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• Actor Greg Kinnear began his performing career on television, hosting the game show College Mad House before creating and hosting FOX's Best of the Worst. In the early 1990s he was the first host of Talk Soup, the E! Channel's long-running celebrity gossip show. In the mid to late '90s he had several notable film roles, including Sabrina and As Good as It Gets, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. EW.com: Greg Kinnear, Oscar underdog (October 1, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: June 17, 1963
  2. Birth place: Logansport, Indiana
  3. Height: 5'10"
  4. Spouse: Former model Helen LabdonCBS News: Greg Kinnear Is A Father Again (June 17, 2006)
  5. Two daughters: Lil Katherine and Audrey MaeCBS News: Greg Kinnear Is A Father Again (June 17, 2006)
  6. 1991-1995: Host of Talk Soup on E!
  7. Nominated for an Oscar for his role in As Good As It GetsBBC News: Academy Award nominations in full
  8. Graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in broadcast journalism

• Acting Career

  Since his Academy Award nomination, Kinnear has appeared in a string of profitable and critically acclaimed films. In the late '90s, he appeared in You've Got Mail alongside Meg Ryan and in the superhero spoof Mystery Men, which performed poorly at first but received new life on DVD.

  In 2006, he played family patriarch Richard Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. He also appeared alongside Mark Wahlberg in Invincible and with Sunshine co-star Paul Dano in Fast Food Nation.EW.com: Greg Kinnear, Oscar underdog (October 1, 2008)

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