Greg Kinnear facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Greg Kinnear
Kinnear at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Gregory Buck Kinnear (1963-06-17) June 17, 1963 (age 61) Logansport, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Arizona
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Helen Labdon ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	3

Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and former talk show host. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets (1997).

Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including Sabrina (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Someone like You (2001), We Were Soldiers, Auto Focus (both 2002), Stuck on You (2003), Robots (2005), Little Miss Sunshine, Invincible (both 2006), Green Zone, The Last Song (both 2010), Heaven Is for Real (2014), and Misbehaviour (2020). His television roles include Friends, Talk Soup, Modern Family, House of Cards, Rake, and the miniseries The Stand (2020). Kinnear portrayed John F. Kennedy in The Kennedys (2011), and Joe Biden in Confirmation (2016).

Early life

Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963, 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 older brothers, James (born 1957) and Steven (born 1959). He is of Scottish-Irish descent. Kinnear 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 university 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.

Career

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 1991 to 1992. 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).

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. .....

In 2002, Kinnear starred in Auto Focus about the life and murder of actor Bob Crane. 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 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 first aired on April 3, 2011. Kinnear played a famous novelist in Josh Boone's directorial debut film Stuck in Love, which followed his relationships with his former wife (Jennifer Connelly) and teenage children.

On March 9, 2023, Netflix announced that Kinnear will guest star in Part 2 of Season 4 of You as Tom Lockwood, the father of Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) latest love interest, Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie).

Personal life

On May 1, 1999, Kinnear married Helen Labdon, a retired British glamour model. They have three daughters.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Blankman	Talk Show Host	Film role debut
1995	Sabrina	David Larrabee
1996	Dear God	Tom Turner
	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	ATF Agent Bork	Voice; uncredited
1997	A Smile Like Yours	Danny Robertson
	As Good as It Gets	Simon Bishop
1998	You've Got Mail	Frank Navasky
1999	Mystery Men	Captain Amazing / Lance Hunt
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Perry Gordon
	Nurse Betty	Dr. David Ravell / George McCord
	Loser	Professor Edward Alcott
	The Gift	Wayne Collins
2001	Someone like You	Ray Brown
2002	We Were Soldiers	Maj. Bruce "Snake" Crandall
	Auto Focus	Bob Crane
2003	Stuck on You	Walter Tenor
2004	Godsend	Paul Duncan
2005	The Matador	Danny Wright
	Robots	Phineas T. Ratchet	Voice
	Bad News Bears	Ray Bullock
2006	Fast Food Nation	Robert Anderson
	Little Miss Sunshine	Richard Hoover
	Invincible	Dick Vermeil
	Unknown	Broken Nose
2007	Feast of Love	Bradley Miller
2008	Baby Mama	Rob Ackerman
	Ghost Town	Frank Herlihy
	Flash of Genius	Bob Kearns
2010	Green Zone	Clark Poundstone
	The Last Song	Steve Miller
2011	Thin Ice	Mickey Prohaska
	That's What I Am	Narrator	Uncredited
	Salvation Boulevard	Carl Vanderveer
	I Don't Know How She Does It	Richard Reddy
2012	Stuck in Love	Bill Borgens
2013	Movie 43	Griffin Schraeder	Segment: "The Pitch"
	The English Teacher	Dr. Richard Riker
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Gary Bragger
2014	Heaven Is for Real	Todd Burpo
	Murder of a Cat	Al Ford
2016	Little Men	Brian Jardine
2017	Brigsby Bear	Detective Vogel
	Same Kind of Different as Me	Ron Hall
2018	Brian Banks	Justin Brooks
2019	Frankie	Gary
	Strange but True	Richard Chase
	Phil	Phil	Also director and executive producer
	The Red Sea Diving Resort	Walton Bowen
2020	Misbehaviour	Bob Hope
2021	Crisis	Dean Geoff Talbot
2024	Sight	Misha Bartnovsky
	You Gotta Believe	Coach Jon Kelly	Post-production
	The Present	TBA	Post-production

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Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

See also

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