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MacGruder is the secondary antagonist of the 1994 Steven Seagal film On Deadly Ground.

He was portrayed by John C. McGinley, who also portrayed Edgler Vess in Intensity, Imposter Dan in Dan Vs., Dr. Diente in American Dragon: Jake Long, John Griffin in Surviving the Game, and Whammer in WordGirl.

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MacGruder is the right-hand man of crooked businessman Michael Jennings. Though he carries out Jennings's dirty deeds to the best of his abilities (which are sometimes disastrously inadequate), he isn't loyal enough to risk his life for him.

MacGruder is brave and confident when facing weaker opponents, and/or when backed up by armed thugs. Ostensibly a dangerous enforcer; at the core, he is an easily-rattled, simpering bully.

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MacGruder invades the home of Forrest Taft's friend, Hugh Palmer, while looking for a floppy disk which contains incriminating data. When Hugh refuses to cooperate, MacGruder breaks Palmer's fingers and then tortures him to death with a pipe-cutter. Shortly thereafter, MacGruder leads Forrest into an explosive trap, using Hugh's body as bait. Being Taft, he survives the massive explosion; suspecting such, Jennings orders MacGruder to produce Forrest's body. This leads MacGruder to the Eskimo tribe who nursed Forrest back to health. Discovering Forrest's coat, MacGruder orders the tribe to tell him where Taft is; when they don't, he murders the tribal chief Silook.

MacGruder later accompanies Stone and his fellow mercenaries on the hunt for Forrest; with the use of several explosive traps, Taft escapes. MacGruder realizes that Forrest is going to Aegis 1, Jennings' main rig.

After causing critical damage to Aegis 1, Taft finds MacGruder about to flee by helicopter; he shoots the tail rotor to prevent its lifting off. Forrest grabs MacGruder, who - after a struggle - is shoved into the tail rotor with fatal results (a la Boris Sagal)...thus avenging Hugh and Silook.

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