Greg Kinnear

'Greg Kinnear' (qv) was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, USA to Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat with the US State Department, and Suzanne (nee Buck) Kinnear, a homemaker. He has two brothers -- James, vice president-investments at Wachovia Securities in Arizona who was born in 1957, and Steve, a business manager with the Billy Graham Training Center in North Carolina who was born in 1959. His family moved often, including Lebanon and Greece. While a student in Athens, Greg first ventured into the role of talk show host with his radio show "School Daze With 'Greg Kinnear' (qv)".Returning to college in the States, he attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, graduating in 1985 with a degree in broadcast journalism. He headed out to Los Angeles, landing his first job as a marketing assistant with Empire Entertainment. He auditioned to be an MTV VJ, but was not selected and became an on-location reporter for the channel. He had bit parts on _L.A. Law (1986)_ (qv) and _Life Goes On (1989)_ (qv). He would later become the creator, co-executive producer, and host of _Best of the Worst (1991)_ (qv) (1990-91). His breakthrough was as first host of _Talk Soup (1991)_ (qv) (1994), when he left the show for the NBC late-night talk show, _Later (1994)_ (qv).In 1994, Kinnear had his first big screen role, as a talk show host in the 'Damon Wayans' (qv) comedy _Blankman (1994)_ (qv). In 1995 he won the role of David Larrabee in 'Sydney Pollack' (qv)'s remake of 'Billy Wilder' (qv)'s 1954 classic _Sabrina (1995)_ (qv). Next was the lead in the 1996 comedy _Dear God (1996)_ (qv). In 1997, he was cast in 'James L. Brooks' (qv)'s blockbuster comedy-drama _As Good as It Gets (1997)_ (qv), receiving an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor. In his next film, the romantic comedy _A Smile Like Yours (1997)_ (qv), he starred opposite 'Lauren Holly' (qv) as part of a couple trying to have a baby. The film met with lukewarm reviews and a low box office.His next film, _You've Got Mail (1998)_ (qv), struck gold. He played 'Meg Ryan' (qv)'s significant other, a newspaper columnist. Next he played Captain Amazing in _Mystery Men (1999)_ (qv). His more recent films have _Nurse Betty (2000)_ (qv), _Loser (2000)_ (qv), and _Someone Like You (2001)_ (qv).::[email protected]