Kevin Kline on screen and stage

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Kevin Kline is an American actor on stage and screen.

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Kline began his career on stage in 1972 with The Acting Company. He has gone on to win three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway, winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the 1978 original production of On the Twentieth Century , and Best Actor in a Musical for the 1981 revival of The Pirates of Penzance . In 2003, he starred as Falstaff in the Broadway production of Henry IV , for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and was nominated for a Tony. In 2017, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter . [1] [2]

He made his film debut in Sophie's Choice (1982) starring opposite Meryl Streep. For his role in the 1988 comedy hit A Fish Called Wanda , he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films The Pirates of Penzance (1983), Silverado (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), The January Man (1989), Chaplin (1992), Princess Caraboo (1994), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Wild Wild West (1999), The Anniversary Party (2001), The Emperor's Club (2002), The Pink Panther (2006), Last Vegas (2013), My Old Lady (2014), and The Good House (2021). Kline has voiced characters in such films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Road to El Dorado (2000), The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers (2011–present).

Screen

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Sophie's Choice Nathan Landau
1983 The Pirates of Penzance The Pirate King
The Big Chill Harold Cooper
1985 Silverado Paden
1986 Violets Are Blue Henry Squires
1987 Cry Freedom Donald Woods
1988 A Fish Called Wanda Otto West
1989 The January Man Nick Starkey
1990 I Love You to Death Joey Boca
1991 Soapdish Jeffery Anderson / Dr. Rod Randall
Grand Canyon Mack
1992 Consenting Adults Richard Parker
Chaplin Douglas Fairbanks
1993 Dave Dave Kovic / President William Harrison Mitchell
The Nutcracker NarratorVoice
1994 Princess Caraboo Frixos
1995 French Kiss Luc Teyssier
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Captain Phoebus Voice [3]
Looking for Richard HimselfDocumentary
1997 The Ice Storm Ben Hood
Fierce Creatures Vince McCain / Rod McCain
In & Out Howard Brackett
1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream Nick Bottom
Wild Wild West U.S. Marshal Artemus "Artie" Gordon / President Ulysses S. Grant
2000 The Road to El Dorado TulioVoice [3]
2001 The Anniversary Party Cal Gold
Life as a House George Monroe
2002 Orange County Marcus SkinnerUncredited cameo[ citation needed ]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Captain PhoebusVoice; direct-to-video [3]
The Emperor's Club William Hundert
2004 De-Lovely Cole Porter
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood HimselfCameo
2006 The Pink Panther Chief Inspector Dreyfus
A Prairie Home Companion Guy Noir
As You Like It Jaques
2007 Trade Ray Sheridan
2008 Definitely, Maybe Hampton Roth
The Tale of Despereaux AndreVoice [3]
2009 Queen to Play Docteur Kröger
2010 The Extra Man Henry Harrison
2011 No Strings Attached Alvin Franklin
The Conspirator Edwin Stanton
2012 Darling Companion Dr. Joseph Winter
2013 Last Vegas Sam Harris
The Last of Robin Hood Errol Flynn
2014 My Old Lady Mathias Gold [4]
2015 Ricki and the Flash Pete Brummel [5]
2016 Dean Robert Anderson [6]
2017 Beauty and the Beast Maurice [7]
2021 Here Today Himself
The Starling Dr. Larry Fine [8]
The Good House Frank Getchell [9]
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Calvin FischoederVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Search for Tomorrow Woody Reed156 episodes
The Time of Your Life McCarthyTV movie
1977The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People Petruchio Episode: "Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare"
1987 The Grand Knockout Tournament Himself TV special
1988–93 Saturday Night Live Himself (host)2 episodes
1990 Hamlet Hamlet Television film
1991 Merlin and the Dragons Narrator
2003Freedom: A History of UsVariousVoice, 7 episodes
2008 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Television special
2011–present Bob's Burgers Calvin FischoederVoice, 42 episodes [3]
2016 Maya & Marty HusbandEpisode: "Will Forte, Amy Poehler and Jerry Seinfeld"
2024 Disclaimer Stephen BrigstockeMain role; miniseries [10] [11]

Video games

Stage

Theatre

Source: [2]

YearTitleRoleVenue
1970 The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 2 Huntsman/Soldier
Richard III Tressel
1972 The School for Scandal Charles Surface
Women Beware Women Guardiano
The Hostage IRA Officer
The Lower Depths Vaska Pepel
1973 The Three Sisters Vershinin
The Beggar's Opera Macheath
Measure for Measure Friar Pete
Les Fourberies de Scapin Leandre
1975 The Robber Bridgegroom Jamie Lockhart
Edward II Lightborn / Lancastor
The Time of Your Life McCarthy / Wesley
The Three Sisters Vershinin
1976Beware the Jubjub BirdDaniel
1978 On the Twentieth Century Bruce GranitSt. James, NYC [12] [13] [14]
1979Loose EndsPaul
1980 The Pirates of Penzance The Pirate King
1981
1983 King Richard III Richard
1984 Henry V King Henry V
1985 Arms and the Man Capt. Bluntschli
1986 Hamlet Hamlet
1988 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick [15] [16] [17] Delacorte Theater, NYC
1990 Hamlet Hamlet
1993 Measure for Measure Duke
1995 The Tempest NYSF associate producer
1996 Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk Artistic associate
1997 Ivanov Nikolai Ivanov
2001 The Seagull Trigorin
2002Short Talks on the UniverseJim in the 3 A.M.
2003 The Play What I Wrote Mystery Guest Star
Henry IV Sir John Falstaff
2006 Mother Courage and Her Children Cook
2007 King Lear King Lear
Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac
2017 Present Laughter Garry Essendine

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