Kevin Corrigan Biography

Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan (born March 27, 1969) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of "Uncle Eddie" on the sitcom Grounded For Life. He has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s. He played the role of best-friend Sal, against Patton Oswalt in the critically praised independent film, Big Fan, written and directed by Robert D. Siegel.

Life and career

Corrigan was born in The Bronx, New York to an Irish father and a Puerto Rican mother. After studying at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Corrigan made his film debut in 1989 in Lost Angels starring Donald Sutherland and Adam Horovitz. He also had a small role in Goodfellas as the younger brother of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta). After appearing in the film Billy Bathgate, Corrigan turned his attention towards small-budget films, starting with Zebrahead. During the independent film boom of the 1990s, he built a career playing quirky, unconventional characters in films such as True Romance, Living in Oblivion and Walking and Talking. He made a rare appearance in a big-budget blockbuster film with a small role in Bad Boys. Corrigan made his television series debut as a cast member of the short-lived Rhea Perlman sitcom, Pearl. He also appeared in the music 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 the success of that film, he began to appear more regularly in high-profile films. He had roles in the 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 in 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 (2006), in which he played "Motor" a mechanic. In 2009 he was in the Oscar-winning short film The New Tenants. In 2009, Corrigan guested in the science fiction drama Fringe as the mysterious character Sam Weiss. He played the role of Sal against Patton Oswalt in critically praised independent film, Big Fan written and directed by Robert D. Siegel. He also stars in the 2010 John Landis produced thriller film Some Guy Who Kills People, which is directed by Jack Perez.

In 2001, he married actress Elizabeth Berridge, whom he met on the set of an independent film, Broke Even. They have a daughter, Sadie Rose Corrigan.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Lost Angels	Gata
1990	'	Altar Boy
1990	Men Don't Leave	Mike
1990	Goodfellas	Michael Hill
1991	One Good Cop	Clifford
1991	Billy Bathgate	Arnold
1991	Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace		Television film
1992	Zebrahead	Dominic
1992	Jumpin' at the Boneyard	Morty
1993	True Romance	Marvin
1993	'	Peter
1994	Dazed and Confused	Bully
1994	Family Remains	Max	Short film
1994	American Standoff	The Guy	Short film
1994	'	Frank
1994	Rhythm Thief	Fuller
1995	'		Short film
1995	Living in Oblivion	Assistant Camera
1995	Bad Boys	Elliot
1995	Kiss of Death	Kid Selling Infinity
1995	Drunks	Cam
1996	Bandwagon	Wynn Knapp	Gijón International Film Festival - Special Jury Award
1996	Walking and Talking	Bill	Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1996	'	A Pallbearer
1996	Trees Lounge	Matthew
1996	Illtown	Francis (Cisco)
1997	Kicked in the Head	Redmond	co-writer
1997	Revelation		Short film
1997	SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground	Writer	Television film Segment: "The Red Shoes"
1997	Henry Fool	Warren
1998	Buffalo '66	Rocky the Goon	Uncredited
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Eliot Arenson
1998	Lulu on the Bridge	Man with Gun
1998	Brown's Requiem	Walter
1999	Roberta	Jonathan Fishman
1999	Coming Soon	Sid
1999	Love Bites	Barrett	Short film
1999	Detroit Rock City	Beefy Jerk #1
2000	Steal This Movie!	Jerry Rubin
2000	Broke Even	Dot
2000	Chain of Fools	Paulie
2001	Scotland, PA	Anthony 'Banko' Banconi
2003	See Jane Run	Frank
2003	Chelsea Walls	Crutches
2003	American Saint	Miles Hottonian
2003	Sick in the Head		Television film
2003	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
2005	Sexual Life	Phil
2005	Break a Leg	J.D.
2005	'	Larry the Bus Driver	Credited as Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan
2006	Out There	Derrick
2006	The Dog Problem	Benny
2006	The Last Winter	Motor	Nominated - Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2006	The Departed	Cousin Sean
2006	Delirious	Ricco
2006	Feel	Tony
2007	On the Road with Judas	JJ Lask
2007	Goodbye Baby	Randy
2007	Superbad	Mark
2007	American Gangster	Campizi
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Simon
2008	RSO [Registered Sex Offender]	Grabok
2008	'	Hector Freegood
2008	Pineapple Express	Budlofsky
2008	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Man at Port Authority
2009	Hit and Run	Timothy Emser	Direct-to-video
2009	Big Fan	Sal
2009	2B	Clayton Konroy
2009	'	Anton Pupkin
2009	Harmony and Me	Carlos
2009	Don't Look Up	Davis
2010	Today's Special	Stanton
2010	'	Zelko	Short film
2010	Please Give	Don
2010	Circus Maximus	Peter
2010	Unstoppable	Inspector Scott Werner
2010	The Next Three Days	Alex
2011	Some Guy Who Kills People	Ken Boyd
2011	Moves: The Rise and Rise of the New Pornographers	Dan Bejar
2011	The Chaperone	Phillip Larue
2011	Brutal	The Head
2012	'	Slade
2012	Seven Psychopaths	Dennis

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	ABC Afterschool Special	Erik	"Taking a Stand" (Season 17: Episode 4)
1989	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Gary	"Flour Babies" (Season 7: Episode 2)
1989–90	Superboy	Ranger/Security Guard	"With This Ring, I Thee Kill" (Season 2: Episode 1) "Superboy... Lost" (Season 3: Episode 11)
1996–97	Pearl	Frankie Spivak/Franklin 'Frankie' Spivak	22 episodes
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)
2003	Hack	Brad Pierson	"A Dangerous Game" (Season 1: Episode 12)
2001–05	Grounded for Life	Edwin "Eddie" Finnerty	91 episodes Credited as Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan (76 episodes)
2007	'	Whitey	6 episodes
2009	Medium	David Brewer	"A Person of Interest" (Season 5: Episode 3)
2009	Law & Order	Ronny Aldridge	"Bailout" (Season 19: Episode 15)
2009	Damages	Finn Garrity/Finn Garrety	4 episodes
2009	Californication	Mike 'Zloz' Zlozowski	"Slow Happy Boys" (Season 3: Episode 5)
2009	Mercy	Gerard	"Pulling the Goalie" (Season 1: Episode 4) "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" (Season 1: Episode 9)
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Flossy	"Ace" (Season 11: Episode 22)
2011	CSI: Miami	Patrick Clarkson	"About Face" (Season 9: Episode 18)
2010–11	Community	Professor Sean Garrity	"Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" (Season 2: Episode 9) "Competitive Wine Tasting" (Season 2: Episode 20)
2009–11	Fringe	Sam Weiss	7 episodes
2012-	The Mentalist	Robert Kirkland - Homeland Security	Recurring
2012–13	The Mob Doctor	Titus Amato	3 episodes

Music videos

• male lead, video for "Get Me" by Dinosaur Jr., from the album Where You Been, 1993
• male lead, video for "Moves" by The New Pornographers, from the album Together, 2010

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans