Richard Bruce Kind (; born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996–2002), Cousin Andy in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2021), Sam Meyers in Red Oaks (2014–2017), and Vince Fish in Only Murders in the Building (2024–present). He appeared in the films Clifford (1994), Stargate (1994), The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), A Serious Man (2009), Hereafter (2010), Argo (2012), Bombshell (2019), Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021), Beau is Afraid (2023), and The Out-Laws (2023). Kind is currently the announcer and sidekick on the Netflix live talk show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.
Kind's voice performances in various Pixar films include Molt in A Bug's Life (1998), Van in the first two films of the Cars franchise (2006–2011), Bookworm in Toy Story 3 (2010), and Bing Bong in Inside Out (2015). He also voices Al Tuttle in the series American Dad! (2005–present) and Marty Glouberman in the Netflix series Big Mouth (2017–2025). Kind was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Marcus Hoff in the 2013 Broadway production of The Big Knife.
Early life
Kind was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He is the son of Alice, a homemaker, and Samuel Kind, a jeweler who formerly owned La Vake's Jewelry in Princeton. His family is of Russian Jewish origin and his ancestors lived in the Pale of Settlement region of the Russian Empire. His great grandfather Hyman Berson immigrated to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City and worked as a peddler before running a crayon factory. Berson was murdered in 1933. When Kind was in the fourth grade, he moved with his family to Yardley, Pennsylvania, where he grew up alongside his younger sister, Joanne. He attended Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills with fellow actor Robert Curtis Brown, graduating in 1974. In 1978, he graduated from Northwestern University, where he was in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. After four years in New York City, he returned to Chicago where he joined other Northwestern alumni in the Practical Theatre Company. In 1983, during one of their productions, he was recruited to The Second City by co-founder Bernard Sahlins, from which he is an alumnus.
Career
Television
Kind was an ensemble member in Carol Burnett’s short lived variety show, Carol & Company (1990-1991). Kind then portrayed Dr. Mark Devanow on Mad About You (1992-99), throughout the show's run, and played the role of Paul Lassiter on Spin City (1996-2002).
He appeared in eight episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, In 2023, he played Saint Peter in Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part II. Kind later went on to play the part of a casting director in Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
Voice work
His voice credits include Tom in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, In 2021, he narrated several commercials for Freestyle Libre, a device for diabetes patients to monitor their glucose levels.
Kind voiced Riley's imaginary friend Bing Bong in Pixar's Inside Out. He provides the voice of Olly and Saraline's dad Harvey Timbers in Welcome to the Wayne. In 2021, he voiced the Doopler on Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Personal life
Kind was married to Dana Stanley from 1999 to 2018. They have three children: a son, Max, and two daughters, Samantha and Skylar.
Kind resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
He was inducted into the Pennsbury High School Hall of Fame in the inaugural class on October 13, 2022.
Prior to landing his role on ER, George Clooney stayed at Kind’s apartment in Los Angeles. While living there, Clooney played numerous pranks on Kind including one culminating with Clooney defecating in Kind's cat's litter box. Clooney also duped Kind into thinking he was both a Jeopardy expert and an aspiring painter.
Filmography
Discography
- Bounce: Original Cast Recording (2004)
- Original Cast Album: Co-Op (Lakeshore Records, 2019)
Awards and nominations
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! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
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|1995 || Screen Actors Guild Award || Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series || Mad About You || || rowspan=4|
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| rowspan="2" |2009|| Gotham Awards|| Best Ensemble Performance
| rowspan="3" |A Serious Man||
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| Boston Society of Film Critics|| Best Ensemble Cast ||
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|2010 || Independent Spirit Awards || Robert Altman Award ||
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| rowspan="3" |2013 || Tony Awards || rowspan="3" | Best Featured Actor in a Play || rowspan=3|The Big Knife || ||rowspan=3|
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| Drama Desk Award ||
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| Outer Critics Circle Award ||
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|2025 || Screen Actors Guild Award || Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series || Only Murders in the Building || || rowspan=4|