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Kevin McCarthy (actor)

Kevin McCarthy (1914-2010), American stage, film, and TV actor, Oscar-nominated as Biff in Death of a Salesman and star of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956); brother of writer Mary McCarthy; distinct from the politician of the same name.

Kevin McClory

Kevin McClory (1926-2006), Irish screenwriter and producer who won film rights to Thunderball from Ian Fleming in 1963, produced the 1965 film and the 1983 remake Never Say Never Again, and fought Bond rights litigation until a 2013 estate settlement.

Kevin McCloud

Kevin McCloud is a British designer, writer, and TV presenter who has hosted Channel 4's Grand Designs since 1999. Known for the MBE (2014), McCloud Lighting, HAB Housing, Grand Designs Live, and the Deconstructed podcast.

Kevin McDonald

Kevin Hamilton McDonald (born 1961, Montreal) is a Canadian comedian and actor, co-founder of The Kids in the Hall; starred in Brain Candy, voiced Pleakley in Lilo & Stitch, and appeared in That '70s Show and Galaxy Quest. Distinct from film director Kevin Macdonald and other namesakes.

Kevin McGarry (actor)

Kevin McGarry (born 1985, Kincardine, Ontario) is a Canadian actor known as Nathan Grant on When Calls the Heart and Mitch Cutty on Heartland, plus Hallmark films like The Wedding Veil trilogy; married to Kayla Wallace.

Kevin McHale (actor)

Kevin McHale (Kevin Michael McHale, born 1988, Plano, Texas) is an American actor and singer, ex-NLT boy band member, best known as Artie Abrams on Glee (2009-15), later a 2026 Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Show.

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd (born 1973, Elgin, Scotland) is a Scottish actor and director known for Tommy in Trainspotting, Lucius Vorenus in Rome, and 18 seasons as Dr. Owen Hunt on Grey's Anatomy, where he also directed 49 episodes before exiting in 2026.

Kevin McNally

Kevin Robert McNally (born 1956, Bristol) is an English RADA-trained actor known as Joshamee Gibbs in all five Pirates of the Caribbean films, with West End, Downton Abbey, and Turn credits.

Kevin Meaney

Kevin Meaney (Kevin Gerard Meaney, 1956–2016) was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for "That's not right," his mother impression, HBO's 1986 special, CBS's Uncle Buck, and Broadway's Hairspray.

Kevin Michael Richardson

Kevin Michael Richardson, born 1964 in the Bronx, is an American voice actor with a deep bass voice, known as Gantu in Lilo & Stitch, Cleveland Brown Jr., the Joker in The Batman (2004), Shredder, and Sebastian in Disney Jr.'s Ariel.

Kevin Miles (American actor)

Kevin Miles (Kevin Mimms, born 1990, Chicago) is the American actor who has played Jake from State Farm since 2020, replacing employee Jake Stone; also seen in S.W.A.T., Pretty Smart, and Tall Girl 2.

Kevin Murphy (actor)

Kevin Wagner Murphy (born 1956, River Forest, Illinois) is the American comedian, writer, and puppeteer who voiced Tom Servo for nine seasons of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and later co-founded RiffTrax.

Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon (born 1953, Bridgeport, Connecticut), American comedian and actor; SNL cast member 1986–1995 and Weekend Update anchor 1991–1994; also Doug Wilson on Weeds, host of Hiking with Kevin, and author of I Exaggerate.

Kevin Peter Hall

Kevin Peter Hall (May 9, 1955 – April 10, 1991) was a 7-foot-2 American actor who played the Predator in Predator (1987) and Predator 2, Bigfoot Harry in Harry and the Hendersons, and Dr. El Lincoln in Misfits of Science; he died of AIDS contracted from a transfusion.

Kevin Pollak

Kevin Pollak (Kevin E. Pollak), American stand-up comedian, impressionist, and character actor born in San Francisco; known for The Usual Suspects, Casino, A Few Good Men, Moishe Maisel, and his Christopher Walken and Shatner impressions.

Kevin Rahm

Kevin Rahm (born 1971, Mineral Wells, Texas) is an American actor known as Kyle McCarty on Judging Amy, Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives, and Ted Chaough on Mad Men, later in Lethal Weapon and Madam Secretary.

Kevin Rankin (actor)

Kevin Rankin (born 1976, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American character actor known as Herc in Friday Night Lights, Kenny in Breaking Bad, Devil in Justified, and for Dallas Buyers Club and El Camino.

Kevin Reynolds (director)

Kevin Reynolds (born 1952, San Antonio, Texas) is an American film director and screenwriter, also known as director of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld. Former lawyer turned USC filmmaker; directed Kevin Costner in Fandango, Robin Hood, and Waterworld; Emmy-nominated for Hatfields & McCoys.

Kevin Samuels

Kevin Samuels (1965-2022) was an American image consultant turned YouTube relationship commentator, a leading Black manosphere figure known for 'high-value man' advice; he died of hypertension in Atlanta in May 2022.

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith (born 1970) is an American filmmaker behind Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma, founder of View Askew Productions, creator of Jay and Silent Bob, and a podcaster and comic book writer.

Kevin Smith (New Zealand actor)

Kevin Tod Smith (1963-2002), New Zealand actor and musician, played Ares in Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Young Hercules; died aged 38 after a fall filming in Beijing.

Kevin Sorbo

Kevin Sorbo, American actor born 1958 in Mound, Minnesota, starred as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-99) and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda (2000-2005), later leading faith-based films like God's Not Dead.

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey is the stage name of American actor Kevin Spacey Fowler, who won Academy Awards for The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999) and starred in House of Cards.

Kevin Sussman

Kevin Sussman (born 1970, Staten Island) is an American actor known for Stuart Bloom on The Big Bang Theory and Walter on Ugly Betty; he nearly played Howard Wolowitz and now leads the 2026 HBO Max spin-off Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.

Kevin Tighe

Kevin Tighe (born 1944, Los Angeles; birth name John/Jon Kevin Fishburn) is an American character actor who played paramedic Roy DeSoto on NBC's Emergency! (1972–77), then became known for heavies in Matewan, Road House, and Lost's Anthony Cooper.

Kevin Tsujihara

Kevin Tsujihara, born 1964 in Petaluma, California, led Warner Bros. as chairman and CEO from March 2013 to March 2019, the first Asian American to run a major Hollywood studio, leaving after sexual misconduct allegations.

Kevin Turen

Kevin Turen (1979-2023), American film and TV producer, executive producer of HBO's Euphoria and The Idol and producer of X, Pearl, MaXXXine, Pieces of a Woman, and Arbitrage; co-founded Little Lamb Productions; died November 12, 2023 of a cardiac event while driving.

Kevin Weisman

Kevin Weisman (born 1970, Los Angeles) is an American film, television, and stage actor, also known as Kevin Glen Weisman, best known as tech expert Marshall Flinkman on ABC's Alias (2001-2006), with later roles in Hello Ladies, Scorpion, Goliath, Marvel's Runaways, Suits LA, and Reacher season 4.

Kevin Whately

Kevin Whately (born 1951), British actor known as DS/DI Robbie Lewis in Inspector Morse and Lewis and Neville Hope in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Central School of Speech and Drama graduate, OBE 2025.

Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)

Kevin Meade Williamson (born 1965, New Bern, North Carolina) is the American screenwriter of Scream (1996), creator of Dawson's Creek and The Vampire Diaries, and director of Scream 7; distinct from the political writer Kevin D. Williamson.