Kevin Kline
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Date of Birth:
October 24, 1947 (74)
Birth Place: St. Louis, MO, USA
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Kevin Kline has seamlessly transitioned between the worlds of theatre and film and has earned equal distinction in both. Kline was most recently seen on Broadway in the 2017 revival of Present Laughter, portraying the role of Garry Essendine. Kline is the recipient of numerous awards, including an ...
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Kate Burton and Kevin Kline during Broadway Opening Night curtain call for 'Present Laughter' at the St. James Theatre on April 5, 2017 in New York City.
Matt Bittner, Sandra Shipley, Peter Francis James, Tedra Millan, Kate Burton, Kevin Kline, Kristine Nielsen, Cobie Smulders, Bhavesh Patel and Reg Rogers during Broadway Opening Night curtain call for 'Present Laughter' at the St. James Theatre on April
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Kevin Kline Biography
Kevin Kline has seamlessly transitioned between the worlds of theatre and film and has earned equal distinction in both. Kline was most recently seen on Broadway in the 2017 revival of Present Laughter, portraying the role of Garry Essendine. Kline is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award and two Tony awards. Kline was seen in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon with an all-star cast including Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Luke Evans, Emma Thompson, Dan Stevens, and Josh Gad. In addition to his 1988 Academy Award for his role in the comedy A Fish Called Wanda and a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for HBO's As You Like It, Kline is a five-time Golden Globe nominee for his roles in Sophie's Choice, Dave, In & Out, Soapdish and De-Lovely; and he earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination for his performance in Life As A House. He was also the recipient of a Career Tribute at the 1997 Gotham Independent Film Awards. His additional film credits include The Big Chill, Silverado, I Love You To Death, Grand Canyon, French Kiss, Cry Freedom, The Ice Storm, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Anniversary Party, Fierce Creatures, Wild Wild West, The Emperor's Club, Pink Panther, A Prairie Home Companion, The Extra Man, Trade (for which he won the CineMerit Award at the Munich Film Festival), Queen to Play, The Conspirator, Darling Companion (his sixth collaboration with director Lawrence Kasdan), The Last of Robin Hood, Last Vegas, My Old Lady, and Ricki and The Flash. A Juilliard graduate, Kline made his Broadway debut playing Vershinin in Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters for John Houseman's The Acting Company, of which he is a founding member. For Hal Prince's On the Twentieth Century, he won both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award, and for The Pirates of Penzance, which had a successful run at The Public Theater before transferring to Broadway, he again won both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award, as well as the Obie Award for Outstanding Achievement by an actor. More recently, Kline was seen on Broadway in the critically acclaimed Cyrano de Bergerac, for which he received an Outer Critics Circle Award. Additionally, this is Kline's second staged production to air on PBS'Great Performances Series. The production earned him Emmy and SAG Award nominations. Kline won rave reviews for his Broadway performance in Shaw's Arms and the Man directed by John Malkovich as well as Michael Weller'sLoose Ends, directed by Alan Schneider, and starred in Gerry Gutierrez's production of Chekhov's Ivanov at Lincoln Center. He won a Drama Desk award for his performance as Falstaff in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Shakespeare's Henry IV. At The Public's Shakespeare in the Park, Kline has also appeared opposite Meryl Streep inThe Seagull and in Mother Courage and Her Children. Kline has a three-decades-long history with The Public Theater, during which he has played numerous Shakespearean characters, including the title roles in King Lear, Richard III and Henry V. Additional credits include Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and the title role in two productions of Hamlet. For the first production of Hamlet he won the Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Theatre and for the second, which he also directed, he received five Drama Desk nominations, including best director and actor nominations. Later, he co-directed a televised version of the production for the PBS Great Performances Series. Kline has received the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, which recognizes an artist who has made a significant contribution to classical theatre in America and was the first American actor to receive the Sir John Gielgud Golden Quill Award. In 2007, he was honored with the Lucille Lortel Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2004, Kline was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.Kevin Kline Awards and Nominations
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| Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play |
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| The Lortels - 2007 - Lifetime Achievement Award |
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| Tony Awards - 1978 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical |
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Kevin Kline News
Alysha Umphress, Jay Armstrong Johnson & More to Star in Reading of THE GREAT GATSBY New Musical Adaptationby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2022
A private 29-hour reading of a new musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, written by the Tony Award-nominated songwriting duo of Nathan Tysen and Jason Howland (Paradise Square), with book by Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones) and directed by Mark Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 20 in New York City.
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for AMERICAN MASTERS: JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS on PBSby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022
Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at New York City's Delacorte Theater in Central Park, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts tells the story of this indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts.
AMERICAN MASTERS Documentary on PBS to Focus on the Career, Social Vision & Impact of The Public Theater's Joe Pappby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022
A cultural change agent for more than fifty years, Papp’s stages held up a mirror to society with work that reflected the reality of people’s lives. Directed, produced and written by Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts premieres nationwide Friday, June 3 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS.
Audible Theater Announces World Premiere of Jade Anouka's HEARTby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2022
Audible Inc. has announced the world premiere of HEART, written by and starring British performer and poet Jade Anouka, directed by Ola Ince.
