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Greg Kinnear TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
ABCFAMMon, Oct 13, 7:30 PMYou've Got MailBuy
FXTue, Oct 14, 7:30 PMInvincibleBuy
CINEMAXWed, Oct 15, 1:00 PMLoserBuy
FXWed, Oct 15, 5:00 PMInvincibleBuy
TMCeWed, Oct 15, 5:45 PMGodsendBuy
COMEDYSat, Oct 18, 2:30 PMStuck on YouBuy
COMEDYSun, Oct 19, 9:30 AMStuck on YouBuy
HBO2eSun, Oct 19, 11:45 PMFast Food NationBuy
TMCeMon, Oct 20, 9:30 AMGodsendBuy
TMCeMon, Oct 20, 4:10 PMGodsendBuy
TMCeTue, Oct 21, 5:40 AMGodsendBuy

Greg Kinnear Biography

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  • Birth Place: Logansport, IN
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/17/1963, Gemini
  • Profession: Actor
Although Kinnear initially came to prominence in the early '90s as the sarcastic host of the cable series Talk Soup, a versatile actor lay behind his smarmy smirk. After helming his own eponymous late-night talk show, he ventured onto the big screen in a number of supporting roles in mediocre movies. In 1997 his career was given a boost when he tackled an image-changing role as a gay artist in As Good as It Gets. The film went on to win a slew of Oscars, including best picture, but Kinnear had to settle for a mere nomination. Perhaps that disappointment was a sign of things to come, because he was never able to graduate to leading man. Worse, while he occasionally tackled challenging parts — he was creepily fascinating as the sex-addicted Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane in Auto Focus — usually he was confined to smug, self-involved roles (an egotistical superhero in Mystery Men, bad boyfriends in You've Got Mail, Someone Like You and Loser).
Greg Kinnear Fast Facts:
  • Lived abroad in Lebanon and Greece.
  • Hosted a talk show, School Daze with Greg Kinnear, on Armed Forces Radio.
  • Won a Daytime Emmy in 1994 as the executive producer and original host of Talk Soup.
  • Made his movie debut alongside Damon Wayans and Jason Alexander in Blankman (1994).
  • For a time in the mid-'90s, he hosted Talk Soup and his late-night talk show Later with Greg Kinnear simultaneously.
  • Received the Male Star of Tomorrow Award in 1996 from the National Association of Theater Owners.
  • On a 2003 episode of Friends, he appeared alongside one of his Talk Soup successors, Aisha Tyler.
    Greg Kinnear Relationships:
  • Audrey Mae Kinnear - Daughter
  • Edward Kinnear - Father
  • Helen Labdon - Wife
  • James Kinnear - Brother
  • Lily Kathryn Kinnear - Daughter
  • Steve Kinnear - Brother
  • Suzanne Kinnear - Mother

    • Greg Kinnear Awards:
  • 1997 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee

  • College:
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (BA in Broadcast Journalism, 1985)
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