Richard Kind

Richard Kind
Kind at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Richard John Kind (1956-11-22) November 22, 1956 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Dana Stanley (m. 1999)
Children	3

Richard John Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Mad About You (as Dr. Mark Devanow) and Spin City (as Paul Lassiter). More recently, he has received recognition for his role as the voice of Bing Bong in the Pixar film Inside Out.

Early life

Kind was born to a Jewish family, in the New Jersey capital of Trenton, the son of Alice, a homemaker, and Samuel Kind, a jeweler who formerly owned La Vake's Jewelry in Princeton. Together with his younger sister, Joanne, he grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Richard attended Pennsbury High School with fellow actor Robert Curtis Brown, and he graduated in 1974. In 1978 he graduated from Northwestern University where he was in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is also an alumnus of The Second City in Chicago and lives in Santa Monica.

Career

Mad About You and Spin City

Kind portrayed Dr. Mark Devanow on Mad About You throughout the show's run, although after he took the role of Paul Lassiter on Spin City, he appeared on Mad About You with less frequency. Kind and Michael Boatman were the only two actors to appear in every episode of Spin City. While these are his two highest profile TV appearances, his first big break on television was as a member of the ensemble cast of Carol Burnett's brief return to sketch comedy, Carol & Company, which ran for two seasons beginning in 1990 on NBC.

Kind created the role of Addison Mizner in Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce, and has appeared on Broadway in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (2000), The Producers (2002), and Sly Fox (2004). He also appeared as the “Jury Foreman” in the film The Producers (2005) and played the lead role of Max Bialystock in a Hollywood Bowl production from July 27–29, 2012.

Career as voice actor

His voice credits include Larry the Anaconda in The Wild, “Clark” in the “Clark & Lewis Expedition” radio commercials for Horizon Air (with Patrick Warburton as “Lewis”), Molt in Disney/Pixar’s A Bug's Life, Van in Disney/Pixar’s Cars and Cars 2, the narrator for Disney’s Go Baby, and Tom in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. He has a recurring role on the Disney Channel series Kim Possible, where he plays Frugal Lucre. He guest stars in The Penguins of Madagascar as Roger the Alligator in the episodes "Haunted Habitat", "Roger Dodger", "Gator Watch", "April Fools", "The All Nighter Before Christmas", and "Operation: Neighbor Swap". He also plays the role of Gumbo in an episode of Chowder on Cartoon Network. In 2000 he did the voice of Mr. Dobbins in Tom Sawyer. In 2001-02, he voiced the character of Pongo in five episodes of the animated series Oswald.

Curb Your Enthusiasm and Scrubs

He also had a minor role as Gary Meyers, an archaeologist who translated the symbols on the Stargate prior to James Spader’s character's involvement in the 1994 movie Stargate. He appeared in four episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm between 2002 and 2009 as Larry's cousin Andy. In 2006, he guest starred on Stargate Atlantis as Lucius Lavin, in the episodes "Irresistible" and "Irresponsible," making him the only actor to appear in both the original Stargate film, and in Stargate Atlantis (as different characters).

At the Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles on March 5, 2010.

Kind had a recurring role in Scrubs as Harvey Corman, an annoying hypochondriac, who claimed that having the same name as Harvey Korman did not "get as much action as you may think". He also played a role on USA's crime comedy Psych as Hugo, an astronomer who killed a partner for credit for the discovery of a planet ("From the Earth to the Starbucks"), and later on Law & Order: Criminal Intent as a wealthy philanthropist who kills his sister-in-law and niece to protect the money he uses to fund his philanthropic work ("Privilege").

Actor/director George Clooney is a close friend, and was best man at Kind's wedding to Dana Stanley in 1999. Kind later went on to play the part of a casting director in Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Kind also played himself in the short-lived HBO series Unscripted, which Clooney executive produced and directed with Grant Heslov, as well as Argo, which was produced by both Clooney and Heslov.

LA Theatre Works and film roles

Kind has performed in radio/audio plays for the LA Theatre Works and the Hollywood Theater of the Ear, and served as a guest panelist on the 2000 revival of the television game show To Tell the Truth.

