Kevin Corrigan

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Kevin Corrigan
Corrigan at the 2017 Montclair Film Festival
Born	(1969-03-27) March 27, 1969 (age 55) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Elizabeth Berridge ​ (m. 2001)​ [1]
Children	1

Kevin Corrigan (born March 27, 1969)^[2] is an American character actor. He has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s, including as Uncle Eddie on the sitcom Grounded for Life (2001–2005). His film appearances include supporting roles in Goodfellas (1990), Rhythm Thief (1994), Walking and Talking (1996), Henry Fool (1997), The Departed (2006), Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012), The King of Staten Island (2020), and co-starring roles in Big Fan (2009) and Results (2015). He has been twice nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

Life and career

Corrigan was born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City.^[2][3] After studying at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, he made his film debut in 1989 in Lost Angels, starring Donald Sutherland and Adam Horovitz. He was cast in Goodfellas as the younger brother of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta). During the independent film boom of the 1990s, Corrigan built a career playing quirky, unconventional characters in films such as True Romance, Living in Oblivion, Walking and Talking and Rhythm Thief. He made his television series debut as a cast member of the short-lived Rhea Perlman sitcom Pearl. He also appeared in the video for "Get Me" by the indie band Dinosaur Jr. in 1993.

Corrigan became well known for his role as the slacker Eddie Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life, which ran for five seasons. After the show's cancellation, he returned to appearing in smaller film projects, with the exception of a role in Martin Scorsese's The Departed as the drug-dealing cousin of Leonardo DiCaprio's character. Since that film's success, he has appeared more regularly in high-profile films. He had roles in two Judd Apatow-produced films: Superbad, as the violent owner of the house where Jonah Hill's and Michael Cera's characters attempt to steal alcohol, and Pineapple Express, as one of the main villain's henchmen. He also appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster as an informant for Russell Crowe's character. Corrigan was also in the movie The Last Winter, as Motor, a mechanic. In 2009 he was in the Oscar-winning short film The New Tenants^[4] and guested on the science fiction drama Fringe as Sam Weiss. He played Sal in the critically praised independent film Big Fan, written and directed by Robert D. Siegel. In 2010, Corrigan starred in the John Landis-produced thriller Some Guy Who Kills People,^[5] directed by Jack Perez,^[6] and appeared in Tony Scott's Unstoppable. In 2015, he co-starred with Guy Pearce in Results, writer-director Andrew Bujalski's fifth feature films.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Lost Angels	Gata
1990	The Exorcist III	Altar Boy
	Men Don't Leave	Mike
	Goodfellas	Michael Hill
1991	One Good Cop	Clifford
	Billy Bathgate	Arnold
1992	Zebrahead	Dominic
	Jumpin' at the Boneyard	Morty
1993	True Romance	Marvin
	The Saint of Fort Washington	Peter
1994	Family Remains	Max	Short film
	American Standoff	The Guy	Short film
	The Last Good Time	Frank
	Rhythm Thief	Fuller
1995	An Eviction Notice		Short film
	Living in Oblivion	Assistant Camera
	Bad Boys	Elliot
	Kiss of Death	Kid Selling Infinity
	Drunks	Cam
1996	Bandwagon	Wynn Knapp	Gijón International Film Festival – Special Jury Award
	Walking and Talking	Bill	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
	The Pallbearer	A Pallbearer
	Trees Lounge	Matthew
	Illtown	Francis (Cisco)
1997	Kicked in the Head	Redmond	Co-writer
	Revelation		Short film
	Henry Fool	Warren
1998	Buffalo '66	Rocky the Goon	Uncredited
	Slums of Beverly Hills	Eliot Arenson
	Lulu on the Bridge	Man with Gun
	Brown's Requiem	Walter
1999	Roberta	Jonathan Fishman
	Coming Soon	Sid
	Love Bites	Barrett	Short film
	Detroit Rock City	Beefy Jerk #1
2000	Steal This Movie!	Jerry Rubin
	Broke Even	Dot
	Chain of Fools	Paulie
2001	Scotland, PA	Anthony 'Banko' Banconi
2003	See Jane Run	Frank
	Chelsea Walls	Crutches
	American Saint	Miles Hottonian
	When Zachary Beaver Came to Town	Paulie	Credited as Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan
2004	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Paul Hauser	Direct-to-video
2005	Lonesome Jim	Tim
	Sexual Life	Phil
	Break a Leg	J.D.
	The Honeymooners	Larry the Bus Driver	Credited as Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan
2006	Out There	Derrick
	The Dog Problem	Benny
	The Last Winter	Motor	Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast
	The Departed	Cousin Sean
	Delirious	Ricco
	Feel	Tony
2007	On the Road with Judas	JJ Lask
	Goodbye Baby	Randy
	Superbad	Mark
	American Gangster	Campizi
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Simon
	RSO [Registered Sex Offender]	Grabok
	The Toe Tactic	Hector Freegood
	Pineapple Express	Budlofsky
	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Man at Port Authority
2009	Hit and Run	Timothy Emser	Direct-to-video
	Big Fan	Sal
	2B	Clayton Konroy
	The Mother of Invention	Anton Pupkin
	Harmony and Me	Carlos
	Don't Look Up	Davis
	Today's Special	Stanton
2010	The New Tenants	Zelko	Short film
	Please Give	Don
	Circus Maximus	Peter
	Unstoppable	Inspector Scott Werner
	The Next Three Days	Alex
2011	Some Guy Who Kills People	Ken Boyd
	Moves: The Rise and Rise of the New Pornographers	Dan Bejar
	The Chaperone	Phillip Larue
	Brutal	The Head
2012	The Dictator	Slade
	Seven Psychopaths	Dennis
2013	Life of Crime	Ray
2014	Winter's Tale	Romeo Tan
	Wild Canaries	Anthony
2015	Cymbeline	The Hangman
	Results	Danny	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor
	Knight of Cups	Gus
	Meadowland	Joe
	The Missing Girl	Curly
2016	Ordinary World	Pete
2017	Take the 10	Danny
	Infinity Baby	Larry
2019	Cliffs of Freedom	Stavros Valvianos
2020	Lost Girls	Joe Scalise
	The King of Staten Island	Joe
	Teenage Badass	Jordan
2022	Meet Cute	Phil the Bartender
TBA	Leave Not One Alive		Post-production
	American Murderer	David Brown Sr.	Post-production

