Greg Kinnear biography and movies
Greg Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, USA to Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat with the US State Department and Suzanne Kinnear, a homemaker. Greg 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.'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 failed and became an on-location reporter for the channel. He had bit parts on "L.A. Law" (1986) and "Life Goes On" (1989). He would later become the creator, co-executive producer, and host of "Best of the Worst" (1991), which aired from 1990 to 1991. His breakthrough was as first host of "Talk Soup" (1991) from 1994-1994, when he left the show for the NBC late-night talk show, "Later with Greg Kinnear" (1994). In 1994, Kinnear had his first big screen role, as a talk show host in the Damon Wayans comedy Blankman (1994). In 1995 he won the role of David Larrabee in Sydney Pollack's remake of Billy Wilder's 1954 classic Sabrina (1995). Next was the lead in the 1996 comedy Dear God (1996). In 1997, Greg was cast in James L. Brooks's blockbuster comedy-drama As Good as It Gets (1997), receiving an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor. In his next film, the romantic comedy A Smile Like Yours (1997), he starred opposite Lauren Holly 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), struck gold. He played Meg Ryan's significant other, a newspaper columnist. Next he played Captain Amazing in Mystery Men (1999). His more recent films have Nurse Betty (2000), Loser (2000), and Someone Like You... (2001).

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Rate: 9.7 The Last Song

Year: 2010

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Julie Anne Robinson

Artists: Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus, Bobby Coleman, Greg Kinnear, Hallock Beals


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Rate: 4.3 Baby Mama

Year: 2009

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Michael McCullers

Artists: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Romany Malco, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard


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Rate: 9.7 Ghost Town

Year: 2008

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: David Koepp

Artists: Dequina Moore, Jordan Carlos, Greg Kinnear, Ricky Gervais, Aasif Mandvi


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Rate: 6.9 Flash Of Genius

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama

Director: Marc Abraham

Artists: Tim Eddis, Warren Belle, Dylan Authors, Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney


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Rate: 7 Ghost Town

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: David Koepp

Artists: Dequina Moore, Jordan Carlos, Greg Kinnear, Ricky Gervais, Aasif Mandvi


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Rate: 7 Ghost Town

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: David Koepp

Artists: Dequina Moore, Jordan Carlos, Greg Kinnear, Ricky Gervais, Aasif Mandvi


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Rate: 9.7 Baby Mama

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Michael McCullers

Artists: Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Greg Kinnear, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler


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Rate: 9.7 Flash Of Genius

Year: 2008

Genres: Biography, Drama

Director: Marc Abraham

Artists: Bill Lake, Karl Pruner, Warren Belle, Tim Eddis, Greg Kinnear


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Rate: 9.7 Ghost Town

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: David Koepp

Artists: Dequina Moore, Jordan Carlos, Téa Leoni, Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear


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Rate: 9.7 Ghost Town

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance

Director: David Koepp

Artists: Greg Kinnear, Dequina Moore, Jordan Carlos, Téa Leoni, Ricky Gervais


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Rate: 9.7 Ghost Town

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance

Director: David Koepp

Artists: Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Jordan Carlos, Dequina Moore, Greg Kinnear


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Rate: 6.7 Feast Of Love

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama

Director: Robert Benton

Artists: Margo Martindale, Fred Ward, Jane Alexander, Stana Katic, Toby Hemingway, Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Davalos, Shannon Lucio, Missi Pyle, Alex Mentzel


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Rate: 9.7 Feast Of Love

Year: 2007

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Benton

Artists: Selma Blair, Billy Burke, Radha Mitchell, Greg Kinnear, Morgan Freeman


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Rate: 7 Invincible

Year: 2006

Genres: Sport, Drama, Biography

Director: Ericson Core

Artists: Michael Kelly, Michael Nouri, Greg Kinnear, Mark Wahlberg, Elizabeth Banks


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Rate: 6.6 Unknown

Year: 2006

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama

Director: Simon Brand

Artists: Bridget Moynahan, Mark Boone Junior, Barry Pepper, Greg Kinnear, Peter Stormare


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Rate: 8 Little Miss Sunshine

Year: 2006

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Comedy

Director: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton

Artists: Stan Grossman, Bryan Cranston, Steven Christopher Parker, Gordon Thomson, Justin Shilton, Chuck Loring, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Brenda Canela, Jill Talley, Marc Turtletaub, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear


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Rate: 5.8 Bad News Bears

Year: 2005

Genres: Sport, Comedy

Director: Richard Linklater

Artists: Ridge Canipe, Tyler Patrick Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden


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Rate: 4.7 Godsend

Year: 2004

Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Director: Nick Hamm

Artists: Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, Cameron Bright, Raoul Bhaneja, Elle Downs


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Rate: 6.9 We Were Soldiers

Year: 2002

Genres: War, History, Action

Director: Randall Wallace

Artists: Greg Kinnear, Clark Gregg, Mel Gibson, Marc Blucas, Barry Pepper


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