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Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, and Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets (1997)

Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets (1997)

Greg Kinnear and Sepideh Moafi in Hand to Mouth (2022)

Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen in Sight (2023)

Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Jane Adams in You've Got Mail (1998)

Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Jean Stapleton in You've Got Mail (1998)

Meg Ryan and Greg Kinnear in You've Got Mail (1998)

Greg Kinnear, Irene Bedard, and Jovan Adepo in The Stand (2020)

Greg Kinnear, James Marsden, and Odessa Young in The Stand (2020)

Greg Kinnear, James Marsden, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, and Henrique Zaga in The Stand (2020)

Greg Kinnear in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Greg Kinnear and Aldis Hodge in Brian Banks (2018)

Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, and Wen Yann Shih in Stuck on You (2003)

Greg Kinnear in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)

Carol Kane, Greg Kinnear, Mike Carlsen, and Tituss Burgess in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)

Greg Kinnear and Katie Hill in The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)

Diane Lane, Greg Kinnear, and Cody Fern in House of Cards (2013)

Robin Wright, Greg Kinnear, and Campbell Scott in House of Cards (2013)

Diane Lane, Robin Wright, and Greg Kinnear in House of Cards (2013)

Greg Kinnear and Kyle Mooney in Brigsby Bear (2017)

Greg Kinnear in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

Greg Kinnear, Kurt Fuller, and Teri Geary in Auto Focus (2002)

Greg Kinnear, Maria Bello, Kurt Fuller, and Lyle Kanouse in Auto Focus (2002)

Greg Kinnear and Derek Waters in Drunk History (2013)

Greg Kinnear and Conan O'Brien in Conan (2010)

Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear in Stuck on You (2003)

Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Bobby Farrelly, and Peter Farrelly in Stuck on You (2003)

Cher, Matt Damon, and Greg Kinnear in Stuck on You (2003)

Greg Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, USA to Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat with the US State Department, and Suzanne (nee Buck) Kinnear, a homemaker. He has two brothers -- James, vice president-investments at Wachovia Securities in Arizona who was born in 1957, and Steve, a business manager with the Billy Graham Training Center in North Carolina who was born in 1959. His family moved often, including Lebanon and Greece. While a student in Athens, Greg first ventured into the role of talk show host with his radio show "School Daze With Greg Kinnear".

Returning to college in the States, he attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, graduating in 1985 with a degree in broadcast journalism. He headed out to Los Angeles, landing his first job as a marketing assistant with Empire Entertainment. He auditioned to be an MTV VJ, but was not selected and became an on-location reporter for the channel. He had bit parts on L.A. Law (1986) and Life Goes On (1989). He would later become the creator, co-executive producer, and host of Best of the Worst (1991) (1990-91). His breakthrough was as first host of Talk Soup (1991) (1994), when he left the show for the NBC late-night talk show, Later (1994).

In 1994, Kinnear had his first big screen role, as a talk show host in the Damon Wayans comedy Blankman (1994). In 1995 he won the role of David Larrabee in Sydney Pollack's remake of Billy Wilder's 1954 classic Sabrina (1995). Next was the lead in the 1996 comedy Dear God (1996). In 1997, he was cast in James L. Brooks's blockbuster comedy-drama As Good as It Gets (1997), receiving an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor. In his next film, the romantic comedy A Smile Like Yours (1997), he starred opposite Lauren Holly as part of a couple trying to have a baby. The film met with lukewarm reviews and a low box office.

His next film, You've Got Mail (1998), struck gold. He played Meg Ryan's significant other, a newspaper columnist. Next he played Captain Amazing in Mystery Men (1999). His more recent films have Nurse Betty (2000), Loser (2000), and Someone Like You (2001).

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