eastwood. However, he really made his name on television, where he has starred in several shows as a hero and a villain, including in two shows by Taylor Sheridan and a series of shows in the DC Comics Arrowverse.

10 Tulsa King (2023-Present)

Cal Thr

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan did something different with his mobster TV show Tulsa King. While both series are about people doing bad things to stay on top, the Sylvester Stallone vehicle is about mobsters in Oklahoma rather than ranchers in Montana. However, one thing the two shows do share in common is the appearance of Neal McDonough. In Tulsa King, McDonough s the cast in season 2 as Cal Thresher, a powerful businessman in Tulsa who crosses paths with Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) and his criminal empire.

Tulsa King hasn't reached the success of Yellowstone, but it remains a critically acclaimed series with one of Stallone's best performances. While it remains to be seen how McDonough fits into the cast, there are high hopes that he matches the brilliance of the first season. Tulsa King season 1 received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and two nominations at the Critics' Choice Super Awards.

9 Suits (2011-2019)

Sean Cahill (17 Episodes, 2014-2019)

Suits was a very popular lawyer series when it originally aired on network television. However, when it dropped on Netflix, it became it rocketed to the top of the viewership ratings for the streaming giant. Suits was such a hit that it helped spawn a spinoff series, Suits L.A. The cast of the original Suits is the reason for its popularity, and one of the more important characters on the show was Neal McDonaugh as Sean Cahill. He was a prosecutor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

McDonough appeared in the sixth, eighth, and ninth seasons of Suits.

Suits is about a successful law firm that made the risky choice of hiring an attorney with no law degree and faking it. This led to many problems along the way, as the firm also had to deal with many enemies in high-profile court cases. Sean was originally an antagonist for Pearson Specter, but when Mike and Harvey convinced him that his superior Eric Woodall was corrupt, he became a trusted ally. McDonough appeared in the sixth, eighth, and ninth seasons of Suits.

8 Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)

Major Bennington

Neal McDonough is one of the ing characters in Sonic the Hedgehog, a movie that has developed the reputation as one of the best video game adaptations of all time. In the first movie, McDonough plays Major Bennington, a soldier tasked with assisting Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) in his efforts to capture Sonic. This makes him an antagonist, but he was mostly a soldier following orders without knowing that Robotnik was the real villain of the story.

Sonic the Hedgehog is a movie about the titular alien, who is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with super-speed, sent to Earth for his own safety. However, when a villain known as Dr. Robotnik learns of his existence, he sets out to capture the hedgehog and exploit his powers for his own personal gain. While his commanding officer, Commander Walters, returned in the sequel, McDonough only appeared in the first movie. The film was a big success, making $319 million at the box office (via Box Office Mojo).

7 Minority Report (2002)

Fletcher

Steven Spielberg directed the sci-fi movie Minority Report in 2002. Based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. Minority Report takes place in a dystopian future where police use three psychics known as precogs to stop criminals before they can commit their crimes. The police mostly believe they are saving lives by arresting criminals before they do anything, but when the precogs claim one of the police officers will commit a murder, he goes on the run to clear his name.

Tom Cruise plays that officer, Chief John Anderton, and Colin Farrell plays the agent from the Department of Justice, tasked with bringing him in. McDonough another one of the Precrime Officers, Gordon "Fletch" Fletcher. The movie was a box office success, making $358.4 million on a $102 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). It also has a high 89% Rotten Tomatoes score and picked up an Oscar nomination for its Sound Editing.

6 Yellowstone (2018-Present)

Malcolm Beck (6 Episodes, 2019)

Neal McDonough ed the Yellowstone cast in the show's second season. Yellowstone is a Western series created by Taylor Sheridan that follows John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family, who live on a ranch by a Native American reservation near Yellowstone National Park. Desperate to hold onto their land and power, the Duttons do anything they can to achieve their goals, by any means necessary. McDonough plays Malcolm Beck, a businessman and the brother of Teal Beck (Terry Serpico).

The two brothers come into direct conflict with Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham), head of the Broken Rock Indian Reservation, and real estate developer Dan Jenkins (Danny Huston), who both had big plans to build a casino in the valley. However, the brothers made the mistake of forming a white supremacist militia and kidnapping John Dutton's grandson, which led to their final battle with the Dutton family. Malcolm Beck is one of Taylor Sheridan's best villains, and Yellowstone season 2 earned an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score.

