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Biography of kevin james

 

early years

James who was born Kevin George Knipfing in Mineola , New York, son of Janet , a homemaker who also worked in the office of a chiropractor, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing , who owned a company aseguradora.1 February 3

He was raised in the " S " of Stony Brook , New York section and graduated from high school, " Ward Melville High School" in 1983.4 where one of his teammates struggle was the ( professional wrestler ) Mick Foley.

James has two siblings , Gary Joseph Knipfing , better known as Gary Valentine, who is also a comedian , and Leslie Knipfing . Leslie Knipfing works for James , helping raise money for charity events for retinitis pigmentosa , which she suffers , while Gary Valentine played his cousin , Danny also in The King of Queens program. James was a student , but never graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland , where he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity .

television career

James began doing stand- up comedy , gaining popularity through numerous appearances on various talk shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien , Dennis Miller Live, The Late Late Show , The Rosie O'Donnell show, The Ellen DeGeneres show and Live with Regis and Kelly. James stood at # 89 on the list of the 100 greatest comedians on Comedy Central . James has also made his stand -up routine on Just for Laughs comedy ( Just for laughs) , an annual comedy festival in Montreal.

In 2001 , James made ​​his own special stand- up comedy called " Kevin James : Sweat the Small Stuff" for Comedy Central . As a close friend of actor and comedian , Ray Romano , James has been a featured guest on several episodes of the television show Ray , Everybody Loves Raymond . And what were these appearances led him to develop his own sitcom , The King of Queens which debuted on September 21, 1998 and ending on May 14, 2007 . James participated in this program as the main character, Doug Heffernan . Leah Remini who accompanied him and his wife Carrie participated while Jerry Stiller was cast as semi - psychotic Carrie 's father , Arthur Spooner , who lived in the basement of the Heffernans . In 2006 , Kevin James received his first Emmy nomination as " Best Leading Actor " in a television series .

He has also appeared as a musical guest on " Just for Laugh