Kevin James Movies and Career Information

Kevin George Knipfing (born April 26, 1965), known as Kevin James, is an American comedian, 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 roles in the comedy films Hitch, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, and Grown Ups. He has hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (on March 27, 2010). James was born in Mineola, New York at Winthrop-University Hospital, to Janet, a homemaker who also worked in a chiropractor's office, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, who owned an insurance company. James has two siblings, Gary Joseph Knipfing, known as Gary Valentine, also a comedian, and Leslie Knipfing; Leslie works for James and helped raise money through charity events for retinitis pigmentosa, with which she is afflicted. James 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. He was a student at, but did not graduate from, the State University of New York at Cortland, where he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity. James began doing