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Kevin George Knipfing (born April 26, 1965), better known by his stage name Kevin James, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
He is widely known for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. James is also known for his lead roles in the comedy films I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Grown Ups, and Zookeeper. He also starred in 2005 romantic comedy film Hitch alongside Will Smith. James was the original voice of Otis in Barnyard, but for the rest of the series, Chris Hardwick was filled in to replace James (first in Back at the Barnyard).
He hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, on March 27, 2010.

This book is your ultimate resource for Kevin James (actor). Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Kevin James (actor)'s Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Contents, Kevin James (actor), 2010 Kids' Choice Awards, 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, 50 First Dates, Adam Sandler, Back at the Barnyard, Chris Hardwick, Doug Heffernan, Elmo's Christmas Countdown, Gary Valentine, Grilled (film), Grown Ups (film), Here Comes the Boom, Hitch (film), Hotel Transylvania, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Jerry Stiller, Jessica Biel, Mineola, New York, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Pi Lambda Phi, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Ray Romano, State University of New York at Cortland, Steffiana de la Cruz, Stony Brook, New York, The Dilemma, The King of Queens, Ward Melville High School, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Zookeeper (film) 188…and more pages!

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Date de parution	15 février 2013
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Contents

Kevin James (actor) 2010 Kids' Choice Awards 2011 Kids' Choice Awards 50 First Dates Adam Sandler Back at the Barnyard Chris Hardwick Doug Heffernan Elmo's Christmas Countdown Gary Valentine Grilled (film) Grown Ups (film) Here Comes the Boom Hitch (film) Hotel Transylvania I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Jerry Stiller Jessica Biel Mineola, New York Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Paul Blart: Mall Cop Pi Lambda Phi Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Ray Romano State University of New York at Cortland Steffiana de la Cruz Stony Brook, New York The Dilemma The King of Queens Ward Melville High School You Don't Mess with the Zohan Zookeeper (film)

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Kevin James (actor)

Birth name

Born

Medium

Nationality

Years active

Genres

Subject(s)

Spouse

Notable works and roles

Kevin James

Kevin James in February 2011

Kevin George Knipfing

April 26, 1965

Stand-up, film, television

American

1989–present

Physical comedy, surreal humour, observational comedy, musical comedy

Everyday life, self-deprecation, body image, family

Steffiana de la Cruz (2004-present; 3 children)

The King of QueensMall Cop

Kevin George Knipfing(born April 26, 1965), better known by his stage nameKevin James, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

He is widely known for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcomThe King of Queens. James is also known for his lead roles in the comedy filmsI Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,Paul Blart: Mall Cop,Grown Ups, ZookeeperandHere Comes the Boom. He also starred in 2005 romantic comedy filmHitchalongside Will Smith. James was the original voice of Otis inBarnyard, but for the rest of the series, Chris Hardwick was filled in to replace James (first inBack at the Barnyard).

He hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, on March 27, 2010.

Early years [1][2] James was bornKevin George Knipfingin Mineola, New York. He is the second son of Janet, a homemaker [2][3] who also worked in a chiropractor's office, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., who owned an insurance agency. [4] He has German ancestry. James has two siblings, Gary Joseph Knipfing, known as Gary Valentine, also a [5] comedian, and Leslie Knipfing; Leslie works for James and helped raise money through charity events for retinitis pigmentosa, with which she is afflicted. James was raised Catholic, and stated in 2012 that he is "involved" in his [6] faith. He grew up in the "S-Section" of Stony Brook, New York, and graduated from Ward Melville High School [7] in 1983, where he was on the football and wrestling teams. One of his wrestling teammates, Mick Foley,

Kevin James (actor)

eventually became a professional wrestler. James was a student at, but did not graduate from, the State University of New York at Cortland, where he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity.

Career

Stand-up James began doing stand-up comedy in 1989, making his debut at the East Side Comedy Club in Long Island, New [7] York managed by Richie Minervini. He gained popularity through numerous appearances on various talk shows, includingThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno,Late Show with David Letterman,Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Dennis Miller Live,The Late Late Show,The Rosie O'Donnell Show,The Ellen DeGeneres ShowandLive with Regis and Kathie Lee. James was #89 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians. James has also done his stand-up routine onJust for Laughs, an annual comedy festival in Montreal. Later he was on commercials for Mazzio's Italian Eatery. In 2001, James did his own stand-up special calledKevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff.He has also appeared as a musical guest onJust for Laughs.

