Kevin Nealon
Biography
Kevin Nealon is an American comedian and actor who was born in St. Louis. He gravitated to comedy in college and spent six years doing stand-up before his network television break came in 1984 on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Saturday Night Live added him to its cast in 1986, and he remained until 1995, anchoring Weekend Update from 1991 to 1994. His film work includes All I Want for Christmas (1991), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998), Little Nicky (2000), Anger Management (2003), Daddy Day Care (2003), and Just Go with It (2011). He appeared in several Happy Madison films, played Doug Wilson on Weeds from 2005 to 2012, voiced the title role on Glenn Martin, DDS, and was a regular on Man with a Plan. He has a Primetime Emmy nomination and two Screen Actors Guild nominations.
72years old
Turns 73 on November 18in 36 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 38 years1987 to 2025
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Big break
Kevin Nealon was recommended to Saturday Night Live by his friend Dana Carvey after the show recruited Carvey in 1986, and both joined the cast that year.
A first
Nealon left in 1995 after nine seasons, which was then the record for the longest-tenured cast member, a mark that has since been surpassed.
First role
Nealon made his network television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1984, after six years of doing stand-up.
A change of course
Nealon headed to San Diego in 1977, then settled in Los Angeles, where he tended bar for a living while learning his craft at the Improv.
Behind the camera
Nealon has hosted the YouTube talk show Hiking with Kevin since 2017, hiking a trail with celebrity guests. He handles the producing and editing alone, using just a selfie stick and a camera drone.
Kevin Nealon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Dennis Dugan directed three of these films, Frank Coraci two. Adam Sandler appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Adam Sandler's page
Allen Covert's page
Rob Schneider's page
Jackie Sandler's page
Nick Swardson's page
Robert Smigel's page
All films by Dennis Dugan
All films by Frank Coraci
Box office
What Kevin Nealon's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
16 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 16 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 86% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$215M16.1% of the total
- 2$204M15.3% of the total
- 3$196M14.7% of the total
- 4$164M12.3% of the total
- 5$128M9.6% of the total
- 6$123M9.2% of the total
- 7$58M4.4% of the total
- 8$58M4.3% of the total
$189 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 14% of the total