Greg Kinnear

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Biography

Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and television personality, who first rose to stardom as the first host of E!'s Talk Soup. He has appeared in more than 45 motion pictures. Kinnear was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in As Good as It Gets.

He has starred in several TV shows including Rake, House of Cards, Shining Vale, and Black Bird.

Known For

Friends

Benjamin Hobart

Little Miss Sunshine

Richard Hoover

Robots

Ratchet (voice)

As Good as It Gets

Simon Bishop

You

Tom Lockwood

You've Got Mail

Frank Navasky

The Last Song

Steve Miller

Modern Family

Tad

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Margo's Got Money Troubles TV	Kenny
2026	The Saviors MOVIE	Jim Clemente
2026	Seekers of Infinite Love MOVIE	Self
2025	Off the Grid MOVIE	Ranish
2025	Smoke TV	Harvey Englehart
2024	You Gotta Believe MOVIE	Coach Jon Kelly
2024	The Present MOVIE	Eric Diehl
2024	Sight MOVIE	Misha Bartnovsky
2022	Black Bird TV	Brian Miller
2022	Shining Vale TV	Terry Phelps
2021	Crisis MOVIE	Dean Talbot
2020	The Stand TV	Glen Bateman
2020	Misbehaviour MOVIE	Bob Hope
2019	Strange but True MOVIE	Richard Chase
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Frankie MOVIE	Gary
2019	Brian Banks MOVIE	Justin Brooks
2019	The Red Sea Diving Resort MOVIE	Walton Bowen
2019	Phil MOVIE	Phil
2019	The Twilight Zone TV	Captain Lane Pendleton
2018	You TV	Tom Lockwood
2018	GQ Presents: Iconic Characters TV	Self
2017	Same Kind of Different as Me MOVIE	Ron Hall
2017	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams TV	Father
2017	Brigsby Bear MOVIE	Detective Vogel
2016	Little Men MOVIE	Brian Jardine
2016	Confirmation MOVIE	Joe Biden
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self
2015	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt TV	Greg Kinnear
2014	21 Years: Richard Linklater MOVIE	Self - Actor
2014	BoJack Horseman TV	Greg Kinglear (voice)
2014	Murder of a Cat MOVIE	Alistair Ford
2014	Heaven Is for Real MOVIE	Todd Burpo
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2014	Rake TV	Keegan Deane
2013	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues MOVIE	Gary
2013	Drunk History TV	Thaddeus Lowe
2013	Stuck in Love MOVIE	William Borgens
2013	The English Teacher MOVIE	Dr. Tom Sherwood
2013	House of Cards TV	Bill Shepherd
2013	Movie 43 MOVIE	Griffin Schraeder (segment "The Pitch")
2012	Thin Ice MOVIE	Mickey Prohaska
2011	I Don't Know How She Does It MOVIE	Richard Reddy
2011	Salvation Boulevard MOVIE	Carl Vanderveer
2011	The Kennedys TV	Jack Kennedy
2010	Conan TV	Self
2010	The Last Song MOVIE	Steve Miller
2010	Green Zone MOVIE	Clark Poundstone
2009	Modern Family TV	Tad
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2008	Ghost Town MOVIE	Frank Herlihy
2008	Flash of Genius MOVIE	Bob Kearns
2008	Baby Mama MOVIE	Rob Ackerman
2007	Feast of Love MOVIE	Bradley Smith
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' MOVIE	Self
2006	Fast Food Nation MOVIE	Don Anderson
2006	Unknown MOVIE	Broken Nose
2006	Invincible MOVIE	Dick Vermeil
2006	Little Miss Sunshine MOVIE	Richard Hoover
2005	Bad News Bears MOVIE	Roy Bullock
2005	The Matador MOVIE	Danny Wright
2005	Robots MOVIE	Ratchet (voice)
2004	Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild MOVIE	Self
2004	Godsend MOVIE	Paul Duncan
2004	Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen MOVIE	Self
2004	Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You MOVIE	Self
2004	Best Week Ever TV	Self
2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest TV	Self
2003	Stuck on You MOVIE	Walt
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2002	Auto Focus MOVIE	Bob Crane
2002	We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right MOVIE	Self
2002	V Graham Norton TV	Self
2002	We Were Soldiers MOVIE	Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
2001	Dinner with Friends MOVIE	Tom
2001	Someone Like You... MOVIE	Ray Brown
2000	The Gift MOVIE	Wayne Collins
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm TV	Earl Mack
2000	Nurse Betty MOVIE	Dr. David Ravell
2000	Loser MOVIE	Prof. Edward Alcott
2000	What Planet Are You From? MOVIE	Perry Gordon
1999	The Early Show TV	Self - Guest
1999	Mystery Men MOVIE	Captain Amazing / Lance
1998	You've Got Mail MOVIE	Frank Navasky
1997	As Good as It Gets MOVIE	Simon Bishop
1997	A Smile Like Yours MOVIE	Danny Robertson
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1996	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America MOVIE	ATF Agent Bork (voice) (uncredited)
1996	Dear God MOVIE	Tom Turner
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1995	Sabrina MOVIE	David Larrabee
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV	Prince Gavin (voice)
1994	Friends TV	Benjamin Hobart
1994	Blankman MOVIE	Talk Show Host
1993	Based on an Untrue Story MOVIE	Orlando Chang Stein
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Greg Kinnear
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1991	Talk Soup TV	Self - Host
1991	Dillinger MOVIE	Arizona Lawman
1990	Murder in Mississippi MOVIE	Newsreporter
1989	Mancuso, F.B.I. TV	Self
1989	Life Goes On TV	Self
1988	What Price Victory MOVIE	Teacher's Assistant
1986	L.A. Law TV	Reporter #1
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
	Shiver MOVIE	Self
	Untitled Eternity Project MOVIE	Karl Munroe

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