50 Fun Facts About Famous Kevins

In Home Alone, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is left behind in Chicago when his family flies to which city?

Paris is where the McCallisters are headed when Kevin's mother realises mid-flight that he is missing. Home Alone stayed the highest-grossing live-action comedy for two decades.

NBA champion Kevin Love is the nephew of Mike Love, a founding member of which California band?

The Beach Boys were a family affair: Mike Love's cousins were the three Wilson brothers, and his brother Stan, Kevin's father, played in the NBA himself.

In which Pixar film does young Russell name a giant flightless bird Kevin, only for it to be revealed as female?

Up animators studied a Himalayan monal at the Sacramento Zoo to bring Kevin to life. The bird turns out to be a mother trying to get back to her chicks.

Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister who apologised to the Stolen Generations in 2008, is fluent in which language?

Mandarin was part of Rudd's Chinese studies degree, and he put it to work as a young diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Beijing in the 1980s.

In a much-praised opening scene of The Office, accountant Kevin Malone drops a huge pot of which homemade dish?

Chili was first meant to be spilled by boss Michael, but the writers handed the moment to Kevin. Reviewers called it a great piece of silent comedy.

Kevin Bacon plays Ren, a Chicago teenager who fights a small town's ban on dancing, in which 1984 film?

Footloose is loosely based on Elmore City, Oklahoma, where high school students made national news in 1980 by asking for, and getting, permission to hold a prom.

In October 2023, congressman Kevin McCarthy became the first person ever removed by vote from which US office?

Speaker of the House was a job McCarthy had needed 15 ballots to win that January. His term went down as the third-shortest in the history of the office.

Kevin Costner won the Best Director Oscar for which Western, in which he plays a Union officer living among the Lakota?

Dances with Wolves won seven Oscars, Best Picture among them, even though much of its dialogue is spoken in Lakota with English subtitles.

Saint Kevin, a hermit who died around 618, founded the monastery of Glendalough in which country?

Ireland's Saint Kevin stars in a Seamus Heaney poem, in which he holds his hand perfectly still while a blackbird nests in it, lays its eggs and raises the chicks.

In the film Minions, Kevin and Stuart set out to find their tribe a new evil boss with which third minion?

Bob ends the trio's London adventure as King of England for a moment, after pulling the Sword in the Stone free in the middle of a chase.

Comedian Kevin Hart, who worked as a shoe salesman before turning to stand-up, was born in which US city?

Philadelphia is where Hart briefly attended community college before dropping out and moving to New York City. His 2011 tour Laugh at My Pain was later released in theaters.

Kevin Durant was named NBA Finals MVP in both 2017 and 2018 while playing for which team?

The Golden State Warriors signed Durant in 2016 in a controversial move: they had just won 73 regular-season games, then a record, without him.

Kevin Spacey won the Best Actor Oscar as Lester Burnham, a father in a midlife crisis, in which 1999 film?

American Beauty won five Oscars, Best Picture included. Spacey loosely based the slouching Lester of the early scenes on the actor Walter Matthau.

Kevin James played Doug Heffernan, a parcel delivery driver married to Carrie, in which long-running sitcom?

The King of Queens ran for nine seasons and 207 episodes on CBS. James and his screen wife Leah Remini later reunited on another sitcom, Kevin Can Wait.

Dancer Kevin Federline, nicknamed K-Fed, got engaged to which pop star in 2004 after only three months of dating?

Britney Spears and Federline turned their own home videos into a 2005 reality series, Britney & Kevin: Chaotic. A public custody battle followed their divorce.

Kevin Jonas played Jason, a member of the pop trio Connect 3, in which 2008 Disney Channel film?

Camp Rock cast all three Jonas Brothers as a band and introduced Demi Lovato as an aspiring singer. Its premiere drew 8.9 million viewers in the United States.

Which actor played Kevin Arnold, a boy growing up in the late 1960s, in the TV series The Wonder Years?

Fred Savage was 13 when the part made him the youngest actor to that point nominated for the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy series.

Kevin Kline won an Oscar as Otto, a mean-spirited weapons expert, in which 1988 comedy written by John Cleese?

A Fish Called Wanda earned Kline the Best Supporting Actor award. His character and his lover Wanda pretend to be brother and sister to fool the rest of their gang.

Kevin Smith set which 1994 black-and-white debut in a New Jersey convenience store where he had worked?

Clerks was shot for just $27,575. Smith raised the money by selling much of his comic book collection, borrowing from his parents and maxing out credit cards.

