Greg Kinnear is an American actor, producer and television personality. He was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in As Good as It Gets (1997). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including Sabrina (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Someone like You (2001), We Were Soldiers, Auto Focus (both 2002), Stuck on You (2003), Robots (2005), Little Miss Sunshine, Invincible (both 2006), Green Zone, The Last Song (both 2010), Heaven Is for Real (2014), Misbehaviour (2020) and television roles, such as Friends, Talk Soup, Modern Family, House of Cards, Rake, and the miniseries The Stand (2020). Kinnear has portrayed John F. Kennedy in The Kennedys (2011), and Joe Biden in Confirmation (2016).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Best Supporting Actor As Good as it Gets
Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series The Kennedys 2012 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Modern Family
Daytime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Outstanding Special Programming Talk Soup 1996
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture As Good as it Gets
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture As Good as it Gets 2006 Little Miss Sunshine 2011 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie The Kennedys
Miscellaneous awards YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResults 1994CableACE AwardsRecreation and Leisure Special or SeriesTalk Soup on VacationTalk Soup: Weekend EditionMagazine Show Special or Series1995Entertainment HostTalk Soup1996Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsMost Promising ActorSabrinaGolden Apple AwardsMale Discovery of the YearN/AShoWest Convention AwardsMale Star of Tomorrow1997National Board of Review AwardsBest Supporting ActorAs Good as It GetsChicago Film Critics Association AwardsOFTA Film AwardsSatellite AwardsBest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Southeastern Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting Actor1999Blockbuster Entertainment AwardsFavorite Supporting Actor – Comedy / RomanceYou've Got Mail2002New York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActorAuto Focus2005St. Louis Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActorThe Matador2006Gotham Independent Film AwardsBest Ensemble PerformanceLittle Miss SunshinePhoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Ensemble CastCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest Ensemble2008Boston Film FestivalBest ActorFlash of Genius2014MTV Movie + TV AwardsBest FightAnchorman 2: The Legend Continues2017Leo AwardsBest Motion PicturePhil
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