Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor,
producer and television personality. He was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets
(1997).Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including Sabrina
(1995), You've Got Mail (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Someone like You
(2001), We Were Soldiers, Auto Focus (both 2002), Stuck on You (2003),
Robots (2005), Little Miss Sunshine, Invincible (both 2006), Green
Zone, The Last Song (both 2010), Heaven Is for Real (2014),
Misbehaviour (2020) and television roles, such as Friends, Talk Soup,
The Kennedys, Modern Family, House of Cards, and Rake.Kinnear was born
in Logansport, Indiana, to Suzanne (née Buck), a homemaker, and
Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the US State
Department. He has two brothers, James (born 1957) and Steven (born
1959). He is of Scottish-Irish descent. Kinnear grew up a "Foreign
Service brat", having moved around frequently, from Beirut to Athens.
While a student at the American Community Schools in Athens, Kinnear
first ventured into the role of talk show host with his radio show
School Daze With Greg Kinnear. Returning to the United States for a
university education, he attended the University of Arizona,
graduating in 1985 with a degree in broadcast journalism. While there,
he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.Kinnear hosted a
short-lived game show, College Mad House, which was spun off from the
kids' show Fun House. He became the creator, co-executive producer and
host of Best of the Worst, which aired from 1991 to 1992. In 1991,
Kinnear became the first host of Talk Soup, which he hosted until
1995, when he left the show for the NBC late-night talk show Later
with Greg Kinnear (1994).
producer and television personality. He was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets
(1997).Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including Sabrina
(1995), You've Got Mail (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Someone like You
(2001), We Were Soldiers, Auto Focus (both 2002), Stuck on You (2003),
Robots (2005), Little Miss Sunshine, Invincible (both 2006), Green
Zone, The Last Song (both 2010), Heaven Is for Real (2014),
Misbehaviour (2020) and television roles, such as Friends, Talk Soup,
The Kennedys, Modern Family, House of Cards, and Rake.Kinnear was born
in Logansport, Indiana, to Suzanne (née Buck), a homemaker, and
Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the US State
Department. He has two brothers, James (born 1957) and Steven (born
1959). He is of Scottish-Irish descent. Kinnear grew up a "Foreign
Service brat", having moved around frequently, from Beirut to Athens.
While a student at the American Community Schools in Athens, Kinnear
first ventured into the role of talk show host with his radio show
School Daze With Greg Kinnear. Returning to the United States for a
university education, he attended the University of Arizona,
graduating in 1985 with a degree in broadcast journalism. While there,
he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.Kinnear hosted a
short-lived game show, College Mad House, which was spun off from the
kids' show Fun House. He became the creator, co-executive producer and
host of Best of the Worst, which aired from 1991 to 1992. In 1991,
Kinnear became the first host of Talk Soup, which he hosted until
1995, when he left the show for the NBC late-night talk show Later
with Greg Kinnear (1994).
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