Kevin Kline Overview:

Actress, Kevin Kline, was born Kevin Delaney Kline on Oct 24, 1947 in St. Louis, MO. As of December 2025, Kevin Kline was 78 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Kevin Kline was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actor for A Fish Called Wanda (as Otto) in 1988.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1988Best Supporting ActorA Fish Called Wanda (1988)OttoWon
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Kevin Kline Quotes:

Christine Starkey: You love me.
Nick Starkey: No, I loved an Idea I had that looked like you.

Nick Starkey: It's a beautiful day. I'm going to put on my best dress and go to a funeral.

[Nick is struggling with the killer]
Nick Starkey: Listen, stop kicking me. I hate that.
[the killer kicks him again]
Nick Starkey: I told you to stop that! You're not gettin' away, why don't you just fuckin' accept it?

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Best Supporting Actor Oscar 1988
WINNER

(as Otto)
in A Fish Called Wanda
Nominee
Alec Guinness
(as William Dorrit)
in Little Dorrit
Nominee
Martin Landau
(as Abe)
in Tucker The Man and His Dream
Nominee
River Phoenix
(as Danny Pope)
in Running on Empty
Nominee
Dean Stockwell
Married to the Mob
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Kevin Kline on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame

7000 Hollywood Blvd.


Ceremony Date: Dec 3, 2004
Category: Motion Pictures
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Kevin Kline Facts
Appeared with John Cleese in Silverado (1985), A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and Fierce Creatures (1997). He would later appear in The Pink Panther (2006), but was replaced in the sequel by none other than Cleese. His cast mate in that film is Steve Martin, with whom he previously appeared in Grand Canyon (1991). Kline went on to appear on stage as Cyrano de Bergerac, while Martin played a modern Cyrano-like character in Roxanne (1987).
Won two Tony Awards: in 1978 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for playing Bruce Granit in "On the Twentieth Century," and in 1981 as Best Actor (Musical) for playing The Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance," a performance he recreated in the film version of the same title, The Pirates of Penzance (1983). He was also nominated in 2004 as Best Actor (Play) for portraying Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare's "Henry IV."
Met future wife Phoebe Cates when she auditioned for the part of Chloe in The Big Chill (1983), that eventually went to 'Meg Tilly'.
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