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Don Lake

Date of birth: 1956-11-26

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Donald Lake

Don Lake

Biography

Donald Lake (born November 26, 1956) is a Canadian actor, writer, and television producer. He is frequently cast by director Christopher Guest, and is also a close friend and frequent collaborator of Bonnie Hunt. He had a role in The Bonnie Hunt Show, for which he received comedic praise. He also had roles in the comedy films Police Academy, Hot Shots!, Dumb & Dumber To, and Corner Gas: The Movie. He played more serious roles in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Super Mario Bros., along with a voice role as Stu Hopps in Zootopia. He is also known as Dr. Carl Whitehorn on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, he returned to Toronto to join the Second City Touring Company, and later was promoted to The Second City. He also appeared in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.

Movie Credits

Grudge Match
3

Grudge Match

2013-12-25

A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after

The Pink Chiquitas
1.9

The Pink Chiquitas

1987-01-23

A pink meteor controlled by aliens lands near a small town and turns the local women into nymphos. A

Hot Shots!
3.3

Hot Shots!

1991-07-31

The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious

The Best of SCTV
3

The Best of SCTV

1988-09-05

Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk
2.9

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk

2006-05-29

Aunt Moo, a kindly old cow, and her Children (The Rugrats) are given a bag of magical beans by a mys

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
3.8

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

1999-10-17

Mock documentary about Seinfeld writer Larry David featuring contributions from his friends and coll

Short Circuit 2
3.1

Short Circuit 2

1988-07-06

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise

Lookin' to Get Out
2.5

Lookin' to Get Out

1982-10-08

Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in tro

Dumb and Dumber To
2.8

Dumb and Dumber To

2014-11-12

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discov

Hostage for a Day
2.1

Hostage for a Day

1994-04-25

Harried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to es

Mascots
2.8

Mascots

2016-10-11

Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.

Really Weird Tales
2

Really Weird Tales

1986-10-04

The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

For Your Consideration
2.9

For Your Consideration

2006-11-17

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the p

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4.1

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991-07-03

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect you

Zootopia
3.9

Zootopia

2016-02-11

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps a

RocketMan
2.6

RocketMan

1997-10-10

An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manag

Sodbusters
1.5

Sodbusters

1994-01-01

A group of homesteaders in 1875 are harassed by an evil, land-grabbing, gunslinging cattleman until

Almost Heroes
2.7

Almost Heroes

1998-05-29

Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless,

A Mighty Wind
3.4

A Mighty Wind

2003-04-16

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following

Waiting for Guffman
3.5

Waiting for Guffman

1996-08-21

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town m

Downsizing
2.7

Downsizing

2017-12-22

A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that

Blue Monkey
2.5

Blue Monkey

1987-09-25

While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immedia

Wagons East!
2.4

Wagons East!

1994-08-16

After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute

Speed Zone
2.3

Speed Zone

1989-04-21

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers e

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
2

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave

2000-01-11

Super Dave Osborne, our accident-prone stuntman hero, comes out of a self-imposed retirement to rais

Best in Show
3.4

Best in Show

2000-09-29

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air

Police Academy
3.3

Police Academy

1984-03-22

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longe

Avalon High
3.1

Avalon High

2011-01-28

Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take

Beethoven's 2nd
2.8

Beethoven's 2nd

1993-12-14

Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match

Super Mario Bros.
2.2

Super Mario Bros.

1993-05-28

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dino

Murder Sees the Light
0

Murder Sees the Light

1986-01-01

Private detective Benny Cooperman is hired to keep an eye on a controversial preacher who is in hidi

The Big Town
2.8

The Big Town

1987-09-25

It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who le

Smother
2.5

Smother

2008-09-26

After he's fired from his job, an everyday guy faces pressure from his wife to have a baby and from

Corner Gas: The Movie
3

Corner Gas: The Movie

2014-12-03

It’s been a few years, and there’s still not a lot going on 40 kilometers from nowhere. But that’s a

Return to Me
3.3

Return to Me

2000-04-07

It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirk

110 Lombard
0

110 Lombard

1988-01-01

Three single guys share their personal problems as well as a loft apartment.

The Rocket Boy
1.9

The Rocket Boy

1989-06-01

In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighte

Zootopia 2
0

Zootopia 2

2025-11-26

After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find th

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
3.5

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025-09-12

Marty DiBergi drops everything to document Spinal Tap’s final concert, as a chance to redeem himself

John Candy: I Like Me
3.8

John Candy: I Like Me

2025-09-04

Those who knew John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archiv