Kevin Prindiville Farley (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and director.

Early life

Farley was born in

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, the son of Mary Anne (née Crosby), a homemaker, and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company, Scotch Oil. He is the younger brother of late comic

Chris Farley Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the ...

and older brother of actor

John P. Farley John Patrick Farley (born October 29, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is the youngest brother of actor and comedian Chris Farley. Early life and education Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Anne (née Crosby) ...

. Like Chris, Kevin attended and graduated from

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Career

Farley portrayed Doug Linus in the fictional

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. He has appeared alongside many of his brother Chris' ''

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'' castmates, such as

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and Adam Sandler. He was credited in '' Tommy Boy'', ''

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'', and '' Beverly Hills Ninja''. He was a regular performer in ''

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'', a sketch-comedy show that ran from 1997 to 1998. He appeared in ''

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'' and in '' Dirty Work''. He also appeared as Ketchup Boy in a "Cooking With Randy" sketch on ''

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'' with his brother, Chris, and

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. He played a cop in the 2001 film ''

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'', starring

. In 2004, Farley guest-starred as Bud the Janitor on the Nickelodeon television series ''

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'' in the season 2 episode entitled "Honor Council", and in 2006 as Cop #1 in the season 4 episode entitled "The Wedding", where he gave Drake Parker and Josh Nichols a

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in a 1970s

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for parking in a prohibited area. In 2005, Farley appeared in the Lifehouse video for the band's single "

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". He portrayed a neglectful father who brings different women home, where he lives with his daughter, played by

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. Farley appeared on the HBO series ''

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'' as an exterminator in the episode "The Rat Dog". Farley was also in a

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commercial advertising the

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Blizzard, commercials for

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, and portrayed Felix the limo driver on Disney's ''

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''. He also starred in the political parody movie ''

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'', with

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and

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, in 2008. Farley appeared on '' The View'' on September 30, 2008 to promote the movie. In 2007, Farley was featured in the web serial ''Two Guys Drinking at a Bar''. Farley appeared at the

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, and during an interview with 97.1 FM Talk's Jamie Allman, he identified his politics as mostly conservative. Farley appeared as the kidnapped beer truck driver in the 2010 music video for " This Afternoon" by

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. In May 2010, Farley appeared as a guest on '' Tom Green's House Tonight'', where he performed a section of his new stand-up routine. Farley directed the film '' Hollywood & Wine'', which was released in 2011. On May 9, 2013, Farley was a featured guest for Sirius/XM radio on the ''Jason Ellis Show''. In 2013, ''

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'', a spoof film of ''

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'', was released. Farley directed and also co-stars in the film, alongside his brother, John,

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, William Katt,

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, and

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nominee

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. The same year, he also starred in an episode of ''

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''. In 2015, Farley appeared in the documentary '' I Am Chris Farley'', about the life of his brother, Chris, alongside his brother, John, and many other Hollywood stars, such as Adam Sandler and

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. He also filmed the independent film ''Crowning Jules'' in South Bend, Indiana. In 2015, Farley, along with Jaleel White and Pauly Shore, appeared on the series '' Hawaii Five-0'' in the Season 5 episode "Ho'amoano (Chasing Yesterday)", which aired on April 24, 2015. In 2016, he made a guest appearance as Turkey in the ''

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'' season 11 episode "The Gang Hits the Slopes". He also made a guest appearance as the NRA card-carrying, gun-toting protester, Eric, in the '' Superstore'' season 2 episode, "Guns, Pills and Birds". In 2017, Farley appeared as Earl in the music video for the

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' single "

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", alongside

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