Michael McKean To Co-Star In 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff 'Better Call Saul'

First Big News For 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff
Michael McKean is shown at Sardi's in New York on January 11, 2008. In the last three decades, McKean has touched almost every segment of the comedy world an actor can. He played Lenny, who joined David Lander's Squiggy as the greaser counterpoints to "Laverne & Shirley"; "Spinal Tap's" David St. Hubbins; a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast; and a key player in the Christopher Guest's ensemble pseudo-documentaries "Best in Show," "For Your Consideration," and "A Mighty Wind," which earned him and his wife, actress Annette O'Toole, an Oscar nomination for best original song. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)
Michael McKean is shown at Sardi's in New York on January 11, 2008. In the last three decades, McKean has touched almost every segment of the comedy world an actor can. He played Lenny, who joined David Lander's Squiggy as the greaser counterpoints to "Laverne & Shirley"; "Spinal Tap's" David St. Hubbins; a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast; and a key player in the Christopher Guest's ensemble pseudo-documentaries "Best in Show," "For Your Consideration," and "A Mighty Wind," which earned him and his wife, actress Annette O'Toole, an Oscar nomination for best original song. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)

Who you gonna call? Apparently, Michael McKean.

Deadline reports that the veteran actor has signed on to play a co-starring role on the "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul."

It's the first big casting news for the series, which will already see Bob Odenkirk back as lawyer Saul Goodman, best described as a little stinker, and Jonathan Banks back as Saul's private investigator Michael Ehrmantraut, best described as Mike.

The "This is Spinal Tap" actor is reportedly set to play Dr. Thurber, an attorney with some sort of "unusual affliction," (possibly that his amps only go up to 10).

"Better Call Saul" is expected to debut in November. “Breaking Bad” writers Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz, with Sony Pictures Television and Gran Via Productions, will executive produce.

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