Television James moved to Los Angeles and befriended Ray Romano and he later guest-starred on a few episodes of Romano's hit CBS sitcom,Everybody Loves Raymond. These appearances led to the development of his own sitcom,The King of Queens, which ran on the same network from September 21, 1998 to May 14, 2007. James played the lead as a middle-class delivery man, Doug, who worked for a company known as IPS and was married to Carrie (Leah Remini). They lived with his father-in-law, played by Jerry Stiller. For his work on the eighth season, James was [8] nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2006. In 2007, he was the grand marshal, for saying the most famous line in auto racing "Gentlemen, start your engines" for NASCAR racing in the 2007 Pepsi 400. He did it again in June 2010 with actor/buddy Adam Sandler to promote Grown Upsas well as 2012 at the fall Talladega race.

Film

James made his film debut in the 2005 romantic comedy,Hitch, alongside Will Smith and Eva Mendes. In 2006, he co-starred with his Everybody Loves Raymondcolleague Ray Romano in the comedy Grilledand provided voice work in the animated filmsMonster House andBarnyard. In 2007, James co-starred opposite Adam Sandler in the [9] widely scorned comedyI Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and also made a cameo in Sandler's 2008 filmYou Don't Mess with the Zohan. James' 2009 comedyPaul Blart: Mall Cop, where he patrolled James on the set ofPaul Blart: Mall Cop: the West Orange Pavilion Mall on a Segway PT, opened as the #1 filmBurlington Mall, Burlington, Massachusetts in North America with a weekend gross of $39 million, despite [10] overwhelmingly negative reviews, and eventually grossed $219 million from ticket and home video sales. More recently, James appeared inGrown Ups, which co-starred numerousSaturday Night Livealumni and was even more [11] universally panned, yet was highly successful at the box office. In 2011, he had a lead role opposite Vince Vaughn in the comedy/Drama,The Dilemma, he also had the leading role in the movie,Zookeeper, which he wrote [12] and produced. In 2012, James had the leading role in the mixed martial arts comedy filmHere Comes the Boom.

Co-star Nominated - Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor Nominated - Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple Shared with Adam Sandler and Jessica Biel

Voice

Larry Valentine

Web A web series titledDusty Peacockproduced by James and starring his brother Gary Valentine began streaming on [13] Crackle in July 2009.

Doug Heffernan

Lead Role Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

1998–2007The King of Queens

Voice: English version

Albert Brennaman

Co-star Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Dance Scene Shared with Will Smith Nominateda—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock Shared with Will Smith

Kevin James (actor)

Everybody Loves Raymond

Role

Notes

Personal life [14] On June 19, 2004, James married actress Steffiana de la Cruz. Their first child, daughter Sienna-Marie, was born [15] 2005. Their second daughter, Shea Joelle, was born 2007, she was named after the ballpark Shea Stadium. They [16] welcomed their first son and third child, Kannon Valentine, 2011. James is the younger brother of comedian Gary Valentine (born Gary Knipfing), who played Doug's cousin Danny Heffernan onKing of Queens. He is a close friend of retired MMA fighter Bas Rutten, and trains with him at his school in Thousand Oaks, California. Kevin James is also known for being a big sports fan, and is particularly a fan of the New York Knicks, New York Jets, and the New York Mets, as well as the UFC.

"The Lone Barone" "Ray Home Alone"

Year

Mangiafuoco

Kevin

Title

6 episodes; 1996–98

Kevin

Dallas Hampton

Doug Heffernan

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996

Filmography

Award shows James hosted the 2010 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on March 27, 2010 on Nick. He also was a nominee into the Arm Fart Hall of Fames of the next year's show as Kevin "Not-Quite-As-Good-As-Me" James, but lost to Josh Duhamel.

50 First Dates

2004

Voice/motion capture

Officer Landers

Dave

Otis

Doug Heffernan

Cameo

Fireman

Becker

1999

Pinocchio

2002

1998–99

Martial Law

2001

Arli$$

1999

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Monster House

2005

2007

Barnyard

2006

Hitch

2006

Grilled

2006

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2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2010 Kids' Choice Awards

Grown Ups

2011 Kids' Choice Awards

The Dilemma

Zookeeper

Here Comes the Boom

Hotel Transylvania

Little Boy

Grown Ups 2

References

Santa Claus

Himself

Paul Blart

Himself

Eric Lamonsoff

Himself

Nick

Griffin Keyes

Scott Voss

Frank

Dr. Fox

Eric Lamonsoff

Lead role, writer and producer

Host

Nominated for Arm Fart Hall Of Fame

Co-star

Lead role, writer and producer

Co-Writer

Voice

Filming

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External links Official website (http://www.kevinjames.com/) Kevin James (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm416673/) at the Internet Movie Database Kevin James Interview on Jets Insider.com (http://www.jetsinsider.com/news.php?storyid=2069) Kevin James Interview on PR.com (http://www.pr.com/article/1116) Kevin James as Doug Heffernan on CBS (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/king_of_queens/bios/ kevin_james_bio.shtml) Kevin James at Emmys.com (http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/kevin-james)

