Richard Kind

Richard Bruce Kind is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian, best known for his television roles as Dr. Mark Devanow in the NBC sitcom from 1992 to 1999, and Paul Lassiter in the ABC sitcom from 1996 to 2002. He is also well-known for voicing Tom Cat in , the Dad Rat in Garfield: The Movie, a Groundhog in , and Roger the Alligator in the /DreamWorks' , as well as the video game .
He has had multiple Disney roles. He voiced Molt in the 1998 Disney/Pixar film A Bug's Life, Van in the 2006 Disney/Pixar film Cars, Larry in the 2006 Disney animated film The Wild, and Bookworm in the 2010 Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 3. He also voiced Eddy in the Disney live-action films Santa Buddies, The Search for Santa Paws, and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Additionally, he voiced the Totally Tools Executive in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Perry the Actorpus", and Frugal Lucre in the Kim Possible episode "Low Budget". Kind later voiced Mort Weinerman in the second season of the Disney XD animated series Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. He also played Uncle Chuck in Even Stevens and voiced Bing Bong in the 2015 Disney/Pixar film Inside Out. In addition, he voiced Uncle Monty in Tangled: The Series, Durpin in LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, Uncle Manny in the Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episode "Donald's Dilemma", Cheezel in Mickey Mouse Funhouse, Jules in the Bob's Burgers episode, "Flat-Top o' the Morning to Ya", and The Director in the The Simpsons episode, "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas". He was going to voice a vulture in Home on the Range, but the role was cut from the film.
==Roles==
Moltbugslife.png|Molt(A Bug's Life)
UncleChuck.2.jpg|Uncle Chuck(Even Stevens)
Yeti (Monsters Inc).png|Yeti(Monsters, Inc. original cut)
Bloat (1).jpg|Bloat(Finding Nemo, original cut)
Larry the Anaconda.png|Larry(The Wild)
Frugal Lucre.jpg|Frugal Lucre(Kim Possible)
Cars-van.jpg|Van(Cars franchise)
Totally Tools Executor.jpg|Totally Tools Executor(Phineas and Ferb)
Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210.jpg|Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210(Stitch's Great Escape!)
Char 65741.jpg|Eddy(Santa Buddies, The Search for Santa Paws, and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups)
Bookworm3.jpg|Bookworm(Toy Story 3)
Mort-alCombat - 24.jpg|Mort Weinerman(Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
Bingbong.png|Bing Bong(Inside Out)
Monty.png|Monty(Tangled: The Series)
Cacahuate.png|Cacahuate(Elena of Avalor)
Uncle Manny (Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures).jpeg|Uncle Manny(Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures)
Cheezel.jpg|Cheezel(Mickey Mouse Funhouse)
Tchotchke Jones.png|Tchotchke Jones(Hamster & Gretel)
Vince Fish.jpg|Vince Fish(Only Murders in the Building)
==Gallery==
Richard Kind behind the scenes of abl.jpg|Richard Kind behind the scenes of A Bug's Life.
Richard Kind at Cars Land grand opening.jpg|Richard Kind at the grand opening of Cars Land at the Disneyland Resort in June 2012.
RIchard Kind Sundance 14.jpg|Richard Kind poses for a photo at the 2014 Sundance Film Fest.
Mae Whitman with Richard Kind.jpg|Richard Kind and Mae Whitman attending Kari Feinstein's Style Lounge in Aruba in January 2015.
Richard Kind behind the scenes of Inside Out.jpg|Richard Kind behind the scenes of Inside Out.
Richard Kind Summer TCA Tour16.jpg|Richard Kind speaks at the Red Oaks panel at the 2016 Summer TCA Tour.
Richard Kind speaks at AFI Awards.jpg|Richard Kind speaks onstage during the 2018 AFI Life Achievement Awards Gala.
Richard Kind Sundance19.jpg|Richard Kind attending the 2019 Sundance Film Fest.
==Trivia==
*Kind said in an interview that he loved performing the voice of Molt and that he hoped he could voice another character for them.
*He also tried out for the voice of Bloat in Finding Nemo, but he lost the role to his A Bug's Life co-star, Brad Garrett, the voice actor of Dim. He also recorded lines for Yeti in Monsters, Inc., but was replaced by John Ratzenberger, the voice actor of a character in just about every Pixar film.
*Kind is probably best remembered by TV fans as Paul on Spin City.
*He is married to Dana Stanley by whom he has 3 children.
*His best friend is George Clooney.
*While recording Bing Bong's last line, "Take her to the moon for me, okay?", Richard Kind was crying.
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