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Greg Kinnear (born June 17, 1963 in Logansport, Indiana) is an Academy Award nominated American actor.

Kinnear began his career as the first host of the daily talk show analysis show Talk Soup. He hosted the program from its 1991 inception until 1995. He also hosted the late night talk show Later from 1994 until 1996.

Greg Kinnear was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for As Good as It Gets. He won the 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actor for the same film. Kinnear is an alumnus of the University of Arizona, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity while earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1985. Kinnear married his longtime girlfriend, Helen Labdon, in 1999. They have two daughters: Lily Kathryn (born 2003) and Audrey Mae (born June 13, 2006). They previously suffered one stillbirth at seven months pregnant in 2001 and a miscarriage in 2005.

Much of Kinnear's work relied on playing good guys such as Dear God, Sabrina (a breakout role) and Stuck On You, although he has started levitating toward playing antagonists such as Nurse Betty as a vain soap opera actor and What Planet Are You From?, providing the backstabbing co-worker to Garry Shandling.

In 2006 Kinnear co-starred alongside Steve Carrell in the comedy Little Miss Sunshine and alongside Mark Wahlberg in the film version of Invincible, based on the true story of a man who tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles football team. He was also seen in Fast Food Nation, playing a fast food executive who finds out some shocking secrets about his company.

Filmography

• Invincible (2006) .... Dick Vermeil
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006) .... Richard
• Fast Food Nation (2006)
• The Matador (2005) .... Danny Wright
• Bad News Bears (2005) .... Roy Bullock
• Robots (2005) (voice) .... Ratchet
• Godsend (2004) .... Paul Duncan
• Stuck On You (2003/I) .... Walt
• Auto Focus (2002) .... Bob Crane
• We Were Soldiers (2002) .... Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
• Dinner with Friends (2001) (TV) .... Tom
• Someone Like You... (2001) .... Ray Brown
• The Gift (2000) .... Wayne Collins
• Loser (2000) .... Professor Edward Alcott
• Nurse Betty (2000) .... Dr. David Ravell/George McCord
• What Planet Are You From? (2000) .... Perry Gordon
• Mystery Men (1999) .... Captain Amazing/Lance Hunt
• You've Got Mail (1998) .... Frank Navasky
• As Good as It Gets (1997) .... Simon Bishop
• A Smile Like Yours (1997) .... Danny Robertson
• Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) (voice) (uncredited) .... ATF Agent Bork
• Dear God (1996) .... Tom Turner
• Sabrina (1995) .... David Larrabee
• Blankman (1994) .... Talk Show Host
• Based on an Untrue Story (1993) (TV) .... Orlando Chang Stein
• Dillinger (1991) (TV) .... Arizona Legislator
• Murder in Mississippi (1990) (TV) .... News reporter

External link

• Greg Kinnear on MySpace

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