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Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn

The genial, slightly stocky Hollywood character actor Kevin Dunn graced the casts of some of the highest grossing and most enjoyable A-listers of the '80s, '90s, and 2000s. With a pleasant (if unremarkable) countenance, this brother of Second City veteran (and onetime Saturday Night Live mainstay) Nora Dunn cut his chops playing everymen in American movies and one-shot television episodes. Kevin Dunn lacked the sketch comedy background of his arguably more famous sibling but quickly chalked up an equally extensive resumé at about the same time. Dunn debuted on camera in the mid-'80s, with a recurring role on the series comedy drama Jack & Mike (1986), co-starring Shelley Hack and Tom Mason, but Alan Parker's harrowing civil-rights drama Mississippi Burning (in which he played Agent Bird) marked his first real breakthrough. From that point on, he became ever-present in such blockbusters as Ghostbusters 2 (1989), Blue Steel (1990), Only the Lonely (1991), Hot Shots! (1991), Chaplin (1992), and Dave (1993). Directors often cast Dunn as an emotional (or political) support to a heavy, such as his brief evocation of Nixon aide (and eventual Christian spokesperson) Chuck Colson in Oliver Stone's biopic Nixon (1995), that of Lou Logan (opposite Nicolas Cage) in Brian De Palma's muddled, flawed paranoid thriller Snake Eyes (1998), and that of Alex (alongside Sean Penn) in the political drama All The King's Men (2006). In 2007, Dunn appeared in the blockbuster action hit Transformers as Ron Witwicky, the father of lead actor Shia LaBeouf's character, Sam. Dunn also had a role in the underperforming Tom Cruise/Robert Redford/Meryl Streep drama Lions for Lambs. In the fall of that year, Dunn found success on the sitcom Samantha Who? as the father of the amnesia-afflicted main character (Christina Applegate). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide


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Kevin Dunn Trivia

What role did Kevin Dunn play in Samantha Who?: Season 01?
Kevin Dunn played Howard Newly in Samantha Who?: Season 01

What role did Kevin Dunn portray in Jack Reed: A Search for Justice?
Kevin Dunn played Phil Brenner in Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

What role did Kevin Dunn play in Almost Heroes?
Kevin Dunn played Hidalgo in Almost Heroes

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Only the Lonely?
Kevin Dunn was Patrick in Only the Lonely

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in Dave?
Kevin Dunn was Alan Reed in Dave

What role did Kevin Dunn play in Chaplin?
Kevin Dunn played J. Edgar Hoover in Chaplin

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Gridiron Gang?
Kevin Dunn was Dexter in Gridiron Gang

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in Stir of Echoes?
Kevin Dunn was Frank McCarthy in Stir of Echoes

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in Small Soldiers?
Kevin Dunn was Stuart Abernathy in Small Soldiers

What role did Kevin Dunn portray in Godzilla?
Kevin Dunn played Colonel Hicks in Godzilla

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in The 6th Man?
Kevin Dunn was Mikulski in The 6th Man

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in Chain Reaction?
Kevin Dunn was FBI Agent Doyle in Chain Reaction

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Little Big League?
Kevin Dunn was Arthur Goslin in Little Big League

What role did Kevin Dunn play in Hot Shots!?
Kevin Dunn played Lt. Comm. Block in Hot Shots!

What role did Kevin Dunn portray in Vicky Cristina Barcelona?
Kevin Dunn played Mark Nash in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Snake Eyes?
Kevin Dunn was Lou Logan in Snake Eyes

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Picture Perfect?
Kevin Dunn was Mr. Mercer in Picture Perfect

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in Lions for Lambs?
Kevin Dunn was Howard in Lions for Lambs

What role did Kevin Dunn portray in Marked for Death?
Kevin Dunn played Roselli in Marked for Death

What role did Kevin Dunn portray in The Bonfire of the Vanities?
Kevin Dunn played Thomas Killian in The Bonfire of the Vanities

What role did Kevin Dunn portray in Transformers?
Kevin Dunn played Ron Witwicky in Transformers

What role did Kevin Dunn play in All the King's Men?
Kevin Dunn played Alex in All the King's Men

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Mississippi Burning?
Kevin Dunn was Agent Bird in Mississippi Burning

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in I Heart Huckabees?
Kevin Dunn was Marty in I Heart Huckabees

Who did Kevin Dunn portray in Commandments?
Kevin Dunn was David Ward in Commandments

What role did Kevin Dunn play in Nixon?
Kevin Dunn played Charles Colson in Nixon

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Mad Love?
Kevin Dunn was Clifford Leland in Mad Love

Who did Kevin Dunn play in Blue Steel?
Kevin Dunn was Assistant Chief Stanley Hoyt in Blue Steel


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