- Born
- Birth nameKevin James Dunn
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Kevin Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1956. He is an American actor who has made over 100 appearances in both TV and film.
One of his earliest roles was in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning (1988) with Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. He followed this up with Kathryn Bigelow's Blue Steel (1990), Ghostbusters II (1989), and the Brian De Palma hit The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
He has since appeared in a number of box office hits, such as Hot Shots! (1991), Chain Reaction (1996), and Godzilla (1998). He also appeared in the Oliver Stone epic, Nixon (1995) and the Ridley Scott fantasy film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992).
Dunn is able to fit into various roles in diverse genres with ease, whether the role in question be a political thriller like 'Robert Redford (I)'s Lions for Lambs (2007), an action film such as Tony Scotts Unstoppable (2010), or a romantic drama like Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). He is an established and reliable supporting - and character - actor.
He has gained considerable fame as the father in the hit movies Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Lee-Williams
- SpouseKatina Alexander(July 19, 1986 - present) (1 child)
- ParentsJohn DunnMargaret Dunn
- Often plays fathers or fatherly type characters
- Often plays military or political figures
- Tends to play irascible, angry characters
- Brother of actress Nora Dunn.
- Was considered for the role of George Costanza in Seinfeld (1989).
- Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Gave commencement speech at his alma mater for the graduating class of 2008.
- Appeared in four Ivan Reitman produced movies one of them being a TV movie.
- Understudied by Skipp Sudduth in the world premiere of the Richard Fire-June Shellene play about commodities traders, "Dealing," at Northlight Theatre, 1987, then located in Evanston, Illinois.
- You read the stories about horses being starved at Santa Anita, but a horse can't starve at Santa Anita! I mean, there's just bags of carrots all over the place; food is everywhere. They don't starve any horses!
- I majored in theater in college. I did a couple of plays in high school, and I really enjoyed it, so I went to Illinois Wesleyan University and got a degree, and then I went back to Chicago and started doing theater in all the companies around the city for about 11 years before I moved out to L.A.
- On a film, they'll always say there's going to be a rehearsal period, and there never is.
- I'm not from that world where you get on your feet and somebody gives you a suggestion and you improv your way through things.
- I don't think I auditioned for 'Ghostbusters II'.
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