Biography
Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and television personality, who first rose to stardom as the first host of E!'s Talk Soup. He has appeared in more than 45 motion pictures. Kinnear was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in As Good as It Gets. He has starred in several TV shows including Rake, House of Cards, Shining Vale, and Black Bird.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Off the Grid
2025
as Ranish
After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When...
You Gotta Believe
2024
as Coach Jon Kelly
After dedicating the season to a teammate’s ailing father, a group of underestimated Ft. Worth youth baseball players takes its Cinderella run all the...
The Present
2024
as Eric Diehl
A brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, then teaming up with his siblings to go back to the eve of their ...
Sight
2024
as Misha Bartnovsky
Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the s...
Crisis
2021
as Dean Talbot
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., ...
Misbehaviour
2020
as Bob Hope
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World ...
Strange But True
2019
as Richard Chase
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Frankie
2019
as Gary
About three generations of a family grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in the historic town of Sintra, Portugal.
Brian Banks
2019
as Justin Brooks
An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
as Walton Bowen
Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid r...
Phil
2019
as Phil
A depressed dentist in mid-life crisis tries to learn why one of his happiest patients suddenly commits suicide, and a dark comedic adventure ensues.
Phil
2019
Director
A depressed dentist in mid-life crisis tries to learn why one of his happiest patients suddenly commits suicide, and a dark comedic adventure ensues.
Same Kind of Different as Me
2017
as Ron Hall
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams wi...
Brigsby Bear
2017
as Detective Vogel
Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and...
Little Men
2016
as Brian Jardine
Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlik...
Confirmation
2016
as Joe Biden
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had...
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; ...
Murder of a Cat
2014
as Alistair Ford
When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely...
Heaven Is for Real
2014
as Todd Burpo
The true story of the 4-year old son of a small-town pastor who, during emergency surgery, slips from consciousness and enters heaven. When he awakes,...
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Gary
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Stuck in Love
2013
as William Borgens
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumu...
The English Teacher
2013
as Dr. Tom Sherwood
Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil...
Movie 43
2013
as Griffin Schraeder (segment "The Pitch")
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...
Thin Ice
2012
as Mickey Prohaska
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the...
I Don't Know How She Does It
2011
as Richard Reddy
As an employee at a Boston-based financial firm, Kate Reddy struggles daily to balance the demands of her high-powered career with the needs of her hu...
Salvation Boulevard
2011
as Carl Vanderveer
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his m...
The Last Song
2010
as Steve Miller
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music,...
Green Zone
2010
as Clark Poundstone
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of ...
Ghost Town
2008
as Frank Herlihy
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse,...
Flash of Genius
2008
as Bob Kearns
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail ...
Baby Mama
2008
as Rob Ackerman
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...
Feast of Love
2007
as Bradley Smith
A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, myst...
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
as Self
A full-length documentary chronicling filmmaker Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser throughout their journey making the movie 'Fast Food Natio...
Fast Food Nation
2006
as Don Anderson
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Unknown
2006
as Broken Nose
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Invincible
2006
as Dick Vermeil
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of...
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
as Richard Hoover
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Bad News Bears
2005
as Roy Bullock
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arra...
The Matador
2005
as Danny Wright
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a my...
Robots
2005
as Ratchet (voice)
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now...
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston and find out his sister is his real mother.
Godsend
2004
as Paul Duncan
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebi...
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
2004
as Self
Comments from the Farrellys, Thomas, Wessler, Damon, Kinnear, and actors Ray “Rocket” Valliere, Wen Yan Shih, Lawyer Milloy and Tom Brady. They chat a...
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
2004
as Self
We find notes from the Farrellys, Damon, Kinnear, Thomas, Wessler and special make-up designer Tony Gardner. The latter participant dominates the show...
Stuck on You
2003
as Walt
In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt and Bob Tenor make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoi...
Auto Focus
2002
as Bob Crane
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona...
We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right
2002
as Self
A short documentary about the making of 'We Were Soldiers'.
We Were Soldiers
2002
as Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Dinner with Friends
2001
as Tom
A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.
Someone Like You...
2001
as Ray Brown
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive ...
Nurse Betty
2000
as Dr. David Ravell
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kans...
Loser
2000
as Prof. Edward Alcott
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befr...
The Gift
2000
as Wayne Collins
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see....
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Perry Gordon
A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to their...
Mystery Men
1999
as Captain Amazing / Lance
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superhe...
You've Got Mail
1998
as Frank Navasky
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware...
As Good as It Gets
1997
as Simon Bishop
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. Aft...
A Smile Like Yours
1997
as Danny Robertson
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as ATF Agent Bork (voice)
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across Ameri...
Dear God
1996
as Tom Turner
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter offi...
Sabrina
1995
as David Larrabee
Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of pr...
Blankman
1994
as Talk Show Host
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he de...
Based on an Untrue Story
1993
as Orlando Chang Stein
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, whi...
Dillinger
1991
as Arizona Lawman
Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the FBI after a string of armed bank robberies during the Gr...
Murder in Mississippi
1990
as News reporter
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registratio...
What Price Victory
1988
as Teacher's Assistant
What Price Victory is about the effect that unscrupulous college football recruiting practices have on two star high school athletes.
Shiver
N/A
Grace has been fascinated by a pack of wolves in the woods near her home for years. She is particularly drawn to a yellow-eyed wolf, whom she believes...
The Saviors
N/A
as Jim Clemente
A suburban couple whose life spirals out of control when they rent their garage to mysterious tenants.