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Kevin James, born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, seemed destined for a different path before comedy took center stage in his life. Growing up in Stony Brook, he pursued a degree in sports management at SUNY Cortland and even played football as a fullback. But after three years, he realized sports wasn’t his true calling. Returning home, he stumbled into a community theater just to shake up his routine—and that’s where everything changed.

During a comedic role in a play, the audience’s laughter sparked something inside him. Encouraged by the thrill of making people laugh, Kevin joined his brother Gary Valentine’s improv group and soon discovered he had a gift for comedy. Stand-up clubs became his training ground, where he spent over a decade honing his craft.

It was on the comedy circuit that fate introduced him to Ray Romano, which led to small but impactful roles. Kevin’s big break came at the 1996 “Just for Laughs” festival in Montreal, launching him onto *Everybody Loves Raymond* and soon after his own wildly successful sitcom, *The King of Queens*. As Doug Heffernan, Kevin captured the hearts of TV audiences from 1998 to 2007.

Hollywood soon called, and Kevin made the leap to the big screen, starring in blockbusters like *Hitch*, *Paul Blart: Mall Cop*, and *Here Comes the Boom*. His lovable, everyman charm and knack for physical comedy have made him a household name, keeping audiences laughing from TV screens to movie theaters for decades.