Biography
Kevin James (born April 26, 1965) is an American playwright, actor, writer, and producer. He is widely known for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. He is also known for his lead roles in the comedy films I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Grown Ups, The Dilemma, and Zookeeper. He hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on March 27, 2010.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Solo Mio
2026
as Matt
Matt’s fiancé has dreamed of a wedding in Italy. He saves up and flies his whole family over for the wedding and has even booked a lavish honeymoon af...
Solo Mio
2026
Producer
Matt’s fiancé has dreamed of a wedding in Italy. He saves up and flies his whole family over for the wedding and has even booked a lavish honeymoon af...

Guns Up
2025
as Ray
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.

Monster Summer
2024
as Edgar Palmer
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous ...

Kevin James: Irregardless
2024
as Self
Kevin James delivers a hilariously unfiltered take on parenting, marriage, and getting older. As only James can, he covers a range of topics, from mot...

Kevin James: Irregardless
2024
Executive Producer, Writer, Director
Kevin James delivers a hilariously unfiltered take on parenting, marriage, and getting older. As only James can, he covers a range of topics, from mot...

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
as Actor (archive footage)
A portrait of the actress Winona Ryder, the great muse of nineties cinema, who, although she has had an atypical and somewhat erratic career, has alwa...

Home Team
2022
as Sean Payton
Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12...

Home Team
2022
Producer
Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12...

Biography: Mick Foley
2021
Follows the unique, multifaceted career of Mick Foley, a 2013 WWE Hall of Fame inductee better known as "Mankind." A fan favorite during WWE's "Attitu...

Hubie Halloween
2020
as Sgt. Steve Downey
Hubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids ...

Becky
2020
as Dominick
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self
All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
as Frankenstein (voice)
Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s capt...

Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up
2018
as Himself - Performance
Kevin James makes his long-awaited return to stand-up in this family-friendly special, dishing on fatherhood, fans, his disdain for allergies and more...

Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up
2018
Writer
Kevin James makes his long-awaited return to stand-up in this family-friendly special, dishing on fatherhood, fans, his disdain for allergies and more...

Sandy Wexler
2017
as Ted Rafferty
When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.

True Memoirs of an International Assassin
2016
as Sam Larson / Mason Carver
After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of...

Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
as Frankenstein (voice)
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of sup...

Pixels
2015
as Cooper
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Little Boy
2015
as Dr. Fox
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love...

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
as Paul Blart
Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While ...

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Producer, Writer, Characters
Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While ...

Grown Ups 2
2013
as Eric Lamonsoff
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons ...

Here Comes the Boom
2012
as Scott Voss
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.

Here Comes the Boom
2012
Writer, Producer
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.

Hotel Transylvania
2012
as Frankenstein (voice)
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One spe...

Zookeeper
2011
as Griffin Keyes
Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but he's more comfortable with the animals than with females o...

Zookeeper
2011
Screenplay, Producer
Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but he's more comfortable with the animals than with females o...

The Dilemma
2011
as Nick Brannen
Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really lau...

Grown Ups
2010
as Eric Lamonsoff
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
as Paul Blart
Mild-mannered Paul Blart has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his c...

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Screenplay, Producer
Mild-mannered Paul Blart has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his c...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as Hacky Sack Tournament Celebrity Judge
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2007
as Santa Claus
There's a miracle on Sesame Street in this special holiday tale. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their new friend Stiller the Elf are going to count down to C...

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Lawrence 'Larry' Valentine
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that ...

Barnyard
2006
as Otis the Cow (voice)
When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that en...

Grilled
2006
as Dave
Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his f...

Monster House
2006
as Officer Landers (voice)
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against ...

Hitch
2005
as Albert
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes pro...

50 First Dates
2004
as Factory Worker
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he rea...
VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special
2003
as Himself
A look into the life and times of actress Leah Remini as her wedding approaches and afterward they attempt to have a baby.

Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff
2001
as himself
Television's "King of Queens" reigns again in this Comedy Central special -- the network's first-ever hour-long show devoted entirely to one comic, ta...

Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff
2001
Writer
Television's "King of Queens" reigns again in this Comedy Central special -- the network's first-ever hour-long show devoted entirely to one comic, ta...

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
1999
as Self
The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment. The roastee being...
Playdate
N/A
as Brian
Down-on-his luck Brian, just fired from his job, becomes an unexpected stay-at-home dad to his 10 year old son. On his first day, he accepts a playdat...
Flash Before the Bang
N/A
The coming-of-age drama tells the true story of an all-deaf high school track & field team from the Oregon School for the Deaf. The team overcame disc...
Fuzzy Towers
N/A
as Tommy
Will follow Tommy who works as an optometrist but dreams of working for a kids TV show ‘Fuzzy Towers’. However, Tommy is offered the chance to relaunc...
Playdate
N/A
Executive Producer
Down-on-his luck Brian, just fired from his job, becomes an unexpected stay-at-home dad to his 10 year old son. On his first day, he accepts a playdat...
Still Life
N/A
Executive Producer
Still Life tells the true story of John McClamrock and his mother Ann. The two made a life together within the walls of their small Dallas home after ...