Kevin Farley

Kevin Prindiville Farley (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director. He is a brother of American comedian and actor Chris Farley.

Early life, family and education
Kevin Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin, 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 comic Chris Farley and older brother of actor John P. Farley.

Like Chris, Kevin attended and graduated from Marquette University.

Career
Farley portrayed Doug Linus in the fictional boy band 2ge+her. He was a regular performer in Sports Bar, a sketch-comedy show that ran from 1997 to 1998.

He has appeared alongside many of his brother Chris' Saturday Night Live castmates, such as David Spade and Adam Sandler. He appeared in The Waterboy (a Sandler movie) and in Dirty Work. He played a cop in the 2001 film Joe Dirt, starring David Spade. He appeared as himself alongside sidekick Ketchup Boy played by his brother Chris, in a "Cooking With Randy" sketch on All That with Kenan Thompson.

In 2004, Farley guest-starred as Bud the Janitor on the Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh in the season 2 episode "Honor Council", and in 2006 as Cop #1 in the season 4 episode "The Wedding", in which he gave Drake Parker and Josh Nichols a parking ticket in a 1970s Chevrolet El Camino for parking in a prohibited area. He also appeared in Joe Dirt 2 - Beautiful Loser as Cal. In 2017, Farley appeared as Earl in the music video for the Rascal Flatts' single "Yours If You Want It", alongside Kristy Swanson. He portrayed Felix the limo driver on Disney's That's So Raven.

He has continued to perform in episodes of TV sitcoms. In 2016, he made a guest appearance as Turkey in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 11 episode "The Gang Hits the Slopes". He appeared on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm as an exterminator in the episode "The Rat Dog". He guest starred in an episode of the TV sitcom Rules of Engagement. He performed as the NRA gun-toting protester Eric in Superstore season 2 episode, "Guns, Pills and Birds".

He has appeared in several music videos. In 2005, Farley appeared in the Lifehouse video for the band's single "Blind". His character is a neglectful father who brings different women home, where he lives with his daughter, played by Tina Majorino. Farley appeared as the kidnapped beer truck driver in the 2010 music video for "This Afternoon" by Nickelback.

Farley was also in a Dairy Queen commercial advertising the Kit Kat Blizzard, commercials for Hertz Rent-A-Car.

He starred in the political parody movie An American Carol, with Kelsey Grammer and Jon Voight, 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.

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.

He 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. Also in 2013, Paranormal Movie, a spoof film of Paranormal Activity, was released. Farley directed and also co-stars in the film, alongside his brother John, Carly Craig, Nicky Whelan, William Katt, Tom Sizemore, Maria Menounos, Kevin Sorbo, Quinton Aaron, Deep Roy, and Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts.

In 2015, Kevin and John appear in the documentary I Am Chris Farley, about the life of their brother, Chris. 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 first aired on April 24, 2015.

Personal life
Kevin Farley has identified his politics as mostly conservative. He appeared at the 2008 Republican National Convention.