Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor,
known for his roles in the sitcoms: Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You
(1992â€"1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996â€"2002) and Andy
in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002â€"2020); as well as for portraying
Arthur in A Serious Man (2009). He has also done voice performances in
various Pixar films such as A Bug's Life (1998), Cars (2006), Toy
Story 3 (2010), Cars 2 (2011) and Inside Out (2015).He was nominated
for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance
as Marcus Hoff in the 2013 Broadway production of The Big Knife.Kind
was born to a Jewish family, in the New Jersey capital of Trenton, the
son of Alice, a homemaker, and Samuel Kind, a jeweler who formerly
owned La Vake's Jewelry in Princeton. Together with his younger
sister, Joanne, he grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in a
neighborhood called Pennsbury Heights. Richard attended Pennsbury High
School with fellow actor Robert Curtis Brown, and he graduated in
1974. In 1978 he graduated from Northwestern University, where he was
in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is also an alumnus of The
Second City in Chicago.
known for his roles in the sitcoms: Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You
(1992â€"1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996â€"2002) and Andy
in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002â€"2020); as well as for portraying
Arthur in A Serious Man (2009). He has also done voice performances in
various Pixar films such as A Bug's Life (1998), Cars (2006), Toy
Story 3 (2010), Cars 2 (2011) and Inside Out (2015).He was nominated
for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance
as Marcus Hoff in the 2013 Broadway production of The Big Knife.Kind
was born to a Jewish family, in the New Jersey capital of Trenton, the
son of Alice, a homemaker, and Samuel Kind, a jeweler who formerly
owned La Vake's Jewelry in Princeton. Together with his younger
sister, Joanne, he grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in a
neighborhood called Pennsbury Heights. Richard attended Pennsbury High
School with fellow actor Robert Curtis Brown, and he graduated in
1974. In 1978 he graduated from Northwestern University, where he was
in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is also an alumnus of The
Second City in Chicago.
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