Kevin James
Birthday: 26 April 1965, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Birth Name: Kevin George Knipfing
Height: 178 cm
Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, New York, to Janet, an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He has German ancestry.James attended SUNY Cortland where he played fullback on the football team while majoring in sports management. He realized after 3 years that this wasn...
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Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, New York, to Janet, an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He has German ancestry.James attended SUNY Cortland where he played fullback on the football team while majoring in sports management. He realized after 3 years that this wasn't the path for him. After returning home, he decided to break up the monotony of the summer, and joined a community theater. During a play in which he had a comedic role, he so enjoyed the crowd reaction, that he joined his brother's (comedian Gary Valentine's) improv group. He began going to clubs with Gary and realized he, too, had the knack for comedy. He has performed stand-up up for about 11 years. It was on the comedy circuit that he met Ray Romano. While Ray was getting a big break with his own sitcom, Kevin was getting recognition on Star Search (1983). After appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), his big break came at the 1996 "Just for Laughs" Montreal Comedy Festival. Afterward, he landed a recurring role on Ray's sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).He starred in his own sitcom, The King of Queens (1998), as Doug Heffernan, from 1998 to 2007, and later began a career as a leading film actor, co-starring in Hitch (2005), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), Grown Ups (2010), and Grown Ups 2 (2013), and headlining Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Zookeeper (2011), Here Comes the Boom (2012), and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015). Show less «
I could never be James Bond.
I could never be James Bond.
Every few months I'll pop into a comedy club or go to Vegas.
Every few months I'll pop into a comedy club or go to Vegas.
I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those ...Show more »
I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats. Show less «
From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...Show more »
From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up. Show less «
There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.
There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.
Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous f...Show more »
Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited. Show less «
I really wasn't a class clown.
I really wasn't a class clown.
A song can take you to a special time in your life.
A song can take you to a special time in your life.
As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chew...Show more »
As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day. Show less «
I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, 'You wer...Show more »
If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, 'You were never like that.' She gets so upset about it. Show less «
I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.
I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.
I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortab...Show more »
I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre. Show less «
I had my boy in Boston on Easter Sunday. That kills me, from a sports perspective. He's a Boston bab...Show more »
I had my boy in Boston on Easter Sunday. That kills me, from a sports perspective. He's a Boston baby and I'm a New York guy. Show less «
You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to say, 'I li...Show more »
I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to say, 'I like you, I want to go out with you, you can ask me.' And still I would question it. Did she mean it? Show less «
I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the smallest thin...Show more »
Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the smallest thing. Like I could be leaning over the sink to brush my teeth in a weird way and it happens. Show less «
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
It was fun because, after shooting, Will and I would eat a jar of pickles and tell each other secret...Show more »
It was fun because, after shooting, Will and I would eat a jar of pickles and tell each other secrets. It was so much fun! - On Hitch (2005). Show less «
It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'
I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'
I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are licking ...Show more »
I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are licking peanut butter off my face. Show less «
I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stan...Show more »
I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principles they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later. Show less «
For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always wa...Show more »
For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere. Show less «
My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1'...Show more »
Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1' ready to be launched in case I drop. Show less «
Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
I'm not a Hollywood guy.
I'm not a Hollywood guy.
I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...