Greg Kinnear

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Greg Kinnear (2012)

Gregory B. "Greg" Kinnear (born June 17, 1963 in Logansport , Indiana ) is an Oscar- nominated American actor .

Life

Kinnear's father Edward Kinnear was a diplomat for the United States Department of State and his mother Suzanne (nee Buck ) worked as a housewife. He has two older brothers: James (* 1957) and Steve (* 1959). As a child, Greg's family accompanied his father to different countries such as Lebanon (1974/75 until the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war ) and Greece (1975-1982). For example, he went to school in Athens for part of his childhood and is now fluent in Greek . In 1985 he graduated from the University of Arizona at Tucson with a degree in journalism .

Greg Kinnear has been married to Helen Labdon since May 1, 1999. Their first child was stillborn in 2001. The couple now live in Los Angeles with three daughters (* 2003, * 2006 and * 2009) .

Career

During his school days in Athens , he had the opportunity to gain first experience in show moderation through his own radio program School Daze with Greg Kinnear .

Kinnear first attracted attention on television in 1991 when he commented on clips from other TV shows as a cheeky presenter on the entertainment program Talk Soup . He also wrote the scripts for some episodes of the cult show he appeared on from 1991 to 1994; for some time he also acted as executive producer. In 1994 he left the show to host his own late night show , Later With Greg Kinnear . Here, too, he also worked as an executive producer.

Kinnear made his cinema debut in Sydney Pollack's remake Sabrina (1995), alongside Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond . In 1997 he played Jack Nicholson's unfortunate neighbor in James L. Brooks Oscar- nominated comedy It Could n't Be Better (1997). For his performance, he received an Oscar nomination, an award from the National Board of Review , and nominations for the Golden Globe , the Golden Satellite Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor . He was then seen in Nora Ephron's romantic comedy em @ il für dich (1998) alongside Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan , for which he won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award , and in Mike Nichols Good Vibrations - Sex from Another Star (2000).

His role in Paul Schrader's biopic Auto Focus (2002) in the role of actor and comedian Bob Crane is often viewed as a "turning point in Kinnear's career", as "his acting breadth, depth and performance are now also revealed in dramatic roles." After this film, the actor also took on several dramatic roles. B. in the role of the terminally ill father Steve Miller in With you by my side (2010). He starred alongside Mel Gibson in We Were Heroes (2002), Matt Damon in Unzertrennlich (2003) and Green Zone (2010), and Robert De Niro in Godsend (2004) . The internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy Little Miss Sunshine (2006) is one of his great successes . Kinnear played a loving, absent-minded father who takes his wacky extended family on a road trip to enable his overweight seven-year-old daughter to take part in a national beauty pageant.

In the sixth season of the House of Cards series , he took on a larger role.

His voice was heard in the cartoon Robots (2005). In 2019 he made his directorial debut with Phil . At the same time he was seen in the lead role.

Filmography

Awards

[ Nominations NORMAL; awards received BOLD ]

Academy Award

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

  • 1999: Best Supporting Actor ( em @ il for you )

Boston Film Festival

  • 2008: Best Actor ( Flash of Genius )

CableACE Awards

  • 1994: "Best Magazine Show Special or Series" ( Talk Soup: Weekend Edition )
  • 1994: "Best Recreation and Leisure Special or Series" ( Talk Soup on Vacation )
  • 1995: Best presenter of an entertainment program ( Talk Soup )

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award

  • 2007: Best Ensemble → 2nd place (with the rest of the cast) ( Little Miss Sunshine )

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • 1996: "Most Promising Actor" ( Sabrina )
  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )

Daytime Emmy Award

  • 1995: "Outstanding Special Class Program" (with the other producers) ( Talk Soup )

Emmy Award

  • 2011: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Movie ( The Kennedys )
  • 2012: Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ( Modern Family )

Golden Apple Award

  • 1996: Male Discovery of the Year

Golden Globe

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )

Golden Satellite Award

  • 1997: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )

Gotham Awards

  • 2006: "Best Ensemble Cast" - best overall impression of a cast (with the rest of the cast) ( Little Miss Sunshine )

National Board of Review Award

  • 1997: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • ! 2002: Best Actor → 3rd Place ( Auto Focus )

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

  • 2006: "Best Ensemble Cast" - best overall impression of a cast (with the rest of the cast) ( Little Miss Sunshine )

Satellite Awards

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy / Musical Film ( It couldn't be better )

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )
  • 2007: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (with the rest of the cast) ( Little Miss Sunshine )

ShoWest Convention

  • 1996: The male star of tomorrow

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor ( It couldn't be better )

Web links

Commons : Greg Kinnear  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d IMDB info page Greg Kinnear - biography (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Cast info of the official website of Who the Spirits Love (2008) ( Memento from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Lesley Goldberg: 'House of Cards': Diane Lane, Greg Kinnear Join Cast as Final Season Production Resumes . In: HollywoodReporter.com . January 31, 2018. Accessed February 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b IMDB info page Greg Kinnear - Awards (English)
personal data
SURNAME Kinnear, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kinnear, Gregory B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th June 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Logansport , Indiana, United States