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Angus MacGyver (known as just MacGyver, or Mac) is a title character and the protagonist of the ABC television series MacGyver. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson.
In prior seasons, it had been established that MacGyver intensely disliked his first name. In Good Knight MacGyver, he indicates that he was teased for it when he was growing up. In the series finale, 'The Stringer', his son is revealed as having been given 'Angus' as a middle name.