Background
McNamara was born on Long Island, New New York
McNamara was born on Long Island, New New York
He has had roles in numerous motion pictures including Arachnophobia and Short Circuit. He also starred in the 2000 television movie A Diva"s Christmas Carol. He had a lead role in the short-lived 1989 National Broadcasting Company sitcom The Nutt House.
He also starred in the Disney sci-fi tele-movie Earth Star Voyager and had a lead role on the television series Manhattan, Arizona in 2000.
He had a starring role in the film The Legend of Tillamook"s Gold. Most recently, McNamara had a starring role as General Holden, husband of Claudia-Joy Holden (Kim Delaney), on the Lifetime series Army Wives (2007-2013).
He also played Todd Young, in Caddyshack II (1988). He guest starred in the 2010 NCIS: Los Angeles episode "Little Angels".
In 2015, McNamara guest starred in Computer Society of India: Cyber.