American actor Greg Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963 in Logansport, Indiana, USA.
Greg became the third child in a family where his mother, Susanna, was a housewife, his father, Edward, worked as a diplomat at the US State Department, and two older brothers, James and Stephen. Very often, due to the nature of his father’s work, the family moved, changing one country after another: Lebanon, Greece, etc. Greg’s school years were cloudless and quite successful: he was a good student, diligent and
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American actor Greg Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963 in Logansport, Indiana, USA.
Greg became the third child in a family where his mother, Susanna, was a housewife, his father, Edward, worked as a diplomat at the US State Department, and two older brothers, James and Stephen. Very often, due to the nature of his father’s work, the family moved, changing one country after another: Lebanon, Greece, etc. Greg’s school years were cloudless and quite successful: he was a good student, diligent and attentive, he enjoyed attending school classes. It was during his school years that Greg Kinnear first tried himself in the role of a radio show host.
Greg always remembered his school days with special warmth and love. It was then that the talent of acting appeared in him.
In Athens, Greg attended a school for children of diplomats and after graduation he returned to the United States to attend the University of Arizona. In 1985, Kinner graduated from the University and received a diploma in journalism.
Greg was invited to host children's programs on television.
In 1990-1991, Kinner became a producer and co-writer of the show “Best of the Worst”, and later took the place of the host of the talk show “Tok Soup”. This is a program that tells the viewer about the strange and a variety of scandalous talk shows with poignant comments by Greg Kinner himself.
In the late eighties, Greg Kinnear was invited to act in films. Small roles in the series brought him popularity. Especially successful for the actor was the series “Friends”.
In 1995, Greg got his first major role in the film.
Sabrina , directed by Sidney Polokka., and in 1996 he perfectly coped with the main role in the comedy “Dear God.”
In 1997, director James Brooke invited Kinnear to shoot the tragicomedy “It’s Never Better”, in which he played the role of a homosexual artist. Greg Kinner's partners here were Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. It was for this role that Kinner was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor.
In 2002, Greg played in a military drama, where he appeared before the audience in a completely new role - the image of a soldier during the Vietnam War. In the same year, Kinner played the role of controversial, tricky, crazy and scandalous, chaotic and unpredictable actor Bob Crane in the drama Autofocus.
In 2003, Kinner decided to return to the fold of comedy and played a couple with the popular actor Matt Damon Siamese twins (“Stuck in you”).
In 2008, Greg Kinner played the role of Robert Kern, the great inventor in the field of windshield cleaning for cars. /