Birth Name
Kevin Delaney Kline
Biography
After attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Kline studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, Kline joined the Acting Company in New York which was run by John Houseman (I). With this...
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Spouse
Phoebe Cates (5 March 1989 - present); 2 children
Trade Mark
Usually has a mustache in comedies, and is clean shaven in dramas.
Trivia
Children: Owen Kline (full name, Owen Joseph Kline, b. October14th 1991) and Greta Kline (full name, Greta Simone Kline, b.March 21st 1994).
Has won two Tony awards, the first in 1978 for the role of Bruce Granitin 'On the Twentieth Century', and the second in 1981 for the role ofThe Pirate King in 'The Pirates of Penzance.'
Kline has played presidents and their doubles twice to date: he playedDave and President Bill Mitchell in Dave (1993), and ArtemusGordon and President Ulysses S. Grant in Wild Wild West (1999).
Appears with wife Phoebe Cates and their two children,Owen Kline and Greta Kline, as a family of four inThe Anniversary Party (2001).
Turned down the role of Batman (1989).
Graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana in 1970 with aBA in Speech & Theatre.
Other Work
Appeared as Falstaff in Lincoln Center's production of Shakespeare's"Henry IV" in New York City from October 2003 through to January 2004.
Appeared as Trigorin in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. It was directed byMike Nichols and starred Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, PhilipSeymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman and Marcia Gay Harden. July 24t...
Plays in Brecht's "Mother Courage", adapted by Tony Kushner for theDelacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park in the summer of2006.
(March 2003): Played The Mystery Guest Star in "The Play What I Wrote"by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley (VII) and Eddie Braben (Lyceum Theatre, New York City, NewYork, USA).
Sings the song "BusyBusyBusy" in a Grammy-nominated CD called Philadelphia Chickens (2002.)
Mr. Kline is starring on Broadway as the lead in "Cyrano" Richard Rodgers Theatre from 01 Nov 2007 to 23 Dec 2007.
Personal quotes
"It is these children we must admire... Their honesty and bravery aremodels for us all. Their stories and their role here today - advocatingfor their cure, their own future - must be heard." - In refe...
"I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I neverwanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would neverdo a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon...
"I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to seethings too critically. I'm trying to get over that. I've got the Jewishguilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distin...
Article
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 8 March 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 643, pg. 78, by: Erin Richter, "Encore: Cates Is Enough"
Pictorial
"Playboy" (USA), November 1989, Vol. 36, Iss. 11, pg. 130, by: Bruce Williamson, "Sex in Cinema 1989"
Cover Photo
"Sunday" (Greece), 5 December 2004, Iss. 137
"Irish America" (USA), January 2001
"Madison" (USA), May 1999, Vol. 1, Iss. 6
Filmography
Goats (2011) Comedy
Untitled Ivan Reitman Project (2011) Romance
Untitled Kevin Kline/HBO Project (2011) (TV) Drama
AMC News Special: 10 Stories of Sundance (2010) (TV) News
Joueuse (2009) Drama
The Conspirator (2010) Drama
The Extra Man (2010) Comedy
81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)
As You Like It (2006) Romance
Definitely, Maybe (2008) Romance