5 Justified (2010-2015)

Robert Quarles (8 Episodes, 2012)

Justified is a Western noir series based on the novels by Elmore Leonard. In the show, Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, a U.S. Marshal who lives by his own brand of justice. When he is sent to work around his hometown of Harlan County in the Appalachian mountains, he comes into conflict with a criminal mastermind named Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), who pretends to be a white supremacist to hold his grasp on organized crime in the county. The series mostly follows their rivalry.

Neal McDonough ed the Justified cast in the third season as the main villain, Robert Quarles, a Tonin crime family lieutenant from Detroit who comes to Kentucky to collect on a debt. However, when he kills Dixie Mafia member Emmitt Arnett, he sets out to claim the territory for himself. Unfortunately for Qualres, he makes his biggest mistake when he tries to strong-arm Raylan. This season has a fantastic 96% Rotten Tomatoes score.

4 Arrowverse Shows (2015-2022)

Damien Darhk

Neal McDonough had a recurring role as a villain through several of the Arrowverse shows on The CW. The actor played Damien Darhk, an antagonist in Arrow, The Flash, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow. He got his start in Arrow, where he was a former member of the League of Assassins, a group led by the villainous Ra's al Ghul. He was also the former best friend and current nemesis of al Ghul, which means he was an enemy to Oliver Queen and one of DC's most dangerous villains.

He stole water from the Lazarus Pit and created his own organization called H.I.V.E., which made him just as dangerous to Oliver Queen, Sara Lance (White Canary), and all of their friends and allies. Like many comic book characters, Dahrk died and was resurrected, only to die and return again. This is how he kept popping up in other shows, like The Flash, and more prominently in Legends of Tomorrow, where he remained a nemesis for Sara.

3 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan

Neal McDonough played a very important role in the MCU when he appeared in Captain America: The First Avenger as Timothy "Dum Dum" Duggan, one of the Howling Commandos, a military commando team that fought alongside Captain America as he laid siege to the Red Skull's base of operations. While most soldiers in World War II saw Cap as a joke thanks to his role as a celebrity, Duggan and his team both respected and fought by his side to the end.

Dum Dum Duggan in the comics is a huge part of Captain America's history. While the team in the movie was an ally of Cap, it was really only Duggan who showed how close and important they were to help him in this big battle to stop Hydra and the Nazis and bring down the threat of a worldwide catastrophe. McDonough returned as Duggan in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel's Agent Carter. He also voiced the character in the Disney+ series What If...?

2 Flags Of Our Fathers (2006)

Captain Severance

In 2006, Clint Eastwood took on a massive task: directing two movies and releasing them concurrently. One was Flags of Our Fathers, which told the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II from the United States' point of view. The other was Letters from Iwo Jima, which told the story from the Japanese viewpoint. Letters from Iwo Jima was seen as the better film, but both were really solid war movies. Neal McDonough appeared in Flags of Our Fathers.

This movie has three US servicemen reflecting on their experiences during the battle. McDonough plays someone who was part of the battle but was not one of those three. He plays Captain Dave Severance, who survives the event. He was the commanding officer of Easy Company, and he left his company into the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he ordered them to scale the summit and raise the flag. While a box office disappointment, Flags of Our Fathers landed on many top 10 lists that year.

1 Band Of Brothers (2001)

Lynn D. "Buck" Compton (8 Episodes)

One of the best war genre releases in Hollywood history was made for HBO. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks created the miniseries Band of Brothers, based on the nonfiction by Stephen E. Ambrose. This was a miniseries following East Company, and it dramatized the training and participation in the Western Front of World War II. The book was written based on interviews conducted with of Easy Company. It was also a miniseries that saw a ton of young actors getting big breaks.

Acting talent who appeared in the miniseries include Michael Cuditz, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, David Schwimmer, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fassbender, Dominic Cooper, Jimmy Fallon, Colin Hanks, Tom Hardy, James McAvoy, Simon Pegg, and Neal McDonough — many of which appeared before they hit it big in movies. McDonough starred as real-life soldier Buck Compton, a soldier who went on to become an attorney and a judge later in life. Band of Brothers won seven Emmys with 20 nominations.