Cort McCown is an American actor and comedian.

McCown debuted on the 1985 hit film Teen Wolf with a role as one of Michael J. Fox’s basketball teammates. He followed that with a supporting role as Quint on the 1987 hit teen film Can’t Buy Me Love. In 1989 he had roles in the films Beverly Hills Brats and One Man Force, and in 1992 he was featured in the comedy/horror film Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies with Pat Morita.

McCown has also appeared on television shows like Hunter, JAG, Beverly Hills, 90210 and on the soap operas Passions and The Young and Restless. In 2010, he returned to TV with a role on the FX sitcom The League. He recently completed a feature film with the Sundance Award winning Barnes Brothers.

In 2001 McCown began touring as a Stand Up Comedian, opening for acts like Andrew Dice Clay and Harland Williams. He is a regular at Los Angeles clubs The World Famous Comedy Store and Laugh Factory. In 2003 McCown created The Playboy Comedy Tour that was at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas for 9 years, winning “Best of Las Vegas” several times. He was also the Morning Show host for Playboy Radio when it debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio.

McCown was recently featured in Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Festival in Nashville.

In 2014 McCown performed at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the show American…ish, and The Amsterdam International Comedy Festival, as well as a standup tour in England.

 Currently McCown has a podcast with fellow Comedian Joe Bartnick titled Insensitivity Training on All ThingsComedy Network. He can also be seen touring clubs across the country performing Standup Comedy.