2010 Kids' Choice Awards

Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards

Date

Site

Host(s)

Preshow

Preshow host(s)

The 2010 KCA Logo

Executive producer(s)

Director

Production company(s)

Rating

Duration

March 27, 2010

Pauley Pavilion UCLA campus, Los Angeles, California

Kevin James

Countdown to Kids’Choice!

Lily Collins Jeff Sutphen

Bob Bain Marjorie Cohn Paula Kaplan

Beth McCarthy

Bob Bain Productions

7.6 million

90 minutes (8–9:30 p.m. ET/PT)

Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards (Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2010) were held on March 27, 2010 (aired live from 8-9:30 p.m. ET) on the Nell and John Wooden Court of Pauley Pavilion, on the campus of [1] UCLA in Los Angeles, California. With the launch of Nickelodeon Canada in late 2009, Canada broadcast the awards live as it aired in the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones of the United States (it was tape-delayed for the Pacific Time Zone) and the awards will be rebroadcast on YTV on April 2, 2010 at 7 p.m. ET. As a result, Canadian kids were able to vote on candidates for the first time. The final slime at the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon's sister channels TeenNick and Nicktoons suspended regular programming during the 90-minute duration of the award show to allow viewers to see the awards. The 2010 awards were hosted by Kevin James, who is a first-timeKids' Choicehost.

The awards show featured the orange carpet, the celebrities, the fun, the slime, and the orange blimp awards (some featuring the new Nickelodeon logo that debuted on September 28, 2009). Votes were cast on Nickelodeon's websites on the 19 categories this year (including one new category) from February 25, 2010 to March 27, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. ET. More than 91.1 million votes were cast by kids for the 2009 award show. For the 2010 awards, more than 115 million votes were cast. This will be the last year the awards will be held at Pauley Pavilion for some time, [2] since the arena will be undergoing renovations starting in 2010, that will continue until the fall of 2012.

TheNon-Stop Kids' Choice Weekend,a two-day-long look at preparations for the 2010 KCAs and included an inside look at the new seriesVictorious, whose pilot aired as a "sneak preview" episode immediately after the awards telecast (two weeks before it began airing as a regular weekly series), ran during regular Nickelodeon daytime

2010 Kids' Choice Awards

programming as wraparound segments hosted live byBrainSurgehost Jeff Sutphen on March 26, 2010 with taped segments hosted byBig Time Rushstars Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena, Jr., and Logan Henderson aired on March 27, 2010. TheCountdown to Kids’Choice!pre-show telecast was hosted by Sutphen and Lily Collins and aired live from 6 to 8 p.m. ET, also aired as wraparound segments during scheduled programming, and included [3] Miranda Cosgrove performing her new single "Kissin' U".True Jackson, VPcast members Ashley Argota and Matt Shively hosted a webcast portion ofCountdown to Kids' Choice!at 7:00 p.m. ET on Nick.com.

13-year-old Megan Call of Guilford, Connecticut was the winner of the "All Access Sweepstakes with Justin Bieber" contest from the 500,000 entries. Call met Bieber, attended his pre-show rehearsal, walked with him down the orange carpet and attended the awards show in Los Angeles.

Presenters and performers, and stunts for KCA 2010

Host Kevin James

[3] Presenters

Mike Shinoda Gerard Way Big Time Rush Steve Carell John Cena Jackie Chan Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Lily Collins Miranda Cosgrove Rosario Dawson Robert Downey, Jr. Tina Fey Lucas Cruikshank Jonah Hill Victoria Justice Nathan Kress George Lopez

Jennette McCurdy Lea Michele Cory Monteith Keke Palmer Dev Patel Nicola Peltz Jackson Rathbone Katy Perry Chris Rock Zoe Saldana Jaden Smith David Spade Jerry Trainor Shaun White

Note:In addition, promos aired prior to the telecast also announced that Queen Latifah was supposed to be a presenter at the awards, but she did not appear. Also, though Jerry Trainor, Victoria Justice, Nathan Kress, Jennette McCurdy, David Spade, Dev Patel, and Lucas Cruikshank did appear on the telecast as presenters, their appearances were not advertised in award show promos prior to the telecast.