Kevin Ruf (born on December 7, 1961, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American actor. He currently stars on the Comedy Central show Halfway Home as Kenny Carlyle, the house supervisor of a halfway house. He was the newsman in That Was The Week That Was on ABC's Primetime Live . He is also an attorney. In 2006, he argued and won a case before the California Supreme Court which expanded the rights of day laborers. The case was entitled Smith v. L'Oreal.

Ruf grew up in Saratoga, California and went to the University of California at Berkeley where he co-wrote the comedy "The Generic Play" about a professional ping-pong player in the "Rocky" mode. He is a member of The Groundlings improvisational comedy group.

Kevin also guest starred in an episode of the Comedy Central show, Reno 911! He plays Kyle Overstreet, a convict who has recently been released after ten years in prison and has sworn to get revenge on the officers who put him behind bars. Unfortunately, none of the police officers remember arresting Kyle, and they even struggle to remember his name despite meeting him several times throughout the episode.

Is a member of The Groundlings Main Company.

Kevin is also a lawyer. In 2006 he argued and won a unanimous decision in the California Supreme Court (Smith v. L'Oreal).