Kind guest starred on the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, where he played the surly Uncle Chuck. He appeared in the film National Lampoon's Bag Boy in 2007. He also appeared in an episode of CBS' Two and a Half Men with Spin City former co-star Charlie Sheen on November 12, 2007, and played Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, Iowa.

Kind also starred in the independent black comedy feature, The Understudy in 2008. He also played a small role on TNT's hit show Leverage playing the part of a corrupt mayor in the second season two-part finale. In 2007, Kind played a short role in the indie film The Visitor as Richard Jenkins's neighbor, Jacob. In 2008, Kind performed the role of Voltaire in the New York City Opera production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide. Kind played the major supporting role of Arthur Gopnik in the Coen brothers' dark comedy film A Serious Man. He voiced Bookworm in Toy Story 3. He played the role of burnt spy Jesse's ex-boss, in three episodes of season 4 of Burn Notice as Marv, and had a small role in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter, as Christos Andryo, in 2010.

Gotham and Inside Out

In 2011, Kind guest starred in an episode of the ABC sitcom Mr. Sunshine as Rod the Bod, and played a supporting dramatic role as Mr. Camp in the feature film Fancypants. He is the voice of "Clark" in the "Clark & Lewis Expedition" radio commercials for Horizon Air with Patrick Warburton as "Lewis". He starred in the HBO series Luck until its cancellation, and he is also the spokesman for On-Cor frozen foods. He also guest starred in Phineas and Ferb in the episode "Perry the Actorpus" as the Totally Tools executive. In 2012, he was featured in Divorce Invitation, and he played a small role in the film Argo as screenwriter Max Klein. In February 2013, he made a guest appearance on Kroll Show. In 2015, he played the GED instructor on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. He is currently playing the mayor Aubrey James in Gotham.

