Kevin Dunn (born August 24, 1956) is an American actor who has
appeared in supporting roles in a number of films and television
series since the 1980s.His roles include White House Communications
Director Alan Reed in the political comedy Dave, U.S. Army Colonel
Hicks in the 1998 version of Godzilla, Alan Abernathy's father Stuart
in Small Soldiers, Sam Witwicky's father Ron in the Transformers film
series, Oscar Galvin in the 2010 action thriller Unstoppable, and
misanthropic White House Chief of Staff Ben Cafferty in Veep.Dunn was
born in Chicago, the son of John Dunn, a musician and poet, and his
wife Margaret (née East), a nurse. His sister is actress/comedian
Nora Dunn. He was raised in a Catholic family, and has Irish, English,
Scottish and German ancestry. Dunn graduated from Illinois Wesleyan
University in 1977, and received an honorary doctorate in 2008 from
the same school.Dunn appeared in many live theatre performances in
Chicago and suburbs, including the theatre companies Northlight,
Remains, Wisdom Bridge and Goodman before his TV and motion picture
career. Dunn's work includes Samantha Who?, a series appearing on ABC
from 2007 to 2009, as well as playing Ron Witwicky in Michael Bay's
Transformers film series. His film appearances include Small Soldiers,
Stir of Echoes, Godzilla, Snake Eyes, Nixon, Mad Love, Ghostbusters
II, Dave, Beethoven's 2nd, Hot Shots!, and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
Dunn also played Murry Wilson in a 2000 miniseries, The Beach Boys: An
American Family. He played President Richard Nixon's White House
Counsel, Charles Colson, in Nixon and played President Bill Clinton's
National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, in the ABC miniseries The
Path to 9/11. In 2000, he co-starred in Bette, a sitcom starring Bette
Midler, in which he played her husband in the show's first 11
episodes. From 2004-2006 Dunn had a small recuuring role as baseball
coach and mentor to Tyler Hoechlin charactor Martin Brewer, Terry
Hardwick on the longrunning family drama 7th Heaven.
appeared in supporting roles in a number of films and television
series since the 1980s.His roles include White House Communications
Director Alan Reed in the political comedy Dave, U.S. Army Colonel
Hicks in the 1998 version of Godzilla, Alan Abernathy's father Stuart
in Small Soldiers, Sam Witwicky's father Ron in the Transformers film
series, Oscar Galvin in the 2010 action thriller Unstoppable, and
misanthropic White House Chief of Staff Ben Cafferty in Veep.Dunn was
born in Chicago, the son of John Dunn, a musician and poet, and his
wife Margaret (née East), a nurse. His sister is actress/comedian
Nora Dunn. He was raised in a Catholic family, and has Irish, English,
Scottish and German ancestry. Dunn graduated from Illinois Wesleyan
University in 1977, and received an honorary doctorate in 2008 from
the same school.Dunn appeared in many live theatre performances in
Chicago and suburbs, including the theatre companies Northlight,
Remains, Wisdom Bridge and Goodman before his TV and motion picture
career. Dunn's work includes Samantha Who?, a series appearing on ABC
from 2007 to 2009, as well as playing Ron Witwicky in Michael Bay's
Transformers film series. His film appearances include Small Soldiers,
Stir of Echoes, Godzilla, Snake Eyes, Nixon, Mad Love, Ghostbusters
II, Dave, Beethoven's 2nd, Hot Shots!, and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
Dunn also played Murry Wilson in a 2000 miniseries, The Beach Boys: An
American Family. He played President Richard Nixon's White House
Counsel, Charles Colson, in Nixon and played President Bill Clinton's
National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, in the ABC miniseries The
Path to 9/11. In 2000, he co-starred in Bette, a sitcom starring Bette
Midler, in which he played her husband in the show's first 11
episodes. From 2004-2006 Dunn had a small recuuring role as baseball
coach and mentor to Tyler Hoechlin charactor Martin Brewer, Terry
Hardwick on the longrunning family drama 7th Heaven.
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