biography
pronunciation:
[kliyn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1947– )
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| biography:
| Film actor, born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He studied music at Indiana University, then switched to drama, training at the Juilliard School in New York City. On Broadway he won Tonies for two hit musicals, On the Twentieth Century (1978) and The Pirates of Penzance (1980). Though known for his dramatic abilities, it was his comic role in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) that earned him an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Later films include Chaplin (1992), French Kiss (1995), Looking for Richard (1996), and Wild, Wild West (1999). |
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