Kevin Kline Biography
Kevin Kline (Kevin Delaney Kline) is an American film and stage actor and singer. He has won an Academy Award and three Tony Awards. And is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Kline began his career on stage in 1972 with The Acting Company. He has more interest in music, due to that he decided to study composing and conducting at the Indiana University, Bloomington.
Kevin Kline Age
He is an American actor and singer who began his career since the early 1970s. He was born 24 October 1947in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He is 71 years old as of 2018.
Kevin Kline Wife
He married Phoebe Belle Cates who is an American former film actress, singer, and model known primarily for her roles in several 1980s films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins. He started by modeling career when she decided to begin acting. She also sang the film’s main theme song and recorded an album of the same name. She played the role of Lili “to get away from a sameness in her movie portrayals. During her audition, she so impressed the writer that he wanted to hire her there and then. She struggled with the portrayal of a bitter movie star because, despite her character’s vicious persona, she intended for the audience to sympathize with her.
Kevin Kline Net Worth
He is a very successful actor who has many and highly successful movies to his name. Besides acting, he has also directed some movies and through all he has done, the actor has recorded a lot of achievements. He is from a family that is well to do, and he still owns a departmental store chain known as Kline’s Inc. He has an estimated net worth of $35 million.
Kevin Kline Children
Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline have one of the longest unions in Hollywood. They are blessed with two children Frankie Cosmos who is an American musician and singer-songwriter. She is known for her independent releases, inspired by Frank O’Hara’s poetry, DIY ethics of K Records and the early 2000s New York City’s anti-folk scene. Owen Kline who is an actor and director, known for The Squid and the Whale (2005). He is also an independent filmmaker based in NYC.
Kevin Kline Awards and nominations
- A Fish Called Wanda (1989)
- Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie (2008)
- Character Voice-Over Performance (2017)
- On the Twentieth Century (1978)
- The Pirates of Penzance (1981)
- Henry IV (2004)
- Present Laughter (2017)
- Sophie’s Choice (1984)
- Life as a House (2001)
- As You Like It (2006)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (2009)
- Soapdish ( 1992)
- Dave (1993)
- In & Out (1997)
- De-Lovely (2005)
- MTV Movie Awards (1997)
- Satellite Awards (1997)
- Drama League Award (2017)
Kevin Kline Parents
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Margaret Agnes Kirk and Robert Joseph Kline. His father Joseph Kline was a classical music lover and an amateur opera singer who owned and operated The Record Bar, a record store in St. Louis that opened in the early 1940s, and sold toys during the 1960s and 1970s. His mother is described as the “dramatic theatrical character in their family. His father was a Jewish from a family that had emigrated from Germany and had become an agnostic, and the mother was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent, the daughter of an immigrant from County Louth.
Kevin Kline Television
- Search for Tomorrow (1976)
- The Time of Your Life (1976)
- The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1977)
- The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
- Saturday Night Live (1988–93)
- Hamlet (1990)
- Merlin and the Dragons (1991)
- Freedom: A History of Us (2003)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (2008)
- Bob’s Burgers (2011–present)
- Maya & Marty (2016)
Kevin Kline Film
- The Diary (TBA)
- Sophie’s Choice (1982)
- The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
- The Big Chill (1983)
- Silverado (1985)
- Violets Are Blue (1986)
- Cry Freedom (1987)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- The January Man (1989)
- I Love You to Death (1990)
- Soapdish (1991)
- Grand Canyon (1991)
- Consenting Adults (1992)
- Chaplin (1992)
- Dave (1993)
- The Nutcracker (1993)
- Princess Caraboo (1994)
- French Kiss (1995)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- Fierce Creatures (1997)
- In & Out (1997)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
- Wild Wild West (1999)
- The Road to El Dorado (2000)
- The Anniversary Party (2001)
- Life as a House (2001)
- Orange County (2002)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
- The Emperor’s Club (2002)
- De-Lovely (2004)
- The Pink Panther (2006)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- As You Like It (2006)
- Trade (2007)
- Definitely, Maybe (2008)
- The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
- Queen to Play (2009)
- The Extra Man (2010)
- No Strings Attached (2011)
- The Conspirator (2011)
- Darling Companion (2012)
- Last Vegas (2013)
- The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
- My Old Lady (2014)
- Ricki and the Flash (2015)
- Dean (2016)