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	ABC Afterschool Special	Erik	"Taking a Stand" (Season 17: Episode 4)
	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Gary	"Flour Babies" (Season 7: Episode 2)
1989–1990	Superboy	Ranger / Security Guard	"With This Ring, I Thee Kill" (Season 2: Episode 1) "Superboy... Lost" (Season 3: Episode 11)
1991	Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace	Jimmy Stella Tella	Television film
1996–1997	Pearl	Franklin 'Frankie' Spivak	22 episodes
1997	Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground	Writer	Television film Segment: "The Red Shoes"
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Carl Curtis	"Fallen Heroes: Part 1" (Season 6: Episode 22)
2000	Freaks and Geeks	Toby	"Carded and Discarded" (Season 1: Episode 7)
2001–2005	Grounded for Life	Edwin "Eddie" Finnerty	91 episodes Credited as Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan (76 episodes)
2003	Hack	Brad Pierson	"A Dangerous Game" (Season 1: Episode 12)
	Sick in the Head		Television film
2007	The Black Donnellys	Whitey	6 episodes
2009	Medium	David Brewer	"A Person of Interest" (Season 5: Episode 3)
	Law & Order	Ronny Aldridge	"Bailout" (Season 19: Episode 15)
	Damages	Finn Garrity	4 episodes
	Californication	Mike 'Zloz' Zlozowski	"Slow Happy Boys" (Season 3: Episode 5)
	Mercy	Gerard	"Pulling the Goalie" (Season 1: Episode 4) "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" (Season 1: Episode 9)
2009–2011	Fringe	Sam Weiss	7 episodes
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Flossy	"Ace" (Season 11: Episode 22)
2010–2014	Community	Professor Sean Garrity	"Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" (Season 2: Episode 9) "Competitive Wine Tasting" (Season 2: Episode 20) "Introduction to Teaching" (Season 5: Episode 2)
2011	CSI: Miami	Patrick Clarkson	"About Face" (Season 9: Episode 18)
2012	Made in Jersey	Curran Papke	Episode: "Ancient History"
2012–2013	The Mentalist	Agent Bob Kirkland	7 episodes
	The Mob Doctor	Titus Amato	4 episodes
2013	Men at Work	Darryl	Episode: "Weekend at PJ's"
	Necessary Roughness	William Glass	Episode: "Good Will Haunting"
2015	Public Morals	Smitty	6 episodes
2016	Portlandia	Kevin	Episode: "First Feminist City"
2016–2017	Dice	Milkshake	13 episodes
	The Get Down	Jackie Moreno	11 episodes
2017	Blue Bloods	Jimmy Pearson	Episode: "Lost Souls"
2018	Deception	Master Thief / Prison Inmate	Episode: "Escapology"
2019	Ray Donovan	Declan Sullivan	5 Episodes
2019- 2021	Godfather of Harlem	Vinero
2022	Law & Order: Organized Crime	Vincent Bishop	3 episodes

Music videos

• Featured in video for "Get Me" by Dinosaur Jr., from the album Where You Been, 1993
• Played band member Dan Bejar in video for "Moves" by The New Pornographers, from the album Together, 2010
• Played the Dad in video for "Safe Word" by the band Choke Chains, fronted by his long time friend and prolific Detroit musician, Thomas Jackson Potter, 2016
• Played a Parking Enforcement Officer in video for "Loading Zones" by the musician Kurt Vile, 2018

References

1. "Kevin Corrigan News & Biography - Empire".
2. "Kevin Corrigan". Allmovie. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
3. O'Hare, Kate (February 24, 2001). "Donal Logue Is Grounded For Life". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
4. The New Tenants at IMDB
5. "First Casting for John Landis Produced 'Some Guy Who Kills People'!". BloodyDisgusting. January 20, 2010.
6. "Director Jack Perez Talks Some Guy Who Kills People". DreadCentral. January 29, 2010.

External links

• Kevin Corrigan at IMDb
• Kevin Corrigan at Deja Scene
• Kevin Corrigan in Safe Word, by Choke Chains.