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Kevin Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1956. He is an American actor who has made over 100 appearances in both TV and film.

One of his earliest roles was in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning (1988) with Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. He followed this up with Kathryn Bigelow's Blue Steel (1990), Ghostbusters II (1989), and the Brian De Palma hit The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).

He has since appeared in a number of box office hits, such as Hot Shots! (1991), Chain Reaction (1996), and Godzilla (1998). He also appeared in the Oliver Stone epic, Nixon (1995) and the Ridley Scott fantasy film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992).

Dunn is able to fit into various roles in diverse genres with ease, whether the role in question be a political thriller like 'Robert Redford (I)'s Lions for Lambs (2007), an action film such as Tony Scotts Unstoppable (2010), or a romantic drama like Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). He is an established and reliable supporting - and character - actor.

He has gained considerable fame as the father in the hit movies Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).

Kevin Dunn at an event for Unstoppable (2010)

Brother of actress <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0004887/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Nora Dunn</a>.

Was considered for the role of George Costanza in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0098904/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Seinfeld (1989)</a>.

Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Gave commencement speech at his alma mater for the graduating class of 2008.

Appeared in four <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0718645/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ivan Reitman</a> produced movies one of them being a TV
movie.

Understudied by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0837175/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Skipp Sudduth</a> in the world premiere of the <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0278626/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Richard Fire</a>-June Shellene play about commodities traders, &quot;Dealing,&quot; at Northlight Theatre, 1987, then located in Evanston, Illinois.

Replaced <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0622553/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">James Naughton</a>, who filmed the TV series pilot of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0247079/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Bette (2000)</a>, when the series was picked up.

Appeared as a doctor in an unused alternate ending for Evolution
(2001).

He has Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry.

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