Mark McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is best known for his work as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall from 1989 to 1994, and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997.

Notable "Kids" characters played by McKinney include the Chicken Lady, Nina from Joymakers, Gerald the businessman, and the Headcrusher, an embittered Eastern European who crushes the heads of passersby between his thumb and forefinger.

McKinney is considered by some to be the Kids' most versatile member, adopting countless different voices, accents, and personalities to match each bizarre skit. He has appeared in several films, including the SNL spinoffs Superstar, The Ladies Man and A Night at the Roxbury. McKinney also starred opposite Isabella Rossellini in Guy Maddin's acclaimed tragicomedy The Saddest Music in the World .

McKinney cowrote and starred in the Kids in the Hall movie Brain Candy, in which, among other roles, he spoofed SNL and KITH executive producer Lorne Michaels.

His latest appearence on television was playing Bill, an American who came to Dog River by accident, in the hit Canadian comedy Corner Gas.

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