Greg Kinnear Biography
Gregory Buck Kinnear is an American actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets. He has also appeared in many popular films.
How old is Greg Kinnear? – Age
The actor is 60 years old as of June 17, 2023. He was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana.
Greg Kinnear Height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Who are Greg Kinnear parents? – Family
Kinnear was born to Suzanne, a homemaker and Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the US State Department. He has two older brothers, James and Steven. Kinnear is of Scotch-Irish descent. 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.
Is Greg Kinnear married? – Wife
As of May 1, 1999, the actor got married to Helen Labdon, a retired British glamour model. The couple has three daughters.
Greg Kinnear Career
Greg 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 and host of Best of the Worst, which aired from 1991 to 1992. 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 comedy Dear God. In 1997, he was cast in James L. Brook’s comedy-drama As Good as It Gets, and received a nomination for the Academy for Best Supporting Actor. Also the actor starred in A Smile Like Yours with Lauren Holly.
In 2002, Kinnear starred in Auto Focus about the life and murder of actor Bob Crane. Greg portrayed Crane. The following year, 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 computer-animated film Robots. The following year, Greg co-starred with Steve Carell in the Oscar-winning comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine in 2006, and with Mark Wahlberg in Invincible.
In 2008, the actor 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 Solders brought public attention to Crandall’s heroism during the 1965 Battle of la Drang. In 2010, he starred as the estranged father of Miley Cyrus’s character in The Last Song. In 2011, Kinnear starred in the miniseries The Kennedy playing the lead role as John F. Kennedy.
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 latest love interest, Kate Galvin.
Greg Kinnear Net Worth
As of 2023, he has a net worth of $30 Million.
Greg Kinnear Movie
1994 – Blankman
1995 – Sabrina
1996 – Dear God
1997 – Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1997 – As Good as It Gets
1999 – Mystery Men
2000 – Nurse Betty
2000 – The Gift
2002 – Auto Focus
2005 – The Matador
2006 – Unknown
2010 – The Last Song
2011 – Thin Ice
2011 – That’s What I Am
2012 – Stuck in Love
2013 – Movie 43
2014 – Murder of a Cat
2016 – Little Men
2018 – Brian Banks
2019 – Frankie
2019 – Strange but True
2020 – Misbehavior
2023 – Sight
Greg Kinnear TV Shows
1988 – What Price Victory
1990 – Murder in Mississippi
1991 – L.A Law
1993 – Based on an Untrue Story
2000 – Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
2003 – Friends
2014 – Rake
2015 – Drunk History
2016 – Confirmation
2018 – Electric Dreams
2019 – The Twilight Zone
2022-present – Shinning Vale
2022 – Black Bird
2023 – You