Neal McDonough was trained at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences. His theatre credits include 'Cheap Talk', 'Foreigner', 'As You Like It', 'Rivals', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Bald Soprano', and 'Waiting for Lefty'. The young actor won a 1991 Best Actor Dramalogue Award for 'Away Alone'. McDonough has been a 'Star Trek' fan since he was a kid. Playing Lieutenant Hawk in 'Star Trek First Contact' was a life-long dream. McDonough has three pictures on his bedroom wall. One is a picture of his mom, the other is the Holy Virgin Mary, and the third is William Shatner as Captain Kirk. He has numerous television credits including 'NYPD Blue', 'Quantum Leap', and the voice of Bruce Banner in the animated series 'The Incredible Hulk' among others. He graduated Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988.
Neal McDonough is een Amerikaanse karakteracteur, opgeleid aan de London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, die bekend staat om zijn rollen als intense schurk en militair in film en televisie.
Hij is erg bekend van zijn rollen in Minority Report, Star Trek: First Contact, Band of Brothers en als Timothy Dum Dum Dugan in het Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Hij werkt voornamelijk aan grote Hollywood-actie-, sciencefiction- en misdaadprojecten, waarbij hij regelmatig gedenkwaardige antagonisten of betrouwbare autoriteitsfiguren vertolkt.