LAmerican actor Kevin Kline turns 76 today, Tuesday 24 October. During your career you have acted in many films and received five Golden Globe nominations. And in 1989 she won a Oscar as Best Supporting Actor For A fish named Wanda.
One of the best American interpreters of Shakespeare
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Kevin Delaney Kline (this is his real name) took his first steps in the entertainment industry while still a university student. His first jobs were in the theater and on television. Then, after graduation, came the move to New York and acting studies at the prestigious Juillard School. You made your theater debut with Acting Companywith which he performed in several American cities with some Shakespearean plays.
Thanks for that opportunity he quickly became one of the most important American interpreters of William Shakespeare.
Kevin Kline on December 8, 2019 in Washington DC. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
Kevin Kline: Iconic Films
The first film in which he starred was Sophie’s Choice by Alan J. Pakula, in 1982. According to theAmerican Film Institute this film – in which Kline worked with Meryl Streep – is to be considered al 91st place in the ranking of the one hundred best American films of all time.
The following year, then, he starred in an iconic film: The great coldby Lawrence Kasdan. Great cult film of the 1980sAnd a wonderful cross-section of the 1968 generation, but also a hymn to the friendship between adults who were young together.
By the way, at the auditions for this film Kline met Phoebe Cates, an actress whom he married on March 5, 1989 and with whom he had two children.
A special artistic partnership was then born with Kasdan. Indeed, Kevin Kline has also acted in his other films: Silverado (1985), I will love you… until I kill you (1990), Grand Canyon – The heart of the city (1991) e French Kiss (1995).
Even an Oscar like Best Supporting Actor
Throughout his career he has demonstrated both reliability and theater how much on big screen. In fact, if on Broadway it was above all musicals and classical works that gave him success, in the cinema, however, he emerged thanks to ironic and hilarious roles. Like the one in the play A fish named Wanda of 1988, thanks to which he obtained an Oscar like Best Supporting Actor.
In the following years, then, he alternated busy theatrical appearances with comic and dramatic roles. His participations in films are noteworthy Dave – President for a day (1993), Ice storm (1997), In & Out (1997), Wild Wild West (1999), De-Lovely – So easy to love (2003), The beauty and the Beast (2016) e The Good House (2022).
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