Gary Valentine - wikipedia Gary Valentine For original Blondie songwriter / bass player with the same stage name, see Gary Lachman. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( March 2012 ) Gary Valentine Birth name Gary Joseph Knipfing ( 1961 - 11 - 22 ) November 22, 1961 ( age 55 ) Mineola, New York, U.S. Years active 1993 -- present Spouse Jackyline Valentine Gary Joseph Knipfing ( born November 22, 1961 ), better known by his screen name Gary Valentine, is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is the older brother of actor Kevin James. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links Personal life Valentine was born Gary Joseph Knipfing in Mineola, New York, to Janet, who had worked in a chiropractor 's office, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., who owned an insurance agency. He is of German descent. Valentine has two siblings : Kevin George Knipfing, known as Kevin James, an actor and comedian, and Leslie Knipfing. Career This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) Valentine got his start in show business on the stand up comedy stage. After an appearance at the Montreal Comedy Festival, he left his native New York for Los Angeles. There, he quickly landed spots on various talk shows including The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He has been headlining comedy clubs and theaters for the past fifteen years. He is best known for his role as Danny Heffernan on The King of Queens, playing the cousin of principal character Doug Heffernan ( performed by his real life brother Kevin James ) for nine seasons. Elsewhere on the small screen, he notably appeared on the television show Men of a Certain Age, which was written and directed by Ray Romano, and met with critical acclaim. Prior to his run on the series, he starred in his own half - hour special on Comedy Central along with hosting The X Show on FX. On the big screen, Valentine has appeared in Stuck on You and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. He also had a cameo in Jerry Seinfeld 's documentary, Comedian. More recently, he makes occasional appearances as a round table comedian on the popular E ! Network late - night talk show Chelsea Lately, and also takes part in the Dusty Peacock web series on Crackle. Valentine performs comedy tours in clubs across the country. He 's been a frequent guest comedian on shows such as Comics Unleashed and the E ! 's show Chelsea Lately. He appeared in Paul Blart Mall Cop, its sequel, Paul Blart : Mall Cop 2, and in the comedy web series Dusty Peacock on Crackle. Valentine also appeared as George Bannister in the movies The Dog Who Saved Christmas ( 2009 ), The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation ( 2010 ) and The Dog Who Saved Halloween ( 2011 ). He also played `` Maury '' in the 2009 comedy The Deported. He co-hosted The X Show. Most recently, Valentine was executive producer of an upcoming new TV series, The Bachelor Chronicles. In 2016, Valentine began starring in the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Velocity Rules Stunner Short film 2003 Stuck on You Wes 2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Karl Eisendorf 2009 Paul Blart : Mall Cop Karaoke Singer 2009 The Deported Maury Hosed Smitty Short film 2011 Zookeeper Pizza Guy 2011 Poolboy : Drowning Out the Fury Officer Murdock 2011 The Dog Who Saved Halloween George Bannister 2011 Jack and Jill Dallas 2012 Wrong EMT 2012 Here Comes the Boom Eric Voss 2012 The Dog Who Saved the Holidays George Bannister 2015 The Dog Who Saved Summer George Bannister 2015 Paul Blart : Mall Cop 2 Saul Gundermutt Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 -- 2007 The King of Queens Danny Heffernan 81 episodes 2007 Alive N ' Kickin ' Gary TV film 2009 The Dog Who Saved Christmas George Bannister TV film The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation George Bannister TV film 2011 Men of a Certain Age Gambler at Craps Table `` Let the Sunshine In '' ( season 2 : episode 6 ) 2014 Fargo Deputy Knudsen 5 episodes 2016 Kevin Can Wait Kyle Gable Main cast References Jump up ^ `` Kevin George Knipfing ''. Ancestry.com. ^ Jump up to : `` Kevin James Biography ''. FilmReference.com. Jump up ^ `` NewsLibrary Search Results ''. Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Kevin James : `` Bleib dir treu '' ``. Showbiz.de. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Kevin James Biography ''. Yahoo ! Movies. Jump up ^ `` Gary Valentine ''. Entertainment Studios. Archived from the original on 2010 - 11 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Kevin James, Gary Valentine Get Reckless on ' Dusty Peacock ' ''. Tilzy.tv. 2009 - 07 - 17. Archived from the original on 2009 - 07 - 22. Retrieved 2009 - 07 - 23. Jump up ^ Petski, Denise ( March 22, 2016 ). `` Lenny Venito & Gary Valentine Join Kevin James ' CBS Comedy Series ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017. External links Gary Valentine on IMDb VIAF : 160727221 LCCN : no2010197856 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_Valentine&oldid=804852574 '' Categories : 1961 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from New York City People from Stony Brook, New York Ward Melville High School alumni People from Mineola, New York 21st - century American male actors 20th - century American male actors American people of German descent Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from March 2012 All BLP articles lacking sources Pages using Infobox comedian with unknown parameters Articles needing additional references from August 2017 All articles needing additional references Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français 한국어 Íslenska Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 11 October 2017, at 14 : 53. 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Question: who plays danny heffernan on king of queens
Answer: Gary Valentine