Kevin James
Kevin James was born in Mineola, New York, United States on April 26th, 1965 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 59, Kevin James biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Kevin James (born Kevin George Knipfing, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.
He is best known for his role on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007), for which he was nominated for the 2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Kevin Can Wait (2016–2018), for which he was nominated for a 2017 People's Choice Award, was he appeared in another CBS sitcom. James has appeared in the films Hitch (2005), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2006), Elephant Cop (2008), Here Comes the Boom (2010), and Pixels (2015).
He has worked with Barnyard (2006), Monster House (2006), and the Hotel Transylvania film series (2012-2017).
Early life
Kevin George Knipfing was born in Mineola, New York, on April 26, 1965. He grew up in Stony Brook, New York. He is Janet Knipfing Jr.'s second son and an insurance company owner. James has an elder brother, comedian, and actor Gary Valentine, as well as a sister, Leslie. He and his siblings were raised Catholic. James graduated from Ward Melville High School. During his time on the wrestling team, he took the number one position, just ahead of friend and potential professional wrestler Mick Foley. Both athletes competed in the 145 lb weight class. Foley took over the first string position after a season-ending back injury to James. James and Foley both went on to study at the State University of New York in Cortland, where he played halfback on the varsity football team until a back injury that permanently ended his athletic hopes.
Personal life
In California, James married actress Steffiana de la Cruz on June 19, 2004. They have four children.
In 2012, James declared himself a devout Catholic. In 2019, James hosted a retreat featuring Father Chad Ripperger and theologian Scott Hahn.
Career
In 1989, James began doing stand-up comedy, making his debut at the East Side Comedy Club in Long Island, which was run by Richie Minervini. He rose to fame through many television shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Dennis Miller Live, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. On Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians, James was ranked at #76. On Just for Laughs, an annual comedy festival in Montreal, Quebec, James has also performed his stand-up routine. He appeared on televisions for Mazzio's Italian Eatery later in the evening. Kevin James, the Small Stuff, did his own stand-up special in 2001. He has also appeared on Just for Laughs as a musical guest. Kevin James, James Bond's latest stand-up special on Netflix, was released: Never Give Up.
In 1991, James' first television appearance on The New Candid Camera, in which he honed his comedic timing and improvisation skills as the actor who pulled the practical jokes on unsuspecting people. In 1994, he appeared in A&E's An Evening at the Improv. James was on television as the announcer for the MTV sports game show SandBlast from 1994 to 1996.
Later, James hopped to Los Angeles and befriended Ray Romano, and he appeared on a few episodes of Romano's hit CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. These appearances led to the creation of his own sitcom The King of Queens, which aired on the same network from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007. James played working class parcel delivery man Doug Heffernan, who works for a company known as IPS. He is married to Carrie (Leah Remini), a sharp-tongued, enthusiastic secretary at a Manhattan law firm who is much less content with Queens' working-class life. Arthur (Jerry Stiller), her obsessive, vindictive father, who is prone to bizarre behavior, lives with them. In 2006, James was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his eighth season.
On March 27, 2010, James hosted the 2010 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. In the forthcoming year, he was nominated to be the inaugural member of the "Arm Fart Hall of Fame," with host Jack Black naming him Kevin "Not-Quite-Good-Me" James. Josh Duhamel and fellow candidate Kaley Cuoco lost in fan voting to Josh Duhamel.
Kevin Can Wait, a comedy that premiered on September 19, 2016. The series was revived for a second season before being cancelled at the end of the season.
In 2021, James created The Crew, a Netflix original series. After one season, it was cancelled.
James made his debut in the 2005 romantic comedy Hitch alongside Will Smith and Eva Mendes after a cameo in 50 First Dates in 2004. In 2006, he co-starred with Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Ray Romano in the straight-to-video comedy Grilled and provided voice acting in Monster House and Barnyard. James co-starred with Adam Sandler in the comedies I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2008) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), and starred in Sandler-produced comedy Paul Blart (2009). Despite largely critical feedback, the new film debuted as the nation's top film with a weekend gross of $39 million, and took home $219 million from ticket and home video sales. James appeared in Grown Ups, which co-starred many Saturday Night Live alumni and was also widely panned, but the box office was also very profitable, despite being highly praised.
He appeared in the comedy-drama The Dilemma in 2011 and then in Zookeeper with Rosario Dawson, which he wrote and produced. James appeared in the 2012 mixed martial arts comedy film Here Comes the Boom. In True Memoirs of an International Assassin, directed by Jeff Wadlow and published by Netflix on November 11, 2016, he appeared in the movie Pixels in 2015 and the following year. James co-starred with Adam Sandler in another Netflix film, Sandy Wexler.
In the 2020 thriller film Becky, James had a leading role. In the 2022 biographical film Home Team, he starred as NFL head coach Sean Payton.
"Gentlemen, start your engines," he said in 2007. In 2012, he and friend and fellow actor Adam Sandler to promote Grown Ups Two, and in July 2013 with co-star Sandler and Shaquille O'Neal, he did it again at the Coke-Zero 400 to promote Grown Ups 2. Fans have rated both the Pepsi 400 command and the Sandler command at Michigan in June 2010 as two of the best and most memorable NASCAR commands in history.
On Crackle in July 2009, James Peacock produced Dusty Peacock and starring his brother Gary Valentine.
In February 2020, James revived his YouTube channel, which had launched back on November 27, 2017, including short films "based on thin premises," such as James, eagerly waiting for a license, misinterpreting a hand wave, or spending birthdays by himself," but many of them have a strong sense of melancholy and nostalgia. He had over 55,000 followers and 28 million views by June 2020.
