Richard Kind

Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor, known for his roles in the sitcoms: Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996–2002) and Andy in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2020); as well as for portraying Arthur in A Serious Man (2009).[1] Kind is also known for his voice performances in various Pixar films such as A Bug's Life (1998), Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), Cars 2 (2011) and Inside Out (2015).[2] He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Marcus Hoff in the 2013 Broadway production of The Big Knife.

## 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.[3] Together with his younger sister, Joanne, he grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in a neighborhood called Pennsbury Heights. Richard attended Pennsbury High School with fellow actor Robert Curtis Brown, and he graduated in 1974.[4] 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.[5]

## 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 during July 27–29, 2012.

### Other work

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 had a recurring role on the Disney Channel series *Kim Possible* as the villain 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 five episodes of Larry David's *Curb Your Enthusiasm* between 2002 and 2020 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).

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.

### Theater 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 covered in Tiger's Blood 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 played the mayor Aubrey James in *Gotham*.

Kind voiced Riley's imaginary friend Bing Bong in Pixar's *Inside Out*.[2][6] He provides the voice of Olly and Saraline's dad Harvey Timbers in *Welcome to the Wayne*. He also provided the voice of Nightmare Cupcake from *Crossy Road: The Series*.

## Personal life

Kind married Dana Stanley on November 14, 1999,[7] and they have three children, a son Max, and two daughters, Samantha and Skylar.[8]

## Filmography

### Video games

 2012
 2018

## External links

* Richard Kind on IMDb
* Richard Kind at the Internet Broadway Database

## Voices:

* Frugal Lucre - Kim Possible
* Tom - *Tom and Jerry: The Movie*