Kevin Dunn
- This is the article for the actor Kevin Dunn. For the musician, see Kevin McFoy Dunn. For the World Wrestling Entertainment producer, see List of key figures in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Kevin Dunn | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 26, 1956 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Kevin Dunn (born February 26, 1956) is an American actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s. His roles include Colonel Hicks in the 1998 version of Godzilla, Sam Witwicky's father in Transformers, and Oscar Galvin, the primary antagonist in the 2010 action thriller Unstoppable.
Personal life
Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Margaret, a nurse, and John Dunn, a musician and poet.[1] His sister is actor/comedian Nora Dunn. Dunn graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1977, and received and honorary doctorate in 2008 from the same school.
Career
Dunn's recent 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 ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11 which aired on September 10 and September 11, 2006. In 2000, he co-starred in "Bette (TV series)," a sitcom starring Bette Midler, in which he played her husband in the show's first 11 episodes.
Dunn played Joel Horneck, Jerry's overzealous childhood friend, in the Seinfeld episode "Male Unbonding". He is also featured in Live Free or Die as well as the 2006 Sony Pictures film Gridiron Gang.
Filmography (selective)
- Mississippi Burning (1988) - Agent Bird
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) - Tom Killian
- Hot Shots! (1991) - Lt. Cmdr. James Block
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) - Captain Mendez
- Chaplin (1992) - J. Edgar Hoover
- Dave (1993) - Alan Reed
- Little Big League (1994) - Arthur Goslin
- Nixon (1995) - Charles Colson
- Picture Perfect (1997 film) (1997) - Sam
- Godzilla (1998) - Colonel Hicks
- Almost Heroes (1998) - Hidalgo
- Small Soldiers (1998) - Stuart Abernathy
- Snake Eyes (1998) reporter Lou Logan
- Stir of Echoes (1999) - Frank
- The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000-TV)) Murry
- God, The Devil and Bob (2003)
- Boston Public (2003) - Big Ed
- I ♥ Huckabees (2004) - Marty
- LAX (2004) - Vic Tilden
- Huff (2004) - Berkowitz
- Law & Order (2005) - Arnie MacLaren
- The Darwin Awards (2006) - Insurance Exec
- 7th Heaven (2004–2006) - Coach Terry Hardwick
- Lost (2006) - Gordy
- Live Free or Die (2006) - Monson
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006) - Det. Carson Laird
- The Closer (2006) - Mr. Catalina
- All the King's Men (2006) - Alex
- The Black Dahlia (2006) - Elizabeth Short's Father (uncredited)
- Gridiron Gang (2006) - Ted Dexter
- Prison Break (2007) - Cooper Green
- Boston Legal (2006–2007) - Jonathan Weiner
- Transformers (2007) - Ron Witwicky
- Lions for Lambs (2007) - AFX Editor
- Samantha Who? (2008) - Howard Newly
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - Mark Nash
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Ron Witwicky
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Dale Dinkley
- Unstoppable (2010) - Oscar Galvin
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Ron Witwicky
- Warrior (2011)
References
External links
- Kevin Dunn at IMDb