Acting · b. 1965 · Mineola, New York, USA

Kevin James

Biography

Kevin George Knipfing (born April 26, 1965), known professionally as Kevin James, is an American actor and writer. James began his career as a stand-up comedian on Long Island in the late 1980s before rising to prominence for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007), for which he received the nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006. In 2004, James made his first film appearance in 50 First Dates, and the following year co-starred in Hitch. He went on to star in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), Paul Blart...

Directed
Kevin James: Irregardless 2024
Acting
Playdate Brian 2025 Monster Summer Edgar Palmer 2024 Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called Actor (archive footage) 2022 Hubie Halloween Sgt. Steve Downey 2020 Becky Dominick 2020 Feeding America Comedy Festival Self 2020 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Frankenstein (voice) 2018 Sandy Wexler Ted Rafferty 2017 True Memoirs of an International Assassin Sam Larson / Mason Carver 2016 Little Boy Dr. Fox 2015 Pixels Cooper 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 Frankenstein (voice) 2015 Grown Ups 2 Eric Lamonsoff 2013 Hotel Transylvania Frankenstein (voice) 2012 The Dilemma Nick Brannen 2011 Grown Ups Eric Lamonsoff 2010 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Hacky Sack Tournament Celebrity Judge 2008 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Lawrence 'Larry' Valentine 2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown Santa Claus 2007 Grilled Dave 2006 Monster House Officer Landers (voice) 2006 Barnyard Otis (voice) 2006 Hitch Albert 2005 50 First Dates Factory Worker 2004 VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special Self 2003 The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller Self 1999
Other Credits
Solo Mio Producer 2026 Guns Up Executive Producer 2025 Home Team Producer 2022 Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up Writer 2018 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Producer 2015 Here Comes the Boom Writer 2012 Zookeeper Screenplay 2011 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Screenplay 2009 Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff Writer 2001
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