McKean

/ məˈkiːn /

noun

1. Tom. born 1963, Scottish athlete: European 800 metres gold medallist (1990)

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Perennially quotable, ad-libbed to Brit-accented perfection by co-creators Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer and finessed into an iconic spoof by director Rob Reiner, “Spinal Tap” was born.

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Not that the sight, 40 years on, of the sweetly clueless Tufnel, McKean’s prickly frontman David St. Hubbins and Shearer’s man-of-few-blurts Derek Smalls reuniting for one last concert won’t trigger a low-wattage 83-minute-long smile.

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The actress and producer is married to Christopher Guest, writer and actor in the 1984 film, This is Spinal Tap, and also the upcoming sequel, which also stars Michael McKean and Harry Shearer.

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Not St. Hubbins, but McKean, who seems delighted by his longtime partner.

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Michael McKean, 77, sat in a makeup chair, eyes closed, as the wig that transforms him into St. Hubbins was being fussed over.

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