Kevin James (born April 26, 1965) is an American comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his playing the lead character Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens and periodically on Everybody Loves Raymond. He is also known for his lead roles in the films I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
James was born Kevin George Knipfing in Stony Brook, New York, to Janet, a homemaker who also worked in a chiropractor'...
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Kevin James (born April 26, 1965) is an American comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his playing the lead character Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens and periodically on Everybody Loves Raymond. He is also known for his lead roles in the films I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
James was born Kevin George Knipfing in Stony Brook, New York, to Janet, a homemaker who also worked in a chiropractor's office, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, who owned an insurance company. He was raised in the "S-Section" of Stony Brook and graduated from Ward Melville High School in 1983, where one of his teammates on the wrestling team was (professional wrestler) Mick Foley. James has two siblings, Gary Joseph Knipfing, known as Gary Valentine, also a comedian, and Laura Knipfing. Leslie Knipfing works for James, helping raise money through charity events for retinitis pigmentosa, with which he is afflicted. James was a student at, but did not graduate...
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