Are you sure it wasn't because he looks like Michael McDonald...lol
I got that at an airport once. I told them if I WAS Michael that I wouldn't be flying in coach!!!
Go back 10+ yrs(before the grey hair hit) and I was referenced as Chuck Norris when I was wearing jeans/leather coat and my cowboy boots.
My friends call me McGyver because I can build anything out of anything. Though I've never welded using two quarters, jumper cables and a generator......