Biography for
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Date of Birth

22 November 1956, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

Richard Bruce Kind

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Spouse

Dana Stanley

(13 November 1999 - present) 3 children

Trade Mark

Often works with producer/director/writer Bill Lawrence

Trivia

His best man at his wedding was George Clooney.

Married Dana Stanley in New York City's Central Park. Dana is the executive director of Project ALS, an organization that raises money to study cures for Lou Gehrig's disease.

Father, Samuel, was a jeweler in Princeton, New Jersey. He passed away in 1998. His mother, Alice, was a homemaker. His sister, Joanne, also is a homemaker.

Studied pre-law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, but took a year off before going to law school to try his hand at acting. He worked in the theater for 10 years before getting his break on television.

Best friend is George Clooney.

Graduate of Pennsbury High School in Levittown, PA.

Enjoys golf.

Oldest of two children.

Was a member of Second City's L.A. troupe.

Is a cousin of Barbra Streisand.

Is the son-in-law of James C. Stanley.

He was awarded the 2003 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Bounce" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Personal Quotes

I don't want people to know my name. I just want people to love me.

[re friend and fellow actor Bobby Cannavale] Here's the difference between Bobby and me. After a show, people wait at the stage door for him because they want to be near him, like maybe it will rub off. They don't need to touch me. They just tell me their mother likes me.

Where Are They Now

(March 2005) Starring as Max Bialystock in the hit Broadway show "The Producers" alongside "Spin City" (1996) co-star Alan Ruck at the St. James Theatre.

(August 2006) Appearing in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" on Broadway as Andre Thibault.

(2006) Along with Patrick Warburton, Starring in radio commercials portraying Lewis & Clark for Horizon Air (a smaller branch of Alaska Airlines), in the Seattle Metropolitan Area.

(April 2007) In Tucson, Arizona, filming Ingenious (2009).