Richard Kind
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| Richard Kind | |
| Birth name | Richard J. Kind |
| Born | November 22, 1956 (age 50) Trenton, New Jersey, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Dana Stanley (1999-present) |
| Notable roles | Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You Paul Lassiter in Spin City |
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 1974 graduate of Pennsbury High School and a 1978 graduate of Northwestern University. He is also an alumnus of The Second City Chicago where one of his cast mates was Dan Castellaneta.
Richard attended Pennsbury High School with fellow thespian, Robert Curtis-Brown.
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 Spader’s character involvement in the 1994 movie, Stargate. 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 Corman, an annoying hypochondriac. 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.
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.
