Richard Kind Net Worth

Richard Kind's Quotes

• I don't want people to know my name. I just want people to love me.
• [re friend and fellow actor Bobby Cannavale] Here's the difference between Bobby and me. After a show, people wait at the stage door for him because they want to be near him, like maybe it will rub off. They don't need to touch me. They just tell me their mother likes me.

Interesting Facts about Richard Kind

1. The best man at his wedding was George Clooney.
2. Married Dana Stanley in New York City's Central Park. Dana is the executive director of Project ALS, an organization that raises money to study cures for Lou Gehrig's disease.
3. Father, Samuel, was a jeweler in Princeton, New Jersey. He passed away in 1998. His mother, Alice, was a homemaker. His sister, Joanne, also is a homemaker.
4. Studied pre-law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, but took a year off before going to law school to try his hand at acting. He worked in the theater for 10 years before getting his break on television.
5. Graduate of Pennsbury High School in Levittown, PA.
6. Is the elder of two siblings.
7. Was a member of Second City's Chicago and L.A. troupes.
8. Is a cousin of Barbra Streisand's late stepfather and her half-sister, singer/entertainer, Roslyn Kind.
9. Is the son-in-law of James C. Stanley.
10. He was awarded the 2003 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Bounce" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
11. He is the only actor to appear in both Stargate (1994) and Stargate: Atlantis (2004).
12. Starring as Max Bialystock in the hit Broadway show "The Producers" alongside Spin City (1996) co-star Alan Ruck at the St. James Theatre. [March 2005]
13. Along with Patrick Warburton, Starring in radio commercials portraying Lewis & Clark for Horizon Air (a smaller branch of Alaska Airlines), in the Seattle Metropolitan Area. [2006]
14. Appearing in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" on Broadway as Andre Thibault. [August 2006]
15. In Tucson, Arizona, filming Ingenious (2009). [April 2007]
16. Along with Michael Boatman, he is one of only two actors to appear in all 145 episodes of Spin City (1996).
17. As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Serious Man (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Argo (2012), with the latter winning in the category.
18. He auditioned for the role of Bloat in Finding Nemo (2003). The role went to his Bug's Life (1998) co-star Brad Garrett the voice of Dim.
19. Father of Skyler Kind, Samantha Kind, and Max Kind.
20. Has played a character named "Ira" on FOUR separate TV projects: The TV movies Sands of Oblivion and Survivor's Remorse and episodes of the TV series Young Sheldon and Trauma.