John McConnell in King of the Hill | 1993

About this actor

John McConnell (born November 13, 1958), aka John "Spud" McConnell, is an American actor and a radio personality based in New Orleans, Louisiana. McConnell is a character actor who has appeared in more than 40 movies ranging from obscure independent films (mostly filmed locally in New Orleans or set or elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region) to major release films such as the Coen Brothers production O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Mc Connell also appears in numerous plays, including a run Off-Broadway in the one-man show The Kingfish, wherein he portrays colorful Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long. He is perhaps best-known for having portrayed Ignatius J. Reilly from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces and in that role he was the model for a life-sized bronze statue of the fictitious character on historic Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. On television, McConnell made appearances over three seasons on Roseanne with good friend and colleague John Goodman. Most recently,...