Richard Kind (b. November 22, 1956 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an actor best known for his roles in the hit sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City. He is the son of jeweler Samuel Kind and his wife Alice. Together with his younger sister Joanne he grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Kind is a 1974 graduate of Pennsbury High School and a 1978 graduate of Northwestern University where he was in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is also an alumnus of The Second City Chicago where one of his castmates was Dan Castellaneta.

Richard attended Pennsbury High School with fellow thespian, Robert Curtis-Brown.

He created the role of Addison Mizner in Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce, and has appeared on Broadway in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (2000), The Producers (2002), and Sly Fox (2004). He also appeared as the “Jury Foreman” in the film The Producers (2005). His voice credits include Larry the Anaconda in The Wild, “Clark” in the “Clark & Lewis Expedition” radio commercials for Horizon Air (with Patrick Warburton as “Lewis”), Molt in Disney/Pixar’s A Bugs Life, Van in Disney/Pixar’s Cars, the narrator for Disney’s Go Baby, and Tom (Jasper) the cat's voice in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. He also had a minor role as Gary Meyers, an archaeologist who translated the symbols on the Stargate prior to James Spader’s character involvement in the 1994 movie, Stargate. He appeared in three episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm between 2002 and 2005 as Larry's cousin Andy. In 2006 he guest starred on Stargate Atlantis as Lucius Lavin, in the episodes “Irresistible” and “Irresponsible.” He is currently the only actor to appear in both the original Stargate film, and in Stargate Atlantis, though not as the same character. He has a recurring role in Scrubs as Mr. Harvey Korman, an annoying hypochondriac, who claimed his actoreal name did not "get him as much action as you may think" on the sitcom. He also played a notable role on USA's crime comedy Psych as Hugo, an astronomer who killed a partner for credit for the discovery of a planet ("From the Earth to the Starbucks"), and later on Law & Order: Criminal Intent as a wealthy philanthropist who kills his sister-in-law and niece to protect the money he uses to fund his philanthropic work ("Privilege").

Actor/director George Clooney is a close friend, and was best man at Kind’s wedding. Kind later went on to play the part of a casting director in Clooney’s directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Kind also played himself in the short-lived HBO series Unscripted which Clooney executive produced and directed with Grant Heslov.

Kind has performed in radio/audio plays for the LA Theatre Works and the Hollywood Theater of the Ear, and served as a guest panelist on the 2000 revival of the television game show To Tell the Truth.

He also does the voice for Pongo the dragon in the Nick Jr cartoon Oswald, as well as the narrator for Disney’s Go Baby short-film series.

Kind also played a small role on Disney Channel's show Even Stevens where he played the surly Uncle Chuck.

Kind appeared in an episode of CBS' Two and a Half Men on November 12, 2007.

Kind also played Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, Iowa. The play ran from January 11th through 27th, 2008. Kind has described Pseudolus as a 'dream role' for himself. http://www.fairfieldacc.com/sondheimcenter.html

His best man at his wedding was George Clooney.

Married Dana Stanley in New York City's Central Park. Dana is the executive director of Project ALS, an organization that raises money to study cures for Lou Gehrig's disease.

Father, Samuel, was a jeweler in Princeton, New Jersey. He passed away in 1998. His mother, Alice, was a homemaker. His sister, Joanne, also is a homemaker.

Studied pre-law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois but took a year off before going to law school to try his hand at acting. He worked in the theater for 10 years before getting his break on television.

Best friend is George Clooney.

Graduate of Pennsbury High School in Levittown, PA.

Enjoys golf.

Oldest of two children.

Was a member of Second City's L.A. troupe.

Is cousins with Barbra Streisand.

Is son-in-law of James C. Stanley.