Kevin James

Kevin George Knipfing born April 26 1965 known professionally as Kevin James is an American actor and writer James began his career as a standup comedian on Long Island in the late 1980s before rising to prominence for playing Doug Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens 19982007 for which he received the nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006 In 2004 James made his first film appearance in 50 First Dates and the following year costarred in Hitch He went on to star in I Now Pronounce You Chuck Larry 2007 Paul Blart Mall Cop 2009 Grown Ups 2010 Zookeeper 2011 Here Comes the Boom 2012 and Pixels 2015 He also voiced characters in the animated films Monster House Barnyard both 2006 and Hotel Transylvania 2012 He also was nominated for a Peoples Choice Award in 2017 for his role on the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait 20162018 James also appeared in several dramatic roles including The Dilemma 2011 Little Boy 2015 and Becky 2020 Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin James licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia