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Years active
1988–present
Spouse
Helen Labdon (m. 1999)
Height
1.76 m
Role
Actor
Name
Greg Kinnear
Full Name
Gregory Buck Kinnear
Born
June 17, 1963 (age 60) (
1963-06-17
)
Logansport, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation
Actor, television personality
Children
Kate Grace Kinnear, Audrey Mae Kinnear, Lily Katherine Kinnear
Parents
Edward Kinnear, Suzanne Kinnear
Movies and TV shows
Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as It Gets, Stuck in Love, Rake, Heaven Is for Real
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Gregory Buck "Greg" Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and television personality. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in As Good as It Gets.
Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including Sabrina, You've Got Mail, Nurse Betty, We Were Soldiers, Little Miss Sunshine, Robots, Invincible and Green Zone, and television roles, such as Friends, Talk Soup, The Kennedys, Modern Family and Rake.
Actor greg kinnear on heaven is for real
Early life
Kinnear was born in Logansport, Indiana, to Suzanne (née Buck), a homemaker, and Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the US State Department. He has two brothers, James and Steven. He grew up a "Foreign Service brat", having moved around frequently, from Beirut to Athens. While a student at the American Community Schools in Athens, Kinnear first ventured into the role of talk show host with his radio show School Daze With Greg Kinnear. Returning to the United States for a college education, he attended the University of Arizona, graduating in 1985 with a degree in broadcast journalism. While there, he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Talk shows
Kinnear hosted a short-lived game show, College Mad House, which was spun off from the kids' show Fun House. He became the creator, co-executive producer and host of Best of the Worst, which aired from 1990 to 1991. The show was canceled. In 1991, Kinnear became the first host of Talk Soup, which he hosted until 1995, when he left the show for the NBC late-night talk show Later with Greg Kinnear (1994).
Film roles
After his film debut, Blankman, Kinnear won the part of David Larrabee in Sydney Pollack's 1995 remake of Billy Wilder's 1954 classic Sabrina. He played the lead role in the 1996 comedy Dear God. In 1997, he was cast in James L. Brooks' comedy-drama, As Good as It Gets, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in, A Smile Like Yours with Lauren Holly, as part of a couple trying to have a baby. His next film was the popular You've Got Mail, as Kathleen's (Meg Ryan) significant other. Other films are Mystery Men, Nurse Betty, Loser, The Gift and Someone Like You. Kinnear often alternated roles, often playing good guys like a righteous principal in The Gift or a gay painter in As Good as It Gets, to bad guys such as a sleazy college professor in Loser, a womanizer in Someone Like You as well as Sabrina and an egotistical soap opera star in Nurse Betty.
Kinnear starred in Auto Focus about the life and murder of actor Bob Crane in 2002. Kinnear portrayed Crane. In 2003, he starred in the comedy Stuck On You, with Matt Damon as a conjoined twin who pursues his dream of becoming a Hollywood actor in spite of his joined brother's desire for a different kind of life. In 2005, he starred in the black comedy The Matador with Pierce Brosnan and voiced Phineas T. Ratchet in the computer-animated film Robots. Kinnear co-starred with Steve Carell in the Oscar-winning comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine in 2006, and with Mark Wahlberg in Invincible, based on the true story of a bartender who tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles football team. He also appeared in Fast Food Nation, playing a fast food executive who discovers secrets about his company. In 2008, he starred in Flash of Genius, a docudrama about Robert Kearns who invented the intermittent windshield wiper. His portrayal of then-Major Bruce P. Crandall in 2002's We Were Soldiers brought public attention to Crandall's heroism during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang. (On February 26, 2007, Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bush.) In Baby Mama Kinnear played Rob, a local smoothie shop owner and the romantic interest of Kate (Tina Fey).
In 2010, he starred as the estranged father of Miley Cyrus' character in The Last Song. In 2011, Kinnear starred in the miniseries The Kennedys playing the lead role as John F. Kennedy. It was originally planned to air on the History Channel; however, it was announced in January 2011 that the miniseries had been pulled from that network. It was subsequently picked up by ReelzChannel and then first aired on April 3, 2011. Kinnear played a famous novelist in the Josh Boone's directorial debut film, Stuck in Love, which followed his relationships with his ex-wife (Jennifer Connelly) and teenage children.
Personal life
Kinnear married British glamour model Helen Labdon on May 1, 1999. They have three daughters: Lily Kathryn (born September 2003), Audrey Mae (born June 2006) and Kate Grace (born 2009).
