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My Take
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.
1. Profile
- 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
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / stand-up comedian / preacher
2. Background
- High school
- East Peoria Community High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- 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
Frequently asked questions
When was Sam Kinison born?
December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992.
Where is Sam Kinison from?
Sam Kinison is from Yakima, Washington, United States.
What does Sam Kinison do?
Sam Kinison works as actor, television actor, film actor, stand-up comedian, preacher.
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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 or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.