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Kevin Dunn
Highest Rated: 95% Dave (1993)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Aug 24, 1956
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kevin Dunn appeared in such shows as "Seinfeld" (NBC 1989-1998), "Samantha Who?" (ABC 2-7-2009) and "Veep" (HBO 2012-). Dunn was born to a Catholic family on August 24, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1977, and his first television role came in 1986 in a small appearance on the short-lived television show "Jack and Mike" (ABC 1986-87). One of his best-known early roles was as Agent Bird in the iconic Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe drama "Mississippi Burning" (1988). He was considered for the role of George Costanza in "Seinfeld," but lost out to Jason Alexander; Dunn instead appeared briefly on the show in 1990 as a painfully eager former friend of Seinfeld's named Joel Horneck. Dunn landed a few regular roles after this, but those shows, including "Arsenio" (ABC 1997) and "Bette" (CBS 2000-2001) saw cancellation after one season. He finally landed a role that stuck in 2007, as the lovable patriarch in the Christina Applegate-starring amnesia sitcom "Samantha Who." He appeared as a series regular in the first season of the critically acclaimed "True Detective" (HBO 2014-) alongside Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. He found traction with another critically acclaimed HBO show as the downer Chief of Staff Ben Cafferty on the political comedy "Veep."
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Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93% | 60% | Catch the Fair One | Willie (Character) | $34.4K | 2021 |
| 90% | 98% | King Richard | Unknown (Character) | $15.1M | 2021 |
| 24% | 43% | Above Suspicion | Bob Singer (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 41% | 39% | Captive State | Commissioner Eugene Igoe (Character) | $5.9M | 2019 |
| 0% | 32% | Trading Paint | Stumpy (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 80% | 75% | The Bachelors | Paul Abernac (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 19% | 37% | Keeping Up With the Joneses | Carl Pronger (Character) | $14.9M | 2016 |
| 52% | 48% | Ashby | Coach Bruton (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 73% | 53% | Slow Learners | Darren (Character) | $21.1K | 2015 |
| 60% | 65% | Draft Day | Marvin (Character) | $28.8M | 2014 |
| 39% | 60% | Cesar Chavez | Dr. Arlo (Character) | $5.6M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Prosecuting Casey Anthony | George Anthony (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 27% | 40% | Jobs | Gil Amelio (Character) | $16.1M | 2013 |
| 0% | 33% | You May Not Kiss the Bride | Agent Ross (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 84% | 92% | Warrior | Principal Zito (Character) | $13.7M | 2011 |
| 35% | 55% | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Ron Witwicky (Character) | $352.4M | 2011 |
| 87% | 72% | Unstoppable | Galvin (Character) | $81.6M | 2010 |
| 20% | 57% | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Ron Witwicky (Character) | $402.1M | 2009 |
| 80% | 74% | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Mark Nash (Character) | $23.2M | 2008 |
| 25% | 50% | Certifiably Jonathan | G.T. (Character) | $7.8K | 2007 |
| 27% | 47% | Lions for Lambs | ANX Editor (Character) | $15.0M | 2007 |
| 57% | 85% | Transformers | Sparkplug Witwicky (Character) | $319.0M | 2007 |
| 25% | 45% | The Darwin Awards | Insurance Exec (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 40% | 43% | Live Free or Die | Monson (Character) | $12.7K | 2006 |
| 12% | 40% | All the King's Men | Alex (Character) | $7.2M | 2006 |
| 43% | 81% | Gridiron Gang | Dexter (Character) | $38.4M | 2006 |
| 32% | 27% | The Black Dahlia | Cleo Short (Character) | $22.5M | 2006 |
| 64% | 75% | I Heart Huckabees | Marty (Character) | $12.8M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 | Cyrus (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Stranger Beside Me | Dick Reed (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. County 187 | Lt. Bob Coughlan (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Gleason | Jack Philbin (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 68% | 70% | Stir of Echoes | Frank McCarthy (Character) | $21.1M | 1999 |
| 49% | 45% | Small Soldiers | Stuart Abernathy (Character) | $55.1M | 1998 |
| 43% | 35% | Snake Eyes | Lou Logan (Character) | $55.6M | 1998 |
| 5% | 64% | Almost Heroes | Hidalgo (Character) | $6.1M | 1998 |
| 20% | 28% | Godzilla | Colonel Hicks (Character) | $136.1M | 1998 |
| 47% | 37% | Picture Perfect | Darcy O'Neil (Character) | $31.1M | 1997 |
