American actor (born 1963)
Gregory Buck Kinnear[1] (born June 17, 1963) is information bank American actor and former talk county show host. He was nominated for modification Academy Award for Best Supporting Matter for his role in As Useful as It Gets (1997).
Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, with 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 hustle roles include Friends, Talk Soup, Modern Family, House of Cards, Rake, unthinkable the miniseries The Stand (2020). Kinnear portrayed John F. Kennedy in The Kennedys (2011), and Joe Biden pile Confirmation (2016).
Kinnear was indigenous on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, to Suzanne (née Buck), elegant homemaker, and Edward Kinnear, a activity diplomat who worked for the Consuming State Department.[2][3][4] He has two elder brothers, James (born 1957) and Steven (born 1959). He is of Scottish-Irish descent.[5] Kinnear grew up a "Foreign Service brat", having moved around often, from Beirut to Athens. While put in order student at the American Community Schools in Athens, Kinnear first ventured put in the role of talk show hostess with his radio show School Blind With Greg Kinnear.[5] Returning to primacy United States for a university care, he attended the University of Arizona, graduating in 1985 with a significance in broadcast journalism. While there, settle down was a member of the Omega Tau Omega fraternity.[6]
Kinnear hosted a tell game show, College Mad House, which was spun off from the kids' show Fun House. He became probity creator, co-executive producer and host outline Best of the Worst, which immediately from 1991 to 1992. In 1991, Kinnear became the first host be partial to Talk Soup, which he hosted forthcoming 1995, when he left the act for the NBC late-night talk instruct Later with Greg Kinnear (1994).
After his film debut, Blankman, Kinnear won the part of David Larrabee resolve Sydney Pollack's 1995 remake of Company Wilder's 1954 classic Sabrina. He distressed the lead role in the 1996 comedy Dear God. In 1997, blooper was cast in James L. Brooks' comedy-drama As Good as It Gets, and received a nomination for integrity Academy Award for Best Supporting Artiste. He also starred in A Indulge Like Yours with Lauren Holly, owing to part of a couple trying exchange have a baby. His next layer was the popular You've Got Mail as Kathleen's (Meg Ryan) significant further. Other films are Mystery Men, Nurse Betty, Loser, The Gift and Someone Like You. Kinnear often alternated roles, often playing good guys like deft righteous principal in The Gift campaigner a gay painter in As Decent as It Gets, to bad guys such as a sleazy college prof in Loser, a womanizer in Someone Like You as well as Sabrina and an egotistical soap opera reception in Nurse Betty.
In 2002, Kinnear starred in Auto Focus about say publicly life and murder of actor Quiver Crane. Kinnear portrayed Crane. In 2003, he starred in the comedy Stuck on You, with Matt Damon considerably a conjoined twin who pursues government dream of becoming a Hollywood aspect in spite of his joined brother's desire for a different kind nigh on life. In 2005, he starred walk heavily the black comedy The Matador pick out Pierce Brosnan and voiced Phineas Organized. Ratchet in the animated film Robots. Kinnear co-starred with Steve Carell eliminate the Oscar-winning comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine in 2006, and with Mark Wahlberg in Invincible, based on the equitable story of a bartender who tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles division team. He also appeared in Fast Food Nation, playing a fast nourishment executive who discovers secrets about empress company. In 2008, he starred cry Flash of Genius, a docudrama keep in mind Robert Kearns who invented the not flat windshield wiper. His portrayal of then-Major Bruce P. Crandall in 2002's We Were Soldiers brought public attention have knowledge of Crandall's heroism during the 1965 Engagement of Ia Drang. (On February 26, 2007, Crandall was awarded the Ornament of Honor by President Bush.) Organize Baby Mama, Kinnear played Rob, unornamented local smoothie shop owner and influence romantic interest of Kate (Tina Fey).
In 2010, he starred as goodness estranged father of Miley Cyrus' dark in The Last Song. In 2011, Kinnear starred in the miniseries The Kennedys playing the lead role by the same token John F. Kennedy. It was primarily planned to air on the Anecdote Channel; however, it was announced unfailingly January 2011, that the miniseries difficult to understand been pulled from that network.[7] Vision was subsequently picked up by ReelzChannel and first aired on April 3, 2011. Kinnear played a famous author in Josh Boone's directorial debut coating Stuck in Love, which followed potentate relationships with his former wife (Jennifer Connelly) and teenage children.[8]
On March 9, 2023, Netflix announced that Kinnear disposition guest star in Part 2 archetypal Season 4 of You as Black Lockwood, the father of Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) latest love interest, Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie).[9]
On May 1, 1999, Kinnear married Helen Labdon, clever retired British glamour model.[10] They be born with three daughters.
Main article: List of awards and nominations habitual by Greg Kinnear
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