Richard Kind

Richard Kind is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. Richard appeared in the Academy Award Winning Best Picture, “Argo” for director Ben Affleck and starred as 'Bing Bong' in the hit Pixar Film, “Inside Out”. He played a memorable, heartbreaking role in Clint Eastwood's “Hereafter.” Richard was 'Uncle Arthur,' brother to Michael Stuhlbarg in the critically acclaimed “A Serious Man” written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. He worked a second time with the Coen brothers in “Suburbicon,” directed by George Clooney. Currently, Richard recurs in the fourth season of “Only Murders In The Building” for Hulu.

Richard played the series regular role of 'Stan Yenko' in the highly rated CBS drama “East New York.” Richard recently accompanied John Mulaney on his live talk show for Netflix’s “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA” as the show’s announcer. Additionally, Richard played a juicy recurring role in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix limited series “The Watcher” and can be seen in the popular Netflix feature “The Out-Laws,” opposite Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin. Additional film credits include a two time collaboration with Tom McCarthy in “The Visitor” and “The Station Agent” as well as roles in several other films including “Tick, Tick…Boom,” “Obvious Child,” “18 1/2,” “The Bellmen,” “Auggie,” “The Magnificent Meyersons,” “Andover,” “The Independents,” “All We Had,” “The Lennon Report” and “The Paper Store” just to name a few.

Kind has voiced characters in “A Bug’s Life,” “Cars” and the television series, “Summer Camp Island,” fan favorite Big Mouth and American Dad! Apart from his infamous roles on “Spin City” and “Mad About You,” Richard was also a series regular on the acclaimed HBO series “Luck,” as well as three seasons on Amazon's “Red Oaks” and a season of “Brockmire” opposite Hank Azaria. Richard had a six episode arc on “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay” for Freeform. He has also had recurring roles on Fox's “Gotham,” Showtime's “I'm Dying Up Here,” and has appeared numerous times on “Young Sheldon,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as ‘Uncle Andy,' “The Goldbergs” as ‘Formica Mike’ and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” In addition, he has guest starred on many, many shows. Richard is a Drama Desk Award Winner and Tony Nominee for the Broadway Hit, “The Big Knife.” On stage he has also starred in “Guys and Dolls” in London, the smash hit Broadway musical “The Producers,” “The Tale of the Allergist's Wife,” “Candide,” and “Bounce,” among others. Richard started his career in Chicago with the Practical Theatre Company, founded by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall and Gary Kroeger.