15 Facts About Greg Kinnear

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Gregory Buck Kinnear was born on June 17,1963 and is an American actor.

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Greg Kinnear was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets.

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Greg Kinnear was born on June 17,1963, in Logansport, Indiana, to Suzanne, a homemaker, and Edward Greg Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the US State Department.

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Greg Kinnear grew up a "Foreign Service brat", having moved around frequently, from Beirut to Athens.

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Greg Kinnear hosted a short-lived game show, College Mad House, which was spun off from the kids' show Fun House.

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Greg Kinnear became the creator, co-executive producer and host of Best of the Worst, which aired from 1991 to 1992.

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Greg Kinnear played the lead role in the 1996 comedy Dear God.

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Greg Kinnear starred in A Smile Like Yours with Lauren Holly, as part of a couple trying to have a baby.

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Greg Kinnear often alternated roles, often playing good guys like a righteous principal in The Gift or a gay painter in As Good as It Gets, to bad guys such as a sleazy college professor in Loser, a womanizer in Someone Like You as well as Sabrina and an egotistical soap opera star in Nurse Betty.

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In 2002 Greg Kinnear starred in Auto Focus about the life and murder of actor Bob Crane.

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Greg Kinnear co-starred with Steve Carell in the Oscar-winning comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine in 2006, and with Mark Wahlberg in Invincible, based on the true story of a bartender who tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles football team.

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Greg Kinnear appeared in Fast Food Nation, playing a fast food executive who discovers secrets about his company.

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In 2011, Kinnear starred in the miniseries The Kennedys playing the lead role as John F Kennedy.

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Greg Kinnear played a famous novelist in Josh Boone's directorial debut film Stuck in Love, which followed his relationships with his former wife and teenage children.

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On May 1,1999, Greg Kinnear married Helen Labdon, a retired British glamour model.