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My Take
Kevin Sussman is my favorite kind of actor: the one who turns a small recurring part into something a show cannot live without. Stuart Bloom on The Big Bang Theory started as a punchline, the sad comic-shop owner, and Sussman layered in so much melancholy charm that the writers had no choice but to make him a regular by season six. That promotion was craft, not luck. Coming out of Staten Island and a local public college rather than a glossy conservatory, he represents the working actor's path, and I respect that grind enormously. Hollywood quietly runs on people like him.
Overview
Kevin Sussman (born December 4, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He played Walter on the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty and Stuart Bloom on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Starting with the sixth season of The Big Bang Theory, he was promoted to a series regular.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kevin Sussman
- Name (Japanese)
- ケヴィン・サスマン
- Reading
- けゔぃん・さすまん
- Born
- December 4, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Origin
- Staten Island, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- New Dorp High School
- University
- College of Staten Island
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.