Richard Kind
American actor (born 1956)
Richard Kind is an American actor whose rumpled, anxious comic style has made him a familiar presence on screen and stage. He played Dr. Mark Devanow on Mad About You and press secretary Paul Lassiter on Spin City, and gave voice to the imaginary friend Bing Bong in Pixar's Inside Out. He earned a Tony Award nomination for The Big Knife and appears as Vince Fish on Only Murders in the Building.
Richard Kind appears in 1 film and 2 TV series in The Rerun, from 1992 to 2025. Most of that work is in crime, drama and legal.
Known for
- Spin City (1996), Paul Lassiter. The hapless press secretary in New York’s mayoral office for the length of the sitcom.
- Inside Out (2015), Bing Bong (voice). Riley’s forgotten imaginary friend, part elephant and part cotton candy.
- Mad About You (1992), Dr. Mark Devanow. Paul and Jamie’s neurotic doctor friend in the long-running sitcom.
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), Cousin Andy. Larry David’s exasperating cousin in recurring appearances over two decades.
- A Serious Man (2009), Arthur Gopnik. The troubled brother in the Coen brothers’ darkly comic Minnesota fable.
- Argo (2012), Max Klein. A screenwriter enlisted for the fake film in Ben Affleck’s Best Picture winner.
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Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Richard Kind been in?
- Richard Kind appears in The Rainmaker (2025), Stargate (1994) and Mad About You (1992) on The Remote.
- When was Richard Kind born?
- Richard Kind was born on 22 November 1956.
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