Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency
owner. He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team while majoring in sports management. He realized after three years that this
wasn't the path for him. After returning home, he decided to break up the monotony of the summer, and joined a community theater. During a play in which he had a comedic role, he so enjoyed
the crowd reaction, that he joined his brother's (comedian 加里·瓦伦廷's) improv group. He began going to clubs with Gary and realized he, too, had the knack for
comedy. He has performed stand-up up for about 11 years. It was on the comedy circuit that he met 雷·罗马诺. While Ray was getting a big break with his own
sitcom, Kevin was getting recognition on Star Search (1983). After appearing on 杰·雷诺今夜秀 (1992), his big break came at the
1996 "Just for Laughs" Montreal Comedy Festival. Afterward, he landed a recurring role on Ray's sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
He starred in his own sitcom, The King of Queens (1998), as Doug Heffernan, from 1998 to 2007, and later began a career as a leading film actor, co-starring
in 全民情敌 (2005), 我盛大的同志婚礼 (2007), 长大成人 (2010), and 长大成人2
(2013), and headlining Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), 动物园看守 (2011), 好景在望 (2012), and 百货战警2 (2015).}