Early life

Nealon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Kathleen M. (née Kimball) and Emmett F. Nealon, an aircraft company executive. A few months after he was born, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was raised Catholic, and graduated from St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Connecticut, in 1971. Nealon graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing from Sacred Heart University (and worked in a variety of part-time jobs while doing stand-up comedy).

Career

Nealon debuted on network television doing a stand-up routine for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1984. On the September 24, 1985 nighttime syndicated episode of Sale of the Century, Nealon can be seen onstage congratulating his friend Tim Holleran on winning more than $150,000 in cash and prizes. In 1986, Saturday Night Live recruited his friend Dana Carvey, and Carvey in turn recommended Nealon. Both joined the cast that year, and Nealon became a full-time performer in the 1987-1988 season, and remained for nine seasons.

Nealon's SNL characters include Mr. Subliminal (or Subliminal Message Man), Franz (of Hans and Franz) along with Dana Carvey, Mr. No Depth Perception, the anchor of Weekend Update (where he ended each edition with "I'm Kevin Nealon, and that's news to me"), and many others.

In 1991, he starred in the Christmas movie, All I Want for Christmas. More recently Nealon has appeared in the movies Happy Gilmore, Anger Management, Little Nicky, Daddy Day Care, Good Boy! and Grandma's Boy. In fall 2005, he appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he played himself (Season 5, Episode 4).

Nealon had a recurring television role on the 2002-06 CBS comedy Still Standing playing Ted Halverson, the Millers' competitive and religious neighbor. He has also appeared as a patient in a mental institution on the first season of Monk. "Deja Vu" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 9 July 1999, during the fifth season. Nealon played Dr. Mark Crest. Nealon also had an ongoing supporting role as Doug Wilson on the show Weeds on Showtime.

In 1994, Nealon hosted the 13 part series Amazing America on the Discovery Channel.

In 2002, Nealon hosted The Conspiracy Zone on The New TNN for 26 episodes plus an unaired pilot.

Nealon appeared as a couples counselor on the sitcom, 3rd Rock from the Sun. He had a small cameo appearance in the 2008 film Get Smart.

Nealon also hosted the World's Funniest Commercials on TBS. In a performance similar to Bob Saget, Nealon tells corny jokes in between each funny commercial. In 2008, a book authored by Nealon chronicling his experiences during his wife's pregnancy called Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? was released.

Nealon played Stuart Pearson in the adventure comedy Aliens in the Attic. Shooting took place in Auckland, New Zealand.

Personal life

Nealon married actress Susan Yeagley on September 3, 2005 in Bellagio, Italy. Yeagley gave birth to their first child, son Gable Ness Nealon, on January 29, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.

Nealon played rugby for Connecticut Yankees RFC.

On February 22, 2006, Nealon contributed a story to the New York Times about being wiretapped by Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who has been indicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges. It was also revealed in a separate court case on February 27, 2006, that investigators working for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus may also have targeted Nealon for wiretapping.

He is a vegetarian because of concerns about animal cruelty and for health reasons. He lives in the Los Angeles area.

He is an avid golfer and poker player and also plays banjo and guitar. He also claims to be fluent in German, having lived in Germany for four years.

Activism

Nealon and his former wife Linda Dupree (who played one of the mud wrestlers fighting John Candy in Stripes) had been active in the animal rights movement, supporting the Amanda Foundation, Farm Sanctuary, the Washington Wildlife Protection Association, The Ark Trust's Genesis Awards, PETA and also Meat Out.

In 2001, Nealon played on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for his charity. The final question he faced, worth $125,000, was about Barbie dolls. He used his 50:50 and Phone-A-Friend, but he answered the question wrong, walking away with $32,000.

Filmography

Nealon currently portrays Captain Telstar in the Charter Spectrum commercials.

Year	Work	Role	Notes
1985	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		1 episode
1986-1995	Saturday Night Live	Various	174 episodes
1987	Roxanne	Drunk guy
1989	Cranium Command	Left Ventricle	short
1990	Monsters	Louis	1 episode
1991	All I Want for Christmas	Tony Boer
1992	The Edge	Greg	2 episodes
1993	Coneheads	Senator
	Partners		short
1993-1996	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	3 episodes
1994	Felidae	Kong	Voice Uncredited
1995	Jeffrey	TV Reporter	Uncredited
1996	Happy Gilmore	Potter
	Champs	Marty Heslov	12 episodes
	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Kevin	Voice 1 episode
1997	Something So Right	Joel	1 episode
1997-1998	Hiller and Diller	Ted Hiller	13 episodes
1998	Principal Takes a Holiday	Franklin Fitz
	The Wedding Singer	Mr. Simms
1998-1999	Dharma & Greg	Mr. Clayborn	2 episodes
1999	Kill the Man	Albino Advocate
	3rd Rock from the Sun	Dennis Caslow	1 episode
	The Outer Limits	Dr. Mark Crest	Episode "Deja Vu"
2000	Bar Hopping	Cuckie
	Norm	Smith	1 episode
	Little Nicky	Gatekeeper
2001	These Old Broads	Roger	Uncredited
	Heartbreakers	Man at the Bar
	Joe Dirt	Greasy Mechanic	Uncredited
	Three Sisters	Terry	1 episode
2002	The Master of Disguise	White Collar Executive
	Monk	John Wurster	1 episode
	Eight Crazy Nights	Mayor	Voice
2003	Anger Management	Sam
	Crank Yankers	OCD Ken/Jack Gravat	Voice 1 episode
	Daddy Day Care	Bruce
	Good Boy!	Mr. Baker
2003-2006	Still Standing	Ted Halverson	5 episodes
2005	Fat Actress	Johnny Knightley	1 episode
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself	1 episode
2005-2012	Weeds	Doug Wilson	102 episodes
2006	Grandma's Boy	Mr. Cheezle
	Campus Ladies	Kevin	1 episode Scenes deleted
2008	Remarkable Power	Jack West
	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	Kevin
	Get Smart	CIA Agent #2
2009	University of Andy	Doug Wilson	2 episodes
	The Goode Family	Irwin Winslow	Voice 1 episode
	Aliens in the Attic	Stuart Pearson
2009-2011	Glenn Martin, DDS	Glenn Martin	Voice 39 episodes
2010	American Dad!		Voice 1 episode
	'Til Death	Stephen Redford	6 episodes
	Glory Daze	Marcus	1 episode
2011	Just Go with It	Adon
	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	Gary
2012	Hot in Cleveland	George	2 episodes
	Franklin & Bash	Lawrence Reynolds	1 episode
	Isabel	Louis Lorenz
2013	Drunk History	The Grand Dragon	Episode "Atlanta"
	The League	Chuck Falcon	Episode "Rafi and Dirty Randy"
2014	Walk of Shame	Chopper Steve
	Blended	Eddy
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Milkman	Episode "Amber Tamblyn Wears a Leather Jacket & Black Booties"
2016	@midnight	Himself	Episode: Nikki Glaser, Jim Jeffries, Kevin Nealon
	The Soul Man	Ron Saxby	Episode: "This Mud's for You"

Charities

Kevin Nealon supports the following charitable cause: Animals.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]