In 2015 Kind provided the voice for Bing Bong in Pixar's Inside Out, an increasingly obsolete imaginary friend in the mind of a young girl. Kind's performance in Inside Out has been widely praised for its combination of charm and bittersweet sadness, with the film's director Pete Docter describing the role as capturing the fading of childhood.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Nothing in Common	Ad Exec in Bar	Uncredited
1988	Vice Versa	Floyd
	Meanwhile in Santa Monica
1991	Queens Logic	Actor
	Ghoulies Go to College	Cat Ghoulie (voice)
	All-American Murder	Lou Alonzo
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Reporter
1993	Tom and Jerry: The Movie	Tom Cat (voice)
	Quest of the Delta Knights	Wamthool
1994	Jimmy Hollywood	Angry Driver
	Clifford	Julien Daniels
	Stargate	Gary Meyers, Ph.D
1996	Johns	Paul Truman
	Shooting Lily	Florist
1997	Hacks	Benny
	Cold Around the Heart	Attorney Nabbish
1998	A Bug's Life	Molt (voice)
1999	Our Friend, Martin	Mr. Willis (voice)
2000	Tom Sawyer	Mr. Dobbins (voice)
2002	Quicksand	Kensington
	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Casting Executive Man
2003	The Station Agent	Louis Tiboni
	Shrink Rap	Herb
	Nobody Knows Anything!	Real Estate Agent
2004	Garfield: The Movie	Dad Rat (voice)
	Elvis Has Left the Building	Burning Elvis
	Dog Gone Love	Doug
2005	Bewitched	Abner Kravitz
	The Producers	Jury Foreman
2006	Spymate	Dr. Farley
	Cars	Van (voice)
	The Wild	Larry the Anaconda (voice)
	I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With	Herb Hope
	For Your Consideration	Marketing Person
	Everyone's Hero	Hobo Andy, Maitre D' (voice)
	Raising Flagg	Bill Reed
2007	The Grand	Andy Andrews
	The Visitor	Jacob
	National Lampoon's Bag Boy	Dave Weiner
	Big Stan	Mal
	The Neighbor	Wilder
2008	Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief	Groundhog (voice)
	The Understudy	Ian
	Roadside Romeo	Guru (voice)	Uncredited
2009	Ingenious	Newkin
	A Serious Man	Uncle Arthur
	Heidi 4 Paws	Grandfather (voice)
	Help Me, Help You	Fish
	Santa Buddies	Eddy the Elf Dog (voice)
2010	Toy Story 3	Bookworm (voice)
	Hereafter	Christos
	The Search for Santa Paws	Eddy the Elf Dog (voice)
2011	Fancypants	Mr. Camp
	Cars 2	Van (voice)
	Bad Seed	Tim
2012	BuzzKill	Stan Fuller (voice)
	The Producers	Max Bialystock
	Argo	Max Klein
	Divorce Invitation	George Mason
	Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups	Eddy the Elf Dog (voice)
2013	Dealin' with Idiots	Harold
2014	Obvious Child	Jacob
	Chu and Blossom	Fred
	The Angriest Man in Brooklyn	Bix Field
	Yellowbird	Michka (voice)	English version
	All Stars	Richard
	Ride	Boss
2015	Inside Out	Bing Bong (voice)
	The Lennon Report	Dr. Stephan G. Lynn
	Detours	Sam Jacobson
2016	Albion: Rise of the Danann	Brian
	The Paper Store	Professor Marty Kane
2017	The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler	Hasid
	Cars 3	Van (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Two Fathers' Justice	District Attorney Turpin	TV movie
1987	Hooperman	Reindeer	Episode: "Deck the Cell with Bars of Folly"
	Bennett Brothers	Richard Bennett	TV movie
1988	My Sister Sam	Lang	Episode: "The Art of Love"
	Mr. Belvedere	Joe	Episode: "Marsha's Secret"
1989	Empty Nest	Elton Sexton	Episode: "A Life in the Day"
	Unsub	Jimmy Bello	8 episodes
	21 Jump Street	Caller (voice)	Episode: "Next Victim"
	Anything but Love	Bradley	Episode: "Just the Facts, Ma'am"
1990–1991	Carol & Company	Skit characters	31 episodes
1991	Princesses	Len Kleckner	Episode: "Someday My Prince Will Gum"
	The Carol Burnett Show	Skit characters
1992	Stand By Your Man	Larson	Episode: "Spare Me"
	Great Scott!	Alberts	Episode: "Choir Mire"
1992–1999	Mad About You	Dr. Mark Devanow	37 episodes
1993	The Building	The Neurotic Director	Episode: "Father Knows Best"
1993–1995	The Commish	Alex Beebee	6 episodes
1994	The Nanny	Jeffrey Needleman	Episode: "The Playwright"
	Blue Skies	Kenny	8 episodes
1995	A Whole New Ballgame	Dwight Kling	7 episodes
	Nowhere Man	Max Webb	Episode: "The Spider Webb"
1996	Space: Above and Beyond	Colonel Matthew Burke	Episode: "Level of Necessity"
	Madness of Method	Owen Goodwin	TV short
1996–2002	Spin City	Paul Lassiter	145 episodes
1998	Something So Right	Paul	Episode: "Something About the 'Men' in Menstruation"
