Neal McDonough

Neal McDonough, an American actor, has acted in over 100 television shows and movies including Band of Brothers, Boomtown, Star Trek: First Contact, Minority Report, The Hitcher and more recently Suits, Yellowstone and Tulsa King. He was born to Irish immigrants, growing up in Massachusetts where his family owned and operated a motel. Tragedy would later strike the McDonough family when his mother, Catherine, was killed in a car accident during Neal's early adulthood. Neal received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University during which time he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, choosing the university for its esteemed theater department. . He also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While he is a Christian, Neal is considered one of the best "bad guy character actors" in the industry today. In 2010 he was fired from the ABC series "Scoundrels" for refusing to participate in explicit sex scenes. Reflecting on the incident and his Catholic faith, McDonough stated, "I am very religious. I put God and family first, and me second." ... "My faith is central to who I am as a human being, not just as an actor—so it informs every decision I make, whether it's deciding on a project or deciding on how to treat the guy who cuts me off in traffic."