Richard Kind
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Richard Kind (b. November 22, 1956 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an actor best known for his roles in the hit sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City. He is a graduate of Pennsbury High School and Northwestern University. He is also an alumnus of The Second City Chicago where one of his castmates was Dan Castellaneta.
He 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 The Producers (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 the cat in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. He also had a minor role as Gary Meyers, an archaeologist who translated the symbols on the Stargate prior to James Spaders character involvement in the 1994 Feature Film, Stargate. In 2006 he guest starred on Stargate Atlantis as Lucius Lavin, in the episode Irresistible. 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 Corman, an annoying hypochondriac.
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.
Kind has performed in radio/audio plays for the L.A. 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.