Filmography
Actor
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Off the Grid (pre-production)
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The Present (post-production)
-
You Gotta Believe (post-production) as
Jon Kelly
2024
Sight (completed) as
Misha Bartnovsky
2022
Shining Vale (TV Series) as
Terry Phelps
- Chapter 16: Redemption (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 15: Covens (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 14: What's the Matter with Sandy? (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 13: The Miracle (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 12: Smile (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 11: The Goat (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 10: She's Real (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter 9: Homecoming (2023) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Eight - We Are Phelps (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Seven - Impertinent Questions (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Six - Whispering Hope (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Five - The Squirrel Knew (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Four - So Much Blood (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Three - The Yellow Wallpaper (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter Two - She Comes at Night (2022) - Terry Phelps
- Chapter One - Welcome to Casa de Phelps (2022) - Terry Phelps
2023
You (TV Series) as
Tom Lockwood
- The Death of Jonathan Moore (2023) - Tom Lockwood
- She's Not There (2023) - Tom Lockwood
- Good Man, Cruel World (2023) - Tom Lockwood
2022
Black Bird (TV Mini Series) as
Brian Miller
- You Promised (2022) - Brian Miller
- The Place I Lie (2022) - Brian Miller
- WhatsHerName (2022) - Brian Miller (credit only)
- Hand to Mouth (2022) - Brian Miller
- We Are Coming, Father Abraham (2022) - Brian Miller
- Pilot (2022) - Brian Miller
2021
Crisis as
Dean Talbot
2020
The Stand (TV Mini Series) as
Glen Bateman
- The Stand (2021) - Glen Bateman
- The Walk (2021) - Glen Bateman
- The Vigil (2021) - Glen Bateman
- The House of the Dead (2021) - Glen Bateman
- Blank Page (2020) - Glen Bateman
2020
Good People (TV Movie) as
Dr. Paul Keating
2020
Misbehaviour as
Bob Hope
2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort as
Walton Bowen
2019
Strange But True as
Richard
2019
Frankie as
Gary
2019
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Captain Lane Pendleton
- A Traveler (2019) - Captain Lane Pendleton
2019
Phil as
Phil
2018
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series) as
Greg Kinnear
- Kimmy Is Rich*! (2019) - Greg Kinnear
- Kimmy Is- Little Girl, Big City! (2018) - Greg Kinnear
2018
House of Cards (TV Series) as
Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 73 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 72 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 71 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 70 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 68 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 67 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
- Chapter 66 (2018) - Bill Shepherd
2018
VANS too (Video short)
2018
Brian Banks as
Justin Brooks
2018
Electric Dreams (TV Series) as
The Father / The Father Thing
- The Father Thing (2018) - The Father / The Father Thing
2017
Same Kind of Different as Me as
Ron Hall
2017
Brigsby Bear as
Detective Vogel
2016
BoJack Horseman (TV Series) as
Greg Kinglear
- Start Spreading the News (2016) - Greg Kinglear (voice)
2016
Confirmation (TV Movie) as
Joe Biden
2016
Little Men as
Brian Jardine
2015
Drunk History (TV Series) as
Thaddeus Lowe
- New Jersey (2015) - Thaddeus Lowe
2014
Rake (TV Series) as
Keegan Deane
- Mammophile (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Man's Best Friend (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Remembrance of Taxis Past (2014) - Keegan Deane
- 50 Shades of Gay (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Hey, Good Looking (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Staple Holes (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Three Strikes (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Jury Tamperer (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Bigamist (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Cannibal (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Cancer (2014) - Keegan Deane
- A Close Shave (2014) - Keegan Deane
- Serial Killer (2014) - Keegan Deane
2014
Murder of a Cat as
Alistair Ford
2014
Heaven Is for Real as
Todd Burpo
2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as
Gary
2013
The English Teacher as
Dr. Tom Sherwood
2013
Movie 43 as
Griffin Schraeder (segment "The Pitch")
2012
Stuck in Love. as
Bill Borgens
2012
Modern Family (TV Series) as
Tad
- Me? Jealous? (2012) - Tad
2011
I Don't Know How She Does It as
Richard Reddy
2011
That's What I Am as
Narrator (uncredited)
2011
The Kennedys (TV Mini Series) as
Jack Kennedy
- Lancer and Lace (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- My Brother's Keeper (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- Cuban Missiles (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- Life Sentences (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- Bobby's War (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- Bay of Pigs (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- Joe's Revenge (2011) - Jack Kennedy
- The First Campaign (2011) - Jack Kennedy
2011
Thin Ice as
Mickey Prohaska
2011
Salvation Boulevard as
Carl Vandermeer
2010
The Last Song as
Steve Miller
2010
Green Zone as
Clark Poundstone
2008
Flash of Genius as
Bob Kearns
2008
Ghost Town as
Frank
2008
Baby Mama as
Rob
2007
Feast of Love as
Bradley Smith
2006
Unknown as
Broken Nose
2006
Invincible as
Dick Vermeil
2006
Fast Food Nation as
Don Anderson
2006
Little Miss Sunshine as
Richard Hoover
2005
Bad News Bears as
Roy Bullock
2005
Robots as
Ratchet (voice)
2005
The Matador as
Danny Wright
2004
Godsend as
Paul Duncan
2003
Stuck on You as
Walt Tenor
2003
Friends (TV Series) as
Dr. Benjamin Hobart
- The One with Ross' Grant (2003) - Dr. Benjamin Hobart
2002
Auto Focus as
Bob Crane
2002
We Were Soldiers as
Maj. Bruce Crandall
2001
Dinner with Friends (TV Movie) as
Tom
2001
'A Reason to Love' Soap Operas (TV Series short) as
Dr. David Ravell
2001
Someone Like You as
Ray Brown
2000
The Gift as
Wayne Collins
2000
Loser as
Prof. Edward Alcott
2000
Nurse Betty as
Dr. David Ravell
2000
What Planet Are You From? as
Perry Gordon
2000
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) as
- Rachael's Hanging with the Charming Greg Kinnear! He's Revealing the Worst Job He's Ever Had and Sharing His Easter Traditions! (2014) - Self - Guest