Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor.
He toured the US, performing such roles as Romeo and Hamlet, in Shakespeare's plays, and debuted on Broadway in 1972. In 1978 he won his first Tony award for his performance in On the Twentieth Century. In 1980, he won his second Tony for his role in The Pirates of Penzance, a role he reprised on the screen three years later.
Kline first came to films in the highly acclaimed performance as Nathan Landau in Sophie's Choice, a performance which won him a Golden Globe nomination. From there, he went on to make the very popular movies, The Big Chill and Silverado, both with screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Kline's role as Otto West, the psychopathic loon, in A Fish Called Wanda, won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1988, and proved that he was equally talented in dramatic and comedic roles.
Others of Kline's films include: Dave, French Kiss, Fierce Creatures, The Ice Storm, In and Out, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wild, Wild West, The Anniversary Party, Life as a House, and The Emperor's Club. Kline provided voices in The Nutcracker, The Road to El Dorado, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Along with his wife, actress Phoebe Cates, Kline has two children.
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