Sam Kinison

Sam Kinison is, to me, one of comedy's great untamed forces. A former Pentecostal preacher who turned the same lungs that once delivered sermons into that unmistakable scream is almost too perfect a story. His routines weren't jokes so much as eruptions, fury and pain weaponised into laughter, and nobody has truly replicated that voice since. Losing him at thirty-eight in 1992 robbed stand-up of an artist who was still detonating its boundaries. What moves me most is the preacher's conviction burning underneath all that vulgarity. Kinison meant every word he screamed, and that authenticity is exactly why he endures.

Samuel Burl Kinison ( KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream.

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Name (English)

Sam Kinison

Name (Japanese)

サム・キニスン

Reading

さむ・きにすん

Born

December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Yakima, Washington, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / stand-up comedian / preacher

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

East Peoria Community High School

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.samkinison.org/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Washington
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

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.