Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Known for
Acting
Born
October 24, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American actor and singer. He is regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation and has enjoyed a successful career in both film and theater. He gained critical acclaim for his portrayal of the lead character in the film "The Big Chill" (1983), which helped launch his career. He went on to deliver memorable performances in numerous films, showcasing his versatility and talent. Some of his notable movies include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Dave (1993), In & Out (1997), and The Emperor's Club (2002). In addition to his film work, he has also been highly regarded for his stage performances. He has appeared in numerous Broadway productions and earned a Tony Award for his role in the musical "On the Twentieth Century" (1978). His theater credits include performances in works by Shakespeare, Chekhov, and other renowned playwrights. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated his ability to tackle a wide range of characters, from comedic roles to dramatic and even musical ones. He is known for his charisma, wit, and skillful acting, which have made him a beloved figure in the entertainment industry.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Diary poster

The Diary

Movie

2026
American Classic poster

American Classic

TV · as Richard Bean · 8 eps

2025
PERFUMANIA poster

PERFUMANIA

Movie · as Perfumer

2025
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey poster

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Movie · as The Mechanic

2024
Disclaimer poster

Disclaimer

TV · as Stephen Brigstocke · 7 eps

2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie poster

The Bob's Burgers Movie

Movie · as Calvin Fischoeder (voice)

2022
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom poster

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Starling poster

The Starling

Movie · as Dr. Larry Fine

2021
The Good House poster

The Good House

Movie · as Frank Getchell

2021
Here Today poster

Here Today

Movie · as Self

2021
Dear Elizabeth poster

Dear Elizabeth

Movie · as Robert Lowell

2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy poster

Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

Movie · as Self

2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts poster

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Movie · as Robert Mueller

2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice poster

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Movie · as Self

2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth poster

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Movie · as Self

2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage poster

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Movie · as Self

2017
Nature: Yosemite poster

Nature: Yosemite

Movie · as 主演

2017
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

Movie · as Maurice

2017
Noël Coward's Present Laughter poster

Noël Coward's Present Laughter

Movie · as Garry Essendine

2016
Dean poster

Dean

Movie · as Robert

2015
Ricki and the Flash poster

Ricki and the Flash

Movie · as Pete Brummel

2014
My Old Lady poster

My Old Lady

Movie · as Mathias Gold

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Last Vegas poster

Last Vegas

Movie · as Sam

2013
The Last of Robin Hood poster

The Last of Robin Hood

Movie · as Errol Flynn

2012
Oscar Etiquette poster

Oscar Etiquette

Movie · as Kevin Kline

2012
Close Up poster

Close Up

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Darling Companion poster

Darling Companion

Movie · as Joseph

2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts poster

Joe Papp in Five Acts

Movie · as Self

2011
No Strings Attached poster

No Strings Attached

Movie · as Alvin Franklin

2011
The Conspirator poster

The Conspirator

Movie · as Edwin Stanton

2011
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks poster

Olmsted and America's Urban Parks

Movie · as Frederick Law Olmsted

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Kevin Fischoeder (voice), Mr. Fischoeder (voice), mr. Fischoeder (voice), mr. fischoeder (voice) · 1 ep

2010
The Extra Man poster

The Extra Man

Movie · as Henry Harrison

2010
Still on the Road poster

Still on the Road

Movie · as Self

2009
Queen to Play poster

Queen to Play

Movie · as Kröger

2008
Definitely, Maybe poster

Definitely, Maybe

Movie · as Hampton Roth

2008
Theater of War poster

Theater of War

Movie · as Self

2008
Cyrano de Bergerac poster

Cyrano de Bergerac

Movie · as Cyrano de Bergerac

2008
The Tale of Despereaux poster

The Tale of Despereaux

Movie · as Chef Andre (voice)

2008
The Last Ghost of War poster

The Last Ghost of War

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
Trade poster

Trade

Movie · as Ray Sheridan

2007
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm poster

Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm

Movie · as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Pink Panther poster

