How Danny McBride Made An Entire Career Playing The Same Character 

Every character he plays screams "asshole with a heart inside".

Danny McBride is married to the game

I love that I get to watch Kenny Powers do so many different shows.

He doesn’t just play the same character in everything he does, he’s created a universe in which everything he’s made is connected.

i love vice principals so much. i feel like it’s overlooked whenever i talk to people about the mcbride shows. they either skipped it or never heard of it but watched eastbound and gemstones

There are so many IRL Danny McBride stories that really prove who he is as a person when the cameras are off, but two of my favorite are both involving The Righteous Gemstones. First: When Adam Devine was asked to come over to hang out as opposed to an audition, (as Danny was already familiar with and a fan of Adam's work on Workaholics) strangely, Adam was not met with a chorus of laughter and the clinking of drinks from close friends of Danny that he was seemingly invited to. Instead, when Adam arrived at the given address, he was met with an empty room, containing only a shrubbery, from behind which Danny popped out and screamed "Boo! *Laughs* Hahaaaaa I scared you, Fucker!" The second story is about how every time you see John Goodman looking disappointed and exasperated with his hands crossed in front of his mouth when playing Eli Gemstone, it's actually an attempt to stay in character because there are an average of 50 takes for every Sunday Lunch scene on account of how many different off the cuff jokes Danny, Edi, and Adam are making, he is trying not to laugh.

McBride works because he is all ego without any of the malice you'd normally get from lunatics. He's super full of himself but he's not scared to make sacrifices for the people he cares about.

The fact that he and his amazing team of friends and collaborators are able to write so utterly human and relatable characters (instead of one-note caricatures like less talented people would) never ceases to amaze me. E&B, VP and Gemstones are brilliant, I hope whomever at HBO saw the potential there got a fat check.

I fucking love Danny Mcbride man is a comical genius

His small role in “Up in the air” was actually a great underrated dramatic role, it was so sad, i wanted to hug him

"Mother Nature just pissed her pantsuit!" -Tropic Thunder

Every year or two I rewatch the entire Eastbound series. Always laugh like it’s the first time watching. It’s just soooo gd good. 😂

I think some actors’ personalities are just so strong that it shines through in every character they play. Denzel comes to mind.

McBride tv gets funnier with repeated viewings. There’s always an hilarious expression or tone of voice I’ve missed o forgotten.

At this point, I don't even care about the topics anymore. I just want to hear an expert passionately rant about something.

Thank you for this. Got some good stuff to catch up on.

For some reason I always experienced Eastbound & Down far more as a drama than a comedy.

The Righteous Gemstones has not recoeved the attention tin deserves given the show’s quality. About 5% of it is cringy humor but the rest is wonderful mix of comedy, drama, quality production, interesting editing with flashbacks (including digital de-aging), fantastic performances, and complex interesting characters in a genuinely captivating plot.

And every character slaps no cap 😂 funniest man ever

Dude is so chaotic that is entertaining

He is someone you see and know no matter what, his part will always be good

Eastbound and Down and This is The End are still hilarious

Danny is also an excellent script doctor in the same ilk as Carrie Fisher.

Chiming in as a fan of the Foot Fist Way. Danny excels at playing roles that make us uncomfortable, but I think that uncomfortableness comes from a very real and relatable place. As someone who personally did martial arts, the Foot Fist Way is definitely based on real people.

i rewatch eastbound and down like multiple times a year if you ask me its one of those rare comedic shows that is perfectly easy breezy to watch doesnt have 10 plus seasons of worn bits and just a solid comfort show in general especially owed to dannys performance 👏

The best guy and crew in “Hollywood” aka South Carolina!

Ever since Hot Rod, he by there on out, became on of my top 5 favorite comedians. He might be my #1

Lol the first clip is my favorite Danny Mcbride scene ever. I feel like I do that in fights. Start yelling and realize I'm being an asshole so start apologizing while yelling hahaha

The only actor I can think of off the top of my head who embodies a character in the same vein frequently is Jason Mantzoukas. I’m not saying Rafi from The League and Kenny Powers are the same character, but more so that they embody the same kind of chaotic energy. Mantzoukas has some great performances too, but McBride is still the goat.

I've never heard of these shows but now I want to watch them

An absolute LEGEND 💯

He’s one of my favorites

I just watched Vice Principal amazing lmao

Yall cannot mention Danny "The goat" Mcbride without mentioning his radio station on Blain county radio in gta 5. Dwayne Earl

Love this guy !

He has natural chemistry with everyone he works with, but for me, coupled with Walton Goggins, McBride is pure gold.