| 67% | 61% | The Second Civil War | Jimmy Cannon (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 23% | 58% | The 6th Man | Mikulski (Character) | $14.8M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | On the Edge of Innocence | Dr. Barbico (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 18% | 27% | Chain Reaction | FBI Agent Doyle (Character) | $20.6M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Shattered Mind | Eric (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Unforgivable | Milton "Milt" Stella (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 75% | 74% | Nixon | Charles Colson (Character) | $13.7M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Shadow of a Doubt | Mark Evola (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Phil Brenner (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Four Diamonds |
Charles Millard/ |
- | 1995 |
| 35% | 54% | Little Big League | Arthur Goslin (Character) | $12.1M | 1994 |
| 95% | 72% | Dave | Alan Reed, White House Communications Director (Character) | $61.0M | 1993 |
| 32% | 50% | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Captain Mendez (Character) | $6.5M | 1992 |
| 61% | 81% | Chaplin | J. Edgar Hoover (Character) | $8.3M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hit Woman: The Double Edge | Webber (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 65% | 50% | Only the Lonely | Patrick Muldoon (Character) | $19.9M | 1991 |
| 82% | 65% | Hot Shots! | Lt. Cmdr. James Block (Character) | $68.3M | 1991 |
| 75% | 36% | Blue Steel | Asst. Chief Stanley Hoyt (Character) | $7.7M | 1990 |
| 15% | 26% | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Tom Killian (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 27% | 50% | Marked for Death | Lt. Sal Roselli (Character) | $43.1M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Taken Away | Lombardi (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack and Mike | Anthony Kubecek (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Keith Hollins (Guest Star) | 2005 2022-2023 |
| 33% | 74% | God's Favorite Idiot | Gene (Character) | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
| 93% | 90% | Veep |
Ben Cafferty (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2017 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 |
| 95% | 87% | Documentary Now! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| 59% | 70% | Ghosted | Merv Minette (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Total Divas | Director | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2017 |
| 94% | 93% | The Night Of | Daniel Lang (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Code Black | Dr. Taylor (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 78% | 57% | True Detective | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 82% | 81% | Luck | Marcus (Character) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 98% | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated |
Male Dinkley/ |
2010-2011 |
| 77% | No Score Yet | Samantha Who? | Howard (Character) | 2007-2009 |
| 86% | 94% | Boston Legal | Attorney Jonathan Weiner (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 61% | 77% | Prison Break | Cooper Green (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 83% | 85% | The Closer | Mr. Catalina (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 86% | 90% | Lost | Gordy (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 96% | No Score Yet | Boomtown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Push, Nevada | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 55% | No Score Yet | God, the Devil and Bob | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
| 62% | No Score Yet | Bette | Unknown (Character) | 2000-2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Godzilla: The Series | Unknown (Voice) | 1998-2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beach Boys: An American Family | Murry Wilson (Character) | 2000 |
| 31% | No Score Yet | Arsenio | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Character) | 1995-1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear John | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| 89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Joel (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| 76% | 76% | Roseanne | Burt Drucker (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Family Ties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988-1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 21 Jump Street | Mr. Bowman (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beverly Hills Buntz | Rinaldo de Martino (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| 87% | 94% | Cheers | Jim McNulty (Guest Star) | 1987 |