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Kevin Ruf

American actor and comedian (born 1961)

Kevin Ruf (born December 7, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He recently starred in the Comedy Central show Halfway Home as Kenny Carlyle, the house supervisor of a halfway house.

Contents

  • 1 Early life and education
  • 2 Career
  • 3 Filmography
    • 3.1 Film
    • 3.2 Television
  • 4 External links

Early life and education

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Ruf grew up in Saratoga, California and attended Saratoga High School, where he played on the school's football . Ruf graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

He is a member of The Groundlings improvisational comedy theater and has guest written for Saturday Night Live. He appeared as the newsman in That Was The Week That Was on ABC's Primetime Live. He is also an attorney. In 2006, he argued and won a case before the California Supreme Court which expanded the rights of day laborers. The case was en*led Smith v. L'Oreal.

Ruf most recently guest starred in a 2008 episode of the Comedy Central series Reno 911! playing Kyle Overstreet, a convict who has recently been released after ten years in prison and has sworn to get revenge on the officers who put him behind bars. Unfortunately, none of the police officers remember arresting Kyle, and they even struggle to remember his name despite meeting him several times throughout the episode.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

  • Kevin Ruf at IMDb