Kevin Kline is an American actor on stage and screen.
Kline began his career on stage in 1972 with The Acting Company. He has gone on to win three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway, winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the 1978 original production of On the Twentieth Century, and Best Actor in a Musical for the 1981 revival of The Pirates of Penzance. In 2003, he starred as Falstaff in the Broadway production of Henry IV, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and was nominated for a Tony. In 2017, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter.
He made his film debut in Sophie's Choice (1982) starring opposite Meryl Streep. For his role in the 1988 comedy hit A Fish Called Wanda, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films The Pirates of Penzance (1983), Silverado (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), The January Man (1989), Chaplin (1992), Princess Caraboo (1994), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Wild Wild West (1999), The Anniversary Party (2001), The Emperor's Club (2002), The Pink Panther (2006), Last Vegas (2013), My Old Lady (2014), and The Good House (2021). Kline has voiced characters in such films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Road to El Dorado (2000), The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers (2011–present).
Screen Film Year Title Role Notes 1982 Sophie's Choice Nathan Landau 1983 Harold Cooper 1985 Silverado Paden 1986 Violets Are Blue Henry Squires 1987 Cry Freedom Donald Woods 1988 Otto West 1989 Nick Starkey 1990 I Love You to Death Joey Boca 1991 Soapdish Jeffery Anderson / Dr. Rod Randall Grand Canyon Mack 1992 Consenting Adults Richard Parker Chaplin Douglas Fairbanks 1993 Dave Dave Kovic / President William Harrison Mitchell The Nutcracker Narrator Voice 1994 Princess Caraboo Frixos 1995 French Kiss Luc Teyssier 1996 Captain Phoebus Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.Looking for Richard Himself Documentary 1997 Ben Hood Fierce Creatures Vince McCain / Rod McCain In & Out Howard Brackett 1999 Nick Bottom Wild Wild West U.S. Marshal Artemus "Artie" Gordon / President Ulysses S. Grant 2000 Tulio Voice 2001 Cal Gold Life as a House George Monroe 2002 Orange County Marcus Skinner Uncredited cameo Captain Phoebus Voice; direct-to-video William Hundert 2004 De-Lovely Cole PorterJiminy Glick in Lalawood Himself Cameo 2006 Chief Inspector Dreyfus Guy Noir As You Like It Jaques 2007 Trade Ray Sheridan 2008 Definitely, Maybe Hampton Roth Andre Voice 2009 Queen to Play Docteur Kröger 2010 Henry Harrison 2011 No Strings Attached Alvin Franklin Edwin Stanton 2012 Darling Companion Dr. Joseph Winter 2013 Last Vegas Sam Harris The Last of Robin Hood Errol Flynn 2014 My Old Lady Mathias Gold 2015 Ricki and the Flash Pete Brummel 2016 Dean Robert Anderson 2017 Beauty and the Beast Maurice 2021 Here Today Himself The Starling Dr. Larry Fine The Good House Frank Getchell 2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Calvin Fischoeder Voice 2025 A Big Bold Beautiful Journey The Mechanic
Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 Search for Tomorrow Woody Reed 156 episodes The Time of Your Life McCarthy TV movie 1977 The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People Petruchio Episode: "Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare" 1987 The Grand Knockout Tournament Himself TV special 1988–1993 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 2 episodes 1990 Hamlet Hamlet Television film 1991 Merlin and the Dragons Narrator 2003 Freedom: A History of Us Various Voice, 7 episodes 2008 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Television special 2011–present Bob's Burgers Calvin Fischoeder Voice, 47 episodes 2016 Maya & Marty Husband Episode: "Will Forte, Amy Poehler and Jerry Seinfeld" 2024 Disclaimer Stephen Brigstocke Main role; miniseries 2026 American ClassicRichard BeanAlso executive producer
Video games Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Captain Phoebus (voice)
Stage Source:"Kevin Kline - Performer: Roles (29)> Awards> Photos", Playbill, Retrieved 2022-11-11. Year Title Role Theater/Notes1970 The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 2 Huntsman/SoldierDelacorte Theater (in repertory)Richard III Tressel1972 The School for Scandal Charles SurfaceGood Shepherd-Faith Church (in repertory)Women Beware Women GuardianoThe Hostage IRA OfficerThe Lower Depths Vaska Pepel1973 The Three Sisters Vershinin Billy Rose Theatre (in repertory)The Beggar's Opera MacheathMeasure for Measure Friar Pete Scapin Leandre 1975 The Robber Bridgegroom Jamie Lockhart Harkness Theatre (in repertory)Edward II Lightborn / LancasterThe Time of Your Life McCarthy / Wesley The Three Sisters Vershinin 1976 Beware the Jubjub Bird DanielTheater Four1978 On the Twentieth Century Bruce Granit St. James TheatreEder, Richard, "Stage: On the Twentieth Century", New York Times, February 20, 1978. Machine-transcription, some variances. Retrieved 2022-11-11.Clark, Jason, "On the Twentieth Century: EW review", Entertainment Weekly, March 15, 2015. Mention of 1978 at time of a Broadway revival with other cast. Retrieved 2022-11-11.Vine, Hannah, "Archival photos: Look back ... On the Twentieth Century", Playbill, February 19, 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-11.1979 Loose Ends Paul Circle in the Square Theatre1980 The Pirates of Penzance The Pirate King Delacorte Theater1981 Uris Theater, Minskoff Theatre1983 King Richard III RichardDelacorte Theater1984 Henry V King Henry VDelacorte Theater1985 Arms and the Man Capt. Bluntschli Circle in the Square Theatre1986 Hamlet HamletThe Public Theater1988 Much Ado About Nothing BenedickRich, Frank, "Review/Theater; Kline and Danner In 'Much Ado' in Park", New York Times, July 15, 1988. Retrieved 2022-08-14.Beaufort. John, "New `Much Ado' matches saucy Danner with superb Kline", Christian Science Monitor, July 19, 1988. Retrieved 2022-08-14.Simon, Fran, "Star of Stage and Screen Coaches Students" , news.tulane.edu, May 1, 2008; co-star Blythe Danner (playing Beatrice) said "most fun she had in a role was playing on stage opposite [Kline] in" 'Much Ado'. Retrieved 2022-08-14.Delacorte Theater1990 Hamlet HamletThe Public Theater1993 Measure for Measure DukeDelacorte Theater1997 Ivanov Nikolai Ivanov Vivian Beaumont Theater2001 The Seagull TrigorinDelacorte Theater2002 Short Talks on the Universe Jim in the 3 A.M. Eugene O'Neill Theatre2003 The Play What I Wrote Mystery Guest Star Lyceum TheatreHenry IV Sir John FalstaffVivian Beaumont Theater2006 Mother Courage and Her Children CookDelacorte Theater2007 King Lear King LearThe Public TheaterCyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de BergeracRichard Rodgers Theatre2013 The Pirates of Penzance The Pirate King Delacorte Theater2017 Present Laughter Garry Essendine St. James Theatre
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