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My Take
Richard Kind is the ultimate that-guy, an actor whose face guarantees a project has good taste even if you cannot place his name. His blustery, insecure characters are comic gold, but he has a melancholy streak that makes them genuinely human, never just punchlines. Pixar understood this perfectly when they cast him as Bing Bong, a role that wrecks me every single time. He is also a serious stage actor and a beloved friend of seemingly every comedian alive. I treasure performers like him who treat small roles with the same craft as leads, because they are the connective tissue that holds great ensembles together.
Overview
Richard Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian born in Trenton, New Jersey, and educated at Northwestern University. He is widely known for television roles such as Paul Lassiter on Spin City and Cousin Andy on Mad About You, and for voice work in Pixar films including Bing Bong in Inside Out and the Tin Toy car in Cars. He is also a frequent collaborator with the Coen brothers and a fixture of the New York stage.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Kind
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・カインド
- Reading
- りちゃーど・かいんど
- Born
- November 22, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Trenton, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Screenwriter / Singer / Voice actor / Comedian
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Northwestern University
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
- 2026-06-02
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.