Education
Metcalf attended Westfield High School in Westfield, New Jersey and is a graduate of the University of Michigan (Bachelor 1968).
Metcalf attended Westfield High School in Westfield, New Jersey and is a graduate of the University of Michigan (Bachelor 1968).
Film and television work
Metcalf is most known to two different generations for two notable roles. In the 1978 college comedy Animal House, he played the sadistic Reserve Officers Training Corps leader Doug Neidermeyer, who was described in the conclusion of the film (through on-screen captions) as having been "killed in Vietnam by his own troops". He played a very similar character in the Twisted Sister music videos "We"re Not Gonna Take lieutenant", as the father, and "I Wanna Rock", as a high school teacher.
In each video, he used his Animal House catchphrases, "A Twisted Sister pin?!? On your uniform?!?" and "You"re all worthless and weak!" respectively.
He portrayed a very similar character in the 1996 movie The Stupids and the sitcom Teen Angel. His other films included Julia (1977), Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979), Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), The Final Terror (1983), The Heavenly Kid (1985), One Crazy Summer (1986), Mr.
North (1988), Oscar (1991) and Sorority Boys (2002). However, the role was cut short when Metcalf"s character was murdered in the episode "Up in Arms".
In the 1997–2003 television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff, Angel, Metcalf played the ancient vampire supervillain, identified in the "BuffyVerse" as "The Master".
Coincidentally, he also played a character called "the Maestro", whose real name was Robert "Bob" Cobb, on two episodes of Seinfeld. Theater work
Metcalf works at First Stage Children"s Theater. One of the plays he performed in was called The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, based on the novel by Avi.
Another play he appeared in at First Stage was Holes in the early 2000s.
He is a frequent guest on the Bob and Brian show on WHQG-FM and writes for Third Coast Digest.