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Richard Karn

リチャード・カーン　/　りちゃーど・かーん

American actor

February 17, 1956 (age 70)　・　Seattle, Washington, United States

Washington
actor
presenter

My Take

What I admire about Richard Karn is the dignity he brings to the second-banana role. As Al Borland on Home Improvement, he was the steady, flannel-clad counterweight to the show's chaos, and the series simply does not work without him. That kind of reliable warmth is a craft, not an accident, and you can trace it to his theater training at the University of Washington. He then reinvented himself as the host of Family Feud, which tells me the affability was never an act. Karn represents a breed of television professional I find increasingly rare: someone content to make everyone around him look better, decade after decade.

Overview

Richard Karn (born Richard Karn Wilson; February 17, 1956) is an American actor, author and former game show host. He starred as Al Borland in the ABC series Home Improvement and as Fred Peters in the Hulu series Pen15. Karn was also the fourth host of Family Feud from 2002 to 2006.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Richard Karn
Name (Japanese): リチャード・カーン
Reading: りちゃーど・かーん
Born: February 17, 1956 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Monkey
Origin: Seattle, Washington, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / presenter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Roosevelt High School
University: University of Washington

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Home Improvement	—

6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/TheRichardKarn
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Karn

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