Kevin Farley

Kevin Prindiville Farley (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role in David Zucker’s comedy film An American Carol and voiced several characters in F Is for Family (2015–2021). He is the younger brother of the late American comedian and actor Chris Farley, who died in 1997.

Early life, family and education Kevin Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Anne (née Crosby), a homemaker, and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company, Scotch Oil. He is the younger brother of comic Chris Farley and older brother of actor John P. Farley.

Like Chris, Kevin attended and graduated from Marquette University.

Career He was a regular performer in Sports Bar, a sketch-comedy show that ran from 1997 to 1998. Farley then portrayed Doug Linus in the fictional boy band 2ge+her from 2000 to 2001.

He has appeared alongside many of his brother Chris' Saturday Night Live castmates, such as David Spade and Adam Sandler. He appeared in The Waterboy (a Sandler film) and in Dirty Work. He played a police officer in the 2001 film Joe Dirt, starring David Spade. He appeared as himself alongside sidekick Ketchup Boy played by his brother Chris, in a "Cooking with Randy" sketch on All That with Kenan Thompson.

In 2004, Farley guest-starred as Bud the Janitor on the Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh in the season 2 episode "Honor Council", and in 2006 as Officer Norkin in the season 4 episode "The Wedding", in which he gave Drake Parker and Josh Nichols a parking ticket in a 1970s Chevrolet El Camino for parking in a prohibited area. He also appeared in Joe Dirt 2 - Beautiful Loser as Cal. In 2017, Farley appeared as Earl in the music video for the Rascal Flatts' single "Yours If You Want It", alongside Kristy Swanson. He portrayed Felix the limo driver on Disney's That's So Raven.

He has continued to perform in episodes of TV sitcoms. In 2016, he made a guest appearance as Turkey in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 11 episode "The Gang Hits the Slopes". He appeared on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm as an exterminator in the episode "The Rat Dog". He guest starred in an episode of the TV sitcom Rules of Engagement. He performed as the NRA gun-toting protester Eric in Superstore season 2 episode, "Guns, Pills and Birds".

He has appeared in several music videos. In 2005, Farley appeared in the Lifehouse video for the band's single "Blind". His character is a neglectful father who brings different women home, where he lives with his daughter, played by Tina Majorino. Farley appeared as the kidnapped beer truck driver in the 2010 music video for "This Afternoon" by Nickelback.

Farley was also in a Dairy Queen commercial advertising the Kit Kat Blizzard, and in commercials for Hertz Rent-A-Car.

He starred in the political parody film An American Carol, with Kelsey Grammer and Jon Voight, in 2008. Farley appeared on The View on September 30, 2008 to promote the film.

In 2007, Farley was featured in the web serial Two Guys Drinking at a Bar.

In May 2010, Farley appeared as a guest on Tom Green's House Tonight, where he performed a section of his new stand-up routine. in South Bend, Indiana. In 2015, Farley, along with Jaleel White and Pauly Shore, appeared on the series Hawaii Five-0 in the Season 5 episode "Ho'amoano (Chasing Yesterday)", which first aired on April 24, 2015.

Political views Farley has identified himself as a conservative. He attended the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Filmography

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Discography

As featuring artist +SongYearAlbum"U + Me = Us (Calculus)" (2gether featuring Kevin Farley as Doug Linus)20002Gether"The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)" (2gether featuring Kevin Farley as Doug Linus)20002Gether: Again"Awesum Luvr" (2gether featuring Kevin Farley as Doug Linus)20002Gether: Again"Blind" (Featuring Kevin Farley and Tina Majorino"2005Lifehouse "Yours If You Want It" (Featuring Kevin Farley and Kristy Swanson)2017Back to Us