Kevin Heffernan (born May 25, 1968) is an American actor, filmmaker, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.
Life and career
Heffernan was born in West Haven, Connecticut. His mother, Catheryn Jane (née Eiby), is the West Haven treasurer, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. His paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven.
Heffernan is a graduate of Fairfield College Preparatory School and later Colgate University, the latter where he was a part of comedy group Charred Goosebeak with other members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. This group would stay together outside college, and become the group Broken Lizard. Heffernan is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, and passed the bar exams in Connecticut and New York, but does not practice law. Also available as
Instead, he and the other members of Broken Lizard spent several years to make the film Super Troopers. They took it to the Sundance Film Festival, and sold the distribution rights to Fox Searchlight Pictures for $3.25 million. It grossed $23.1 million when released in 2001, and Heffernan's comedy acting career was made. Heffernan is best known for his role of Vermont State Trooper Rod Farva in Super Troopers and its 2018 sequel Super Troopers 2.
He works especially closely with fellow Broken Lizard member Steve Lemme. They do a two-man touring standup comedy show, a podcast, a web series, and a Netflix special.
Heffernan also played Landfill and Gil in Beerfest, and co-starred in the Dukes of Hazzard film as "Sheev".
He has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother (ep. "I'm Not That Guy"), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Arrested Development, Agent Carter, and in two episodes of season 5 of The Goldbergs, as Ms.Torg's favorite "chalk throwing" teacher.
From 2019 to 2023, he portrayed Chief Terry McConky in the TruTV cable television firefighter comedy series Tacoma FD. This series launched in March 2019, and was partly based on the stories of Heffernan's cousin William "Bill" Heffernan , who is the historian for the West Haven Fire Department, a Connecticut State legislator and a consultant for the program. In February 2024, TruTV canceled the series after four seasons.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Tinfoil Monkey Agenda Lieutenant Henry Fowler / Large Green Bay Packer Fan 1996 Puddle Cruiser Grogan With Broken Lizard 1998 No Looking Back Guy in Diner #1 1999 Big Helium Dog Phil 2001 Super Troopers Rod Farva Also editorWith Broken Lizard 2004 Club Dread Lars Bronkhorst With Broken Lizard 2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments Himself 2005 Sky High Ron Wilson 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Sheev 2006 Preaching to the Choir Amish Man Also screenwriterpage 199 2006 The Lather Effect Pink Panty Dude 2006 Beerfest Landfill/Gil/Sausage Lady With Broken Lizard 2008 Strange Wilderness Whitaker 2008 Management Jed 2009 The Slammin' Salmon Rich Ferente Director debut; with Broken Lizard 2012 The Babymakers Wade 2012 Freeloaders Scotty the Boom Guy 2014 Life The Runner Short film 2015 Super Troopers Boot Camp Rod Farva Short film; with Broken Lizard 2018 The Goldbergs: 1990 Something Doc TV movie 2018 Super Troopers 2 Rod Farva With Broken Lizard 2018 Beerfest: Thirst for Victory Landfill TV movie 2018 Miss Arizona Bigs 2019 Airplane Mode Gary Marshall 2020 Fulfillment Harold Short film 2020 Scoob! Bike Cop Gary Voice debut 2020 Calls Jerk Store Call Short film 2023 Quasi Duchamp Rousseau / Henri-Francoise Also director and writer; with Broken Lizard 2026 Super Troopers 3 Rod Farva Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Comedy Central Canned Ham Rod Farva Episode: "Super Troopers"; with Broken Lizard 2005 Arrested Development Announcer Episode: "Sword of Destiny" 2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm TiVo Guy Episode: "The TiVo Guy" 2007 How I Met Your Mother Ted Mosby Porn Star Episode: "I'm Not That Guy" 2007 iThunes Parking Enforcement Officer 2 episodes 2012 Veep Fast Food Executive Episode: "Baseball" 2012 Animal Practice Max Ricketts Episode: "Dr. Yamamazing" 2014 Workaholics Officer Don Burton Episode: "DeputyDong" 2015 Agent Carter Madison Avenue GuyEpisode: "Now is Not the End" 2015 MOCKpocalypse Himself Episode: "Metal" 2015 GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network Farva Episode: "GGN Super Troopers" 2016 Time Traveling Bong Donnie 2 episodes 2017 The Goldbergs Doc 2 episodes 2019–2023 Tacoma FD Chief Terry McConky Main cast; also creator and executive producer 2020 Hell Den C.H.A.Z. Episode: "BET-C Versus the House" 2022 The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder Police Chief Episode: "The Show Off"
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