Kiff VandenHeuvel

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Kiff VandenHeuvel
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VandenHeuvel in 2020
Born
Christopher Jon VandenHeuvel

(1970-04-24) April 24, 1970 (age 54)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Education Calvin College [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • teacher
  • director
  • podcast host [2]
Years active1998–present
Television Richie Rich , Parks and Recreation , Family Guy , Fameless
SpouseCheri Lynne VandenHeuvel

Kiff VandenHeuvel (born Christopher Jon VandenHeuvel, April 24, 1970) is an American actor, director and teacher of both improvisational comedy and voiceover. [3]

Contents

He is the host of the voiceover podcast, All Over Voiceover with Kiff VH. [4] [5] His film credits include Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , Nightcrawler , La La Land , and Behind the Candelabra as Wayne (the half-brother of Liberace (Michael Douglas)). He is best known for his work as Zachary Hale Comstock in BioShock Infinite , [6] Skavak in Star Wars: The Old Republic , Walter in Telltale's The Walking Dead , and as Cliff Rich on the Netflix series Richie Rich . [7] [8] [9]

Personal life

Kiff was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the oldest of five sons. [10] His youngest brother, Andrew Vanden Heuvel, discovered an asteroid in 2003. His grandfather, Ralph Heynen, was a pastor at Pine Rest , an institution in Cutlerville, Michigan. He had a radio broadcast where he would record his sermons in his study and they would be sent to radio stations across the country. [10] Whenever VandenHeuvel's family would visit his grandparents, he made a beeline to his grandfather's study and played with the recording equipment. This is where he credits the beginning of his VO career, playing with his grandpa's recording rig. [10]

VandenHeuvel attended and graduated from Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, with a degree in Communications Arts and Sciences. [10]

Theatre

VandenHeuvel is an alumnus of The Second City Detroit and The Second City Cleveland mainstage casts and has been working with The Second City comedy theatre since 1998. [11]

VandenHeuvel has appeared in a world premiere in Adam Rapp's urban drama Gompers as the not-so-bright but big hearted doorman/lookout Shoe, which premiered at City Theatre Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Timequest Pilot
2003 An Ordinary Killer Plant Manager
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Additional Voices
2013 Behind the Candelabra Wayne
2014 Nightcrawler Editor
2015 Danny Collins Marty
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Officer Mazzuccheli
2016 La La Land New Coffee Shop Manager
2021 The Little Things Tow Truck Driver
2022 Belle Kei's fatherVoice; English dub [13]
2024 My Oni Girl Mikio YatsuseVoice; English dub

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 61* Detroit Fan #2TV Movie
2012C Wright SketchBoyfriendEpisode: "Eau de Lucky Moments"
2012 Incredible Crew Construction WorkerEpisode: "Rodney Tape Face"
2012–13GuidesGarrett Monahan7 episodes
2013 Parks And Recreation Dewey2 episodes
2015 Richie Rich Cliff Rich21 episodes
2015 The Last Ship Granderson's Guard2 episodes
2015 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kiff O'ShannonEpisode: "Kerry Washington/Dave Salmoni/Ne-Yo"
2015–16 Fameless Kiff11 episodes
2016 Disappeared Narrator10 episodes
2016 Henry Danger Burples the ClownEpisode: "A Finata Full of Death Bugs"
2016 You're The Worst HeathsteadEpisode: "A Rapidly Mutating Virus"
2016 The Thundermans FalconmanEpisode: "The Thundermans: Banished!"
2016–18 This Is Us Dave Malone3 episodes
2017 Documentary Now! Father of Hot DaughterEpisode: "Globesmen"
2017 Family Guy Woody Voice, episode: "The Finer Strings"
2017 Star Wars Forces of Destiny Older Han Solo Voice, episode: "Tracker Trouble"
2018 NCIS Metro P.D. Sergeant Peter ToddEpisode: " Date with Destiny"
2018 I'm Dying Up Here CraigEpisode: "Plus One"
2018 The Tom and Jerry Show Ambrose, MezmoVoice, 2 episodes
2018 The Rookie Kurt RubenovicEpisode: "Crash Course "
2018 Black-ish Officer MikeEpisode "Don't You Be My Neighbor (2 "
2018–19 Solved Gary, Hubbard2 episodes
2018 Baskets Scott the GolferEpisode: "Moving On"
2020 The Blacklist CSI AgentEpisode "Rassvet"
2020 Mom ZekeEpisode: "Astronauts and Fat Trimmings"
2021 The Mosquito Coast Officer McMuryEpisode: "Light Out "
2021 The L Word: Generation Q WarnerEpisode: "Luck Be a Lady."
2021–present The Croods: Family Tree Grug CroodVoice, Main role.
2021 What If...? Obadiah Stane Voice, episode: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?"
2021 Gen:Lock Marc HolcroftVoice, 5 episodes
2021 NCIS: Los Angeles CarlEpisode: "Sundown"
2022 Thermae Romae Novae Cassius (English voice)Episode: "All Baths Lead to Rome"
2022 Bosch: Legacy Jeremy GraffEpisode: "Pumped"
2022 Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Frank CurrierEpisode: "God of Forgiveness, God of Vengeance"
2022–Present Young Rock Pat PattersonRecurring Guest Star (7 episodes S2)
2023 Pluto Alexander (English dub)Episode: "Episode 1.8"
2024 Chicago Med Floyd BevansEpisode: "These Are Not the Droids You Are Looking For"

Video games

YearTitleRole
2005 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Vince
2008 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Additional Voices
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Skavak, Axis, Jordel Tlan, Oren Ward, Slave Leader, Tre Nareves
2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines Dr. Norman Bick
2013 BioShock: Infinite Zachary Hale Comstock
2013 Disney Infinity Incredibles Newscaster
2013 The Walking Dead: Season Two Walter
2014 The Evil Within Oscar Connelly, Police Officer B, Villager C [14]
2014 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Additional Voices
2015 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion
2016 Fallout 4: Nuka-World Grandchester Mystery Mansion System
2016 StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops Additional Voices
2016 Dishonored 2 Male Guard Elite
2016 Batman: The Telltale Series Victor Zsasz, Enforcer #3, COA #1
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Additional Voices
2018 Spider-Man
2020 XCOM: Chimera Squad Floyd Tesseract, Additional Voices
2020 Mafia: Definitive Edition Additional Voices
2020 Star Wars: Squadrons Pilot
2020 Spider-Man: Miles Morales Roxxon Security, Additional Voices
2022 Saints Row The Dust King, Character Voices
2023 Diablo IV Additional Voices
2023 Starfield Claudio Amsterdam
2023 Spider-Man 2 Additional Voices

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  7. ↑ "Watch Richie Rich Online | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
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  14. ↑ "Kiff VandenHeuvel (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 February 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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