The Pink Panther

Movie · as Dreyfus

2006
A Prairie Home Companion poster

A Prairie Home Companion

Movie · as Guy Noir

2006
As You Like It poster

As You Like It

Movie · as Jaques

2006
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America poster

The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays poster

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Movie · as Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")

2006
Bringing Balanchine Back

Bringing Balanchine Back

Movie · as Self - Narrator(voice)

2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood poster

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Movie · as Kevin Kline

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
De-Lovely poster

De-Lovely

Movie · as Cole Porter

2004
Mary Engelbreit's The Night Before Christmas poster

Mary Engelbreit's The Night Before Christmas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Shakespeare Sessions

The Shakespeare Sessions

Movie

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

Movie · as Phoebus (voice)

2002
The Emperor's Club poster

The Emperor's Club

Movie · as William Hundert

2002
Orange County poster

Orange County

Movie · as Marcus Skinner (uncredited)

2002
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' poster

Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'

Movie · as Self

2002
Life as a House: From the Ground Up poster

Life as a House: From the Ground Up

Movie · as Self

2001
Life as a House poster

Life as a House

Movie · as George Monroe

2001
The Anniversary Party poster

The Anniversary Party

Movie · as Cal Gold

2000
The Road to El Dorado poster

The Road to El Dorado

Movie · as Tulio (voice)

1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Nick Bottom

1999
Wild Wild West poster

Wild Wild West

Movie · as U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon / President Grant

1999
The Making of Silverado

The Making of Silverado

Movie · as Self

1999
The Big Chill: A Reunion poster

The Big Chill: A Reunion

Movie · as Self

1999
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' poster

It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

Movie · as Self

1999
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West poster

Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West

Movie · as Self

1999
Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets poster

Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets

Movie · as Self

1997
In & Out poster

In & Out

Movie · as Howard Brackett

1997
Fierce Creatures poster

Fierce Creatures

Movie · as Vince McCain / Rod McCain

1997
The Ice Storm poster

The Ice Storm

Movie · as Ben Hood

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie · as Phoebus (voice)

1996
Looking for Richard poster

Looking for Richard

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
French Kiss poster

French Kiss

Movie · as Luc Teyssier

1994
Princess Caraboo poster

Princess Caraboo

Movie · as Frixos

1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! poster

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Dave poster

Dave

Movie · as Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell

1993
The Nutcracker poster

The Nutcracker

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1993
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration poster

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

Movie · as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Chaplin poster

Chaplin

Movie · as Douglas Fairbanks

1992
Consenting Adults poster

Consenting Adults

Movie · as Richard Parker

1991
Soapdish poster

Soapdish

Movie · as Jeffrey Anderson

1991
Grand Canyon poster

Grand Canyon

Movie · as Mack

1991
Merlin and the Dragons poster

Merlin and the Dragons

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1990
I Love You to Death poster

I Love You to Death

Movie · as Joey Boca

1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet poster

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Movie · as Hamlet

1989
The January Man poster

The January Man

Movie · as Nick Starkey

1988
A Fish Called Wanda poster

A Fish Called Wanda

Movie · as Otto

1987
Cry Freedom poster

Cry Freedom

Movie · as Donald Woods

1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament poster

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Movie · as Self

1986
Violets Are Blue poster

Violets Are Blue

Movie · as Henry Squires

1985
Silverado poster

Silverado

Movie · as Paden

1983
The Big Chill poster

The Big Chill

Movie · as Harold Cooper

1983
The Pirates of Penzance poster

The Pirates of Penzance

Movie · as The Pirate King

1983
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' poster

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'

Movie

1982
Sophie's Choice poster

Sophie's Choice

Movie · as Nathan Landau

1982
Nature poster

Nature

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
The Pirates of Penzance poster

The Pirates of Penzance

Movie · as The Pirate King

1976
The Time of Your Life poster

The Time of Your Life

Movie · as McCarthy

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Hamlet · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 3 eps