Vice Principles is ne of my favorite shows in years

Holy shit...someone actually made the video...yessss

Hey Nerdstalgic I was wondering could you do a video on a FX and how they keep churning out critical alciamed shows that just feel real and work

Danny is the best

You should do Noel Gugliemi as Hector next. The "Hectorverse" is very similar to this.

Danny is the goat

Love him ❤

HE MAY BE THE SAME CHARACTER IN EVERY MOVIE BUT I LOVE ANYTHING WITH DANNY MCBRIDE ABSOLUTE LEGEND

Danny McBride, Craig Robinson been my favourite guys. They show up everywhere. They are naturals and flawed characters.

vice principals is my favorite even tho its the more calm of the three shows. I honestly thought that was the finale of gemstones, glad another season is coming

He is my favorite actor of all time

McBride and Goggins are fantastic and I laughed my ass off. ❤Danny.

Danny McBride carried Land of the Lost on his back!

I’d like to think every character is either the same or related to each other

I feel a cult classic McBride movie not many people cover is “Your Highness”. I loved that movie lol it’s so bad it’s great.

I’m on the last episode of the last season of Eastbound and Down😊

There are several actors like this.

He was great in Tropic Thunder

He’s one of the funniest dudes alive.

If you like him in one thing, you'll love him in everything. Dude is like cheese.

Rico from Hot Rod was my favorite

i didnt know he had HBO series shows - i guess here I am watching a new show on top of my 15 other shows

I loved East Bound, but sadly couldn’t get into vice principals or Gemstones 😢

I may be the exception, but I really liked "His highness."

My only complaint about Danny McBride is that when he talks I just hear my brother-in-law. They both have a sort of the same way of talking.

Well I guess it is time to watch Righteous gemstones

All of us in the south had this guy in our high school.

This can be said about a lot of actors/actresses lol.

Your Highness is his best role.

He's the character you love to hate and he does it well

I just wish we had a nod to his role in land of the lost.

He reminds me of my best friend

Danny playing himself in This is The End is peak Danny... GI Joe fu**in' loves me! I call him Channing Tate-Yum! 🤣

McBride is like Shane Gillis’ older, more unhinged, brother

I'm going to.. Shabooms!

30 Minutes or Less is another btw.

Neat

He is an acquired taste and certain things he does ...do not click with me. For instance, I do not get east and down at all. But I love him i the Righteous Gemstones.

I guess three years is a career now.

I remember first seek g Papa Meat and thinking he looked like Danny McBride.

I want to see him play Conway Twitty

2:36 Charlotte is not a small town. It’s one of America’s largest cities.

Ive literally never seen that guy

Kenny Powers was one of the best, though. He was funny in Foot Fist Way, which was also....sort of basically kind of Kenny Powers...sort of...but, Will Ferell helped him get his start. Will has A good sense of humor, clearly.

You could make a video with the same title except for name swapping McBride and make this a whole series. Gadot, The Rock, Reynolds, etc.

To me Jack Nicholson and Denzel Washington fall into the same category of just cross applying their personality to different characters. They're using their own mannerisms and expressions that make them who they are and they envelope them in their respective characters to bring them to life. It's completely the opposite from a method actor who becomes a different person. But equally valid. Same with comedy actors like Danny in my opinion.

I really want to see Danny and Ricky from Trailer Park Boys get together

He learned from Bill Murray.

Phil from GTA Vice City

Hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Also looking at you, Cera. Love ‘em both.

wait.. Danny McBride speaks german?? Can we hear him speak it somewhere? I am german i can say we did a pretty good job with his german dub.. its usually not easy to find good translations for all those strong words.. but its like the german dub of workaholics its a masterpiece.

I have some vague memory of him saying to a couple "turn this 96 into a 69 again" can someone please tell me what this movie was?!

hes such a good asshole character

McBride 2024

i live in charlotte, nc. despite being from georgia, all of mcbride's projects were filmed charlotte/rock hill area..

I GO TO CHURCH EVERY GOD DAMN SUNDAY

I know I should hate the "Danny McBride" character but even after 15 years it still makes me laugh (and cringe) every. damn. time.

1 exception, Prometheus. I don't mind him tbf.

I feel like these videos are becoming increasingly surface level in terms of their analysis

You can't replace walton goggings

Tf2 is the GOAT.

I literally didnt even know this guy had his own sitcoms. I watched some of his movies and never thought i needed to watch more of him.

Just don’t ask where he was on 9-11. (He wasn’t there.)

I personally don’t find McBride that funny in a lot of the stuff he makes but his shows have such heart and are written so well I still watch them. Gemstones shocked me with how good it was. They have some of the most uniquely funny characters in a tv show I’ve seen.