Kevin James O'Connor (born November 15, 1963) is an American actor, known for portraying character roles in major studio films such as '' F/X2'', '' Lord of Illusions'', '' The Mummy'', ''

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'' and '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''. He is a favorite of writer/directors

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and Paul Thomas Anderson, who often cast him in their films.

Life and career

Kevin J. O'Connor was born in

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, the son of James O'Connor, a retired Chicago police officer, and Patricia Connelly, a teacher. He has a brother, Christopher O'Connor (a Southside school teacher). In 1988, he was married to Jane Elizabeth Unrue. O'Connor trained for the stage at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, before making his big-screen debut as high school rebel and beatnik poet Michael Fitzsimmons in Francis Ford Coppola's ''

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'' (1986). His next major part was quizzical newspaper reporter Taggerty Hayes in the HBO miniseries ''

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''. He portrayed a young Ernest Hemingway in the 1988 film '' The Moderns'', had a small role in 1989's '' Steel Magnolias'', and a featured role in 1994's erotic thriller ''

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'', which starred

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and

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. O'Connor worked with writer/director

on the 1998 science-fiction adventure '' Deep Rising''. He subsequently appeared in Sommers' projects '' The Mummy'', in which he played the not-to-be-trusted and materialistic Beni; ''

'', in which he played Count Dracula's devious servant (and Dr. Frankenstein's former assistant) Igor; and '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', in which he portrayed Doctor Mindbender. O'Connor had a key supporting role in ''

'' as Henry, the "brother" of

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's oil man, Daniel Plainview. O'Connor also starred in John Candy's last film, ''

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''; he portrayed Roy Boy, a suicidal, eccentric American intent on sabotaging Canada. He reunited with ''There Will Be Blood'' director Paul Thomas Anderson for a small role in '' The Master''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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