New Works by Keenan Scott II, Anna Deavere Smith & More to be Featured in New York Stage and Film Summer Seasonby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2022
New York Stage and Film, will return July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season.
The Acting Company Announces Actors' Career Stability Initiative Awarding Student Loan Debt Grantsby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2022
The Acting Company has announced the Actors’ Career Stability Initiative program for the 2022-23 season. With support from the Booth Ferris Foundation, all actors who accept a casting offer to join the 2022-23 national touring season and have a minimum of $10,000 in student loan debt will be eligible to apply for student loan debt relief.
New York Stage and Film Announces Summer Season Featuring Josh Radnor, Lily Houghton, Anna Deavere Smith, and Moreby Stephi Wild - May 5, 2022
New York Stage and Film returns July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season. For 38 years, NYSAF has operated as a vital incubator for artists and their work, a catalyst for stories that continue across the country and around the world. All tickets are $25 and go on sale June 1.
PBS AMERICAN MASTERS to Celebrate The Public Theatre's Joe Papp with Documentaryby Marissa Tomeo - May 1, 2022
Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at New York City’s Delacorte Theater in Central Park, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts tells the story of this indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts.
Bucks County Playhouse Opens 83rd Season With New Play AMERICAN JADEby A.A. Cristi - Apr 27, 2022
When the award-winning actress and playwright, Jodi Long, took her first steps on the Broadway stage in Sidney Lumet's production of “Nowhere to Go But Up,” she was entering a professional world that ran through her family's bloodline. Her Vaudevillian parents had long trod the boards – in fact, as part of a popular song and dance act, they even appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1950s.
Joyce Theater's Aaron Mattocks to Step Downby Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 27, 2022
Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater Foundation, announced today that Aaron Mattocks, the organization’s Director of Programming, will step down effective July 15, 2022.
Kevin Kline Videos
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for AMERICAN MASTERS: JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS on PBSby Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022
Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at New York City's Delacorte Theater in Central Park, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts tells the story of this indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts.
VIDEO: Bernadette Peters Sings the GayBCs on Jordan Roth's THE BIRDS AND THE BSby Stage Tube - Jan 3, 2019
The Birds and The BS is the kids show for adults! Because we forgot everything we learned in kindergarten. Join Mr. Jordan and his especially animated friends as they sing you towards the right path... but you know, left. On this episode: It's time to give it to you straight (or gay) (or bi) (or...). Bernadette Peters sings your GayBCs!
VIDEO: Tituss Burgess Sings About Unconditional Love on Jordan Roth's THE BIRDS AND THE BSby Stage Tube - Nov 5, 2018
The Birds and The BS is the kids show for adults! Because we forgot everything we learned in kindergarten. Join Mr. Jordan and his especially animated friends as they sing you towards the right path... but you know, left.
Video: The Cast of 5-Star Theatricals SHREK THE MUSICAL Covers The Monkees, 'I'm A Believer'by A.A. Cristi - Oct 15, 2018
5-STAR THEATRICALS opens its 2018-2019 season with the Thousand Oaks premiere of SHREK THE MUSICAL
VIDEO: Mandy Patinkin Sings About What Makes a True 'Bullsh*t Artist' on Jordan Roth's THE BIRDS AND THE B.S.by Stage Tube - Aug 23, 2018
The Birds and The BS is the kids show for adults! Because we forgot everything we learned in kindergarten. Join Mr. Jordan and his especially animated friends as they sing you towards the right path... but you know, left. With all the BS coming out of DC, what makes a true Bullsh*t Artist? In this episode, Mandy Patinkin is putting it together...into a song!
VIDEO: Laura Benanti Stops by Jordan Roth's THE BIRDS AND THE BS to Talk #MeTooby Stage Tube - Jul 24, 2018
The Birds and The BS is the kids show for adults! Because we forgot everything we learned in kindergarten. Join Mr. Jordan and his especially animated friends as they sing you towards the right path... but you know, left. In this episode: Laura Benanti explains how #YouToo are part of the #MeToo problem. In song. And as a man. Just watch.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At Goodspeed's OLIVER!by BroadwayWorld TV - Jul 3, 2018
BroadwayWorld has a first look at Goodspeed's production of OLIVER! Check out video highlights from the production below!
VIDEO: George C. Wolfe Talks THE ICEMAN COMETH on Icons and Innovators Seriesby Stage Tube - Jun 30, 2018
On June 21, Susan Fales-Hill sat down for an intimate conversation with George C. Wolfe, the award-winning director and playwright who returned to Broadway this year with the new production of The Iceman Cometh.
VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony! Day 14- George C. Wolfe Secures the Broadway Legacy of SHUFFLE ALONGby Stage Tube - May 25, 2018
On Day 14 of 30 Days of Tony, we celebrate another Best Direction of A Play nominee, legendary artist George C. Wolfe.
VIDEO: Alan Cumming Stops by Jordan Roth's THE BIRDS AND THE BS to Make America Immigreat Again!by Stage Tube - Apr 12, 2018
In this episode: Make America Immigreat Again! Our favorite immigrant Alan Cumming sings out for all American Dreamers on the latest episode of The Birds and The BS!
