Everything about Richard Kind totally explained
Richard J. Kind (born
November 22,
1956) is an American
actor known for his roles in the
sitcoms
Mad About You and
Spin City.
Biography
Early life
Kind was born in
Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Alice, a homemaker, and Samuel Kind, a jeweler. Together with his younger sister Joanne he grew up in
Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Richard attended Pennsbury High School with fellow thespian,
Robert Curtis-Brown. Kind is a 1974 graduate of
Pennsbury High School and a 1978 graduate of
Northwestern University where he was in the fraternity
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is also an alumnus of
The Second City Chicago where one of his castmates was
Dan Castellaneta.
Career
Kind created the role of
Addison Mizner in
Stephen Sondheim’s
Bounce, and has appeared on
Broadway in
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (2000),
The Producers (2002), and
Sly Fox (2004). He also appeared as the “Jury Foreman” in the film (2005). His voice credits include Larry the Anaconda in
The Wild, “Clark” in the “Clark & Lewis Expedition” radio commercials for
Horizon Air (with
Patrick Warburton as “Lewis”), Molt in
Disney/
Pixar’s
A Bugs Life, Van in Disney/Pixar’s
Cars, the narrator for Disney’s
Go Baby, and Tom (Jasper) the cat's voice in . He also had a minor role as Gary Meyers, an archaeologist who translated the symbols on the
Stargate prior to
James Spader’s character involvement in the 1994 movie,
Stargate. He appeared in three episodes of Larry David's
Curb Your Enthusiasm between 2002 and 2005 as Larry's cousin Andy. In 2006 he guest starred on
Stargate Atlantis as
Lucius Lavin, in the episodes “
Irresistible” and “
Irresponsible.” He is currently the only actor to appear in both the original
Stargate film, and in
Stargate Atlantis, though not as the same character. He has a recurring role in
Scrubs as Mr. Harvey Korman, an annoying
hypochondriac, who claimed his actoreal name didn't "get him as much action as you may think" on the sitcom. He also played a notable role on USA's crime comedy
Psych as Hugo, an astronomer who killed a partner for credit for the discovery of a planet ("
From the Earth to the Starbucks"), and later on as a wealthy philanthropist who kills his sister-in-law and niece to protect the money he uses to fund his philanthropic work ("Privilege").
Actor/director
George Clooney is a close friend, and was best man at Kind’s wedding. Kind later went on to play the part of a casting director in Clooney’s directorial debut
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Kind also played himself in the short-lived HBO series
Unscripted which Clooney executive produced and directed with Grant Heslov.
Kind has performed in radio/audio plays for the LA Theatre Works and the
Hollywood Theater of the Ear, and served as a guest panelist on the 2000 revival of the television game show
To Tell the Truth. He also does the voice for Pongo the dragon in the Nick Jr cartoon
Oswald, as well as the narrator for Disney’s
Go Baby short-film series.
Kind played a small role on
Disney Channel's show
Even Stevens where he played the surly Uncle Chuck. He also appeared in an episode of
CBS'
Two and a Half Men on November 12, 2007 and played Pseudolus in
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in
Fairfield, Iowa. The play ran from January 11 through 27, 2008. Kind has described Pseudolus as a 'dream role' for himself.
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