	The Lionhearts	Additional voices	Episode: "Singin' in the Mane"
1999	Strangers with Candy	Harry Link, DDS	Episode: "Who Wants Cake?"
	The Wild Thornberrys	Lyrebird (voice)	Episode: "Koality and Kuantity"
2001	Even Stevens	Uncle Chuck Stevens	Episode: "Uncle Chuck"
	The Santa Claus Brothers	Roy (voice)	TV movie
2001–2002	Oswald	Pongo (voice)	5 episodes
2002–2003	Still Standing	Dr. Nathan Gerber	2 episodes
2002–2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Cousin Andy	4 episodes
2003	Just Shoot Me!	Jimmie Korsh	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Elliot"
	Miss Match	Phil Weston	Episode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"
2003–2004	Scrubs	Harvey Corman	4 episodes
2003–2007	Kim Possible	Frugal Lucre (voice)	5 episodes
2004	Girlfriends	Peter Miller	Episode: "Prophet & Loss"
	Oliver Beene	Barnaby Rollins	Episode: "X-ray Specs"
	The Division	Hicks	Episode: "Lost and Found"
	My Life, Inc.	Dan Mannion	TV movie
	That '70s Show	Kimberly's Dad	Episode: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
	Less than Perfect	Lance Corcoran	Episode: "Shoo-In"
	Father of the Pride	Zebra (voice)	2 episodes
2004–2008	Go Baby!	Narrator (voice)
2005	Head Cases	Lou Albertini	Episode: "S(elf) Help"
	Genetically Challenged	Shermie Frankl	TV movie
	E-Ring	Asst. Public Affairs Sec. Danton Murphy	2 episodes
	Reba	David	Episode: "Issues"
2005–2013	Sesame Street	Fairy Balloon Person, Mr. Disgracey	2 episodes
	American Dad!	Al Tuttle (voice)	4 episodes
2006	Three Moons Over Milford	Pete Watson	Episode: "Dog Day Aftermoon"
	Stargate Atlantis	Lucius Lavin	2 episodes
	The Angriest Man in Suburbia	Josh	TV movie
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Ernest Foley	Episode: "Privilege"
	Psych	Hugo	Episode: "From the Earth to Starbucks"
	All of Us	Dennis	2 episodes
	Two and a Half Men	Artie	Episode: "Is There a Mrs. Waffles?"
	Sands of Oblivion	Ira	TV movie
2009	Chowder	Gumbo (voice)	Episode: "The Deadly Maze"
	Dora the Explorer	Greedy King (voice)	Episode: "Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom: Trilogy 2"
	Sherri	Whiny Neighbor	Episode: "Indecision '09"
2009–2011	The Penguins of Madagascar	Roger (voice)	6 episodes
2010	Leverage	Mayor Bradford Culpepper III	2 episodes
	Trauma	Ira	Episode: "Frequent Fliers"
	'Til Death	Charlie	Episode: "Brother's Keeper"
	Burn Notice	Marv	3 episodes
2011	Harry's Law	Marty Slumach	Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
	Mr. Sunshine	Rod McDaniel	2 episodes
	Femme Fatales	Jonathan Shields	Episode: "Behind Locked Doors, Part One"
	Phineas and Ferb	Executive (voice)	Episode: "Perry the Actorpus"
2011–2012	Luck	Joey Rathburn	10 episodes
2012	Sketchy	Lord Arby	Episode: "Downtown Arby's"
	NYC 22	Geoff Arnhauldt	Episode: "Thugs and Lovers"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jonas Dworkin	Episode: "Acceptable Loss"
2013	Kroll Show	Mark	Episode: "Can I Finish?"
	Golden Boy	Paul Daly	3 episodes
	Childrens Hospital	Marvin	Episode: "Country Weekend"
	Drop Dead Diva	Marty Frumm	Episode: "One Shot"
	Dark Minions	Feldenbaum	TV movie
	The Good Wife	Judge Alan Davies	Episode: "The Next Day"
2014	The Michael J. Fox Show	Mr. Norwood	Episode: "Secret"
	Ten X Ten	Man 50s	Miniseries
	Bad Teacher	Brie's Husband	Episode: "Pilot"
	Glee	Mr. Rifkin	Episode: "The Back-Up Plan"
	Sharknado 2: The Second One	Harland 'The Blaster' McGuinness	TV movie
	TripTank	Dad, Stanley (voice)	2 episodes
	The Middle	Dr. Niller	Episode: "Unbraceable You"
2014–2015	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Mort Weinerman (voice)	4 episodes
	Gotham	Mayor Aubrey James	8 episodes
2014–present	Red Oaks	Sam	10 episodes
2015	What's Your Emergency	Devon Micketty	Episode: "Let's Make a Date"
	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Mr. Lefkovitz	Episode: "Kimmy Goes to School!"
	Love Is Dead	Ken Bell	TV movie
	Happyish	Moses	Episode: "Starring Helen Keller, Moses and Lenny Bruce"
2016	Elementary	Trent Garby	Episode: "A Study in Charlotte"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1998	A Bug's Life	Molt
2006	Cars	Van
2011	The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns – Again!	Roger

External links

• Richard Kind at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Kind at the Internet Broadway Database