Kevin De Bruyne, who won six Premier League titles with Manchester City, has over 100 caps for which country?

Belgium first capped De Bruyne in 2010. Chelsea signed him in 2012 but used him sparingly, years before he became a Manchester City great.

Kevin Garnett, nicknamed the Big Ticket, was drafted straight from high school in 1995 by which NBA team?

The Minnesota Timberwolves made Garnett the first player in 20 years drafted directly out of high school. He won a championship in 2008 after a trade to the Celtics.

England forward Kevin Keegan won the Ballon d'Or in both 1978 and 1979 while playing for which German club?

Hamburg supporters nicknamed Keegan Mighty Mouse after a cartoon superhero. He had left Liverpool in 1977, straight after helping them win the European Cup.

Kevin Pietersen, who made his England Test debut in the 2005 Ashes, was born and raised in which country?

South Africa was home until 2000, when Pietersen moved to England after objecting to what he called a racial quota system in cricket. He later captained England, briefly.

Kevin Richardson, the oldest member, left which boy band in 2006 and returned for good in 2012?

The Backstreet Boys owe a second member to Richardson: when the group needed one more singer, he phoned his cousin Brian Littrell and asked him to audition.

Perth musician Kevin Parker writes, records and produces almost alone under which psychedelic rock band name?

Tame Impala looks like a band on stage, but Parker writes and records almost all of the music himself. He has also written songs with Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa.

Producer Kevin Feige built a shared universe of superhero films as the president of which studio?

Marvel Studios hired Feige after his knowledge of the comics earned him an associate producer credit on the first X-Men film, released in 2000.

Kevin Sorbo played which Greek demigod in a 1990s TV adventure series filmed in New Zealand?

Hercules had a second Kevin in its cast: the god of war Ares was played by a New Zealand actor named Kevin Smith, who also played him in the spin-off about Xena.

Actor Kevin Conroy became famous as the voice of which superhero, starting with a 1992 animated series?

Batman kept Conroy's voice across TV series, films and video games for three decades. He was the first voice actor to change tone between the hero and Bruce Wayne.

Canadian investor Kevin O'Leary, a panellist on Shark Tank since 2009, goes by which nickname?

The nickname began as a sarcastic jab from fellow Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran, by O'Leary's own account. He kept it, and Mr. Wonderful stuck.

Kevin Systrom co-founded which photo-sharing app, bought by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012?

Instagram had only 13 employees when it was sold. Systrom, who built it with Mike Krieger, stayed on as chief executive as it grew to 800 million monthly users by 2017.

Kevin Mitnick spent two and a half years as a fugitive before his 1995 arrest for which kind of crime?

Hacking put Mitnick in prison for five years. After his release he switched sides and ran his own firm, Mitnick Security Consulting.

Kevin Harvick began his NASCAR Cup career in 2001 in the seat left empty by the death of which driver?

Dale Earnhardt died on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Three weeks later Harvick won at Atlanta in only his third Cup start.

Kevin Dillon played Johnny Drama, chef and bodyguard to his film-star half-brother, in which HBO comedy?

Entourage had two Kevins in its core cast, with Kevin Connolly as Eric beside Dillon. Its premise was loosely based on producer Mark Wahlberg's early years as a film star.

Kevin McKidd, who played Tommy in Trainspotting, joined which medical drama in 2008 as surgeon Owen Hunt?

Grey's Anatomy also put McKidd behind the camera, where he directed multiple episodes. Before it he starred as the soldier Lucius Vorenus in the series Rome.

Kevin Pearson, star of a sitcom called The Manny, is one of three siblings in which NBC family drama?

This Is Us cast Justin Hartley as Kevin, a twin whose sitcom fame leaves him struggling to be taken seriously as an actor.

Kevin Ball, the Gallagher family's neighbour and friend in the US series Shameless, owns which bar?

The Alibi Room slips out of Kev's hands for a while, when he and his wife Veronica find out they have signed its ownership over to Svetlana.

Which actress plays Eva, mother of a teenage son jailed for a school massacre, in We Need to Talk About Kevin?

Tilda Swinton earned Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the part. The film adapts a 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, who turned down a consulting role on it.

Which actor plays Kevin Flynn, a programmer transported inside a mainframe computer, in the 1982 film Tron?

Jeff Bridges returned as Flynn 28 years later in the sequel Tron: Legacy. The original's effects were groundbreaking, yet it received no Oscar nomination for them.

Which actor plays Kevin Lomax, a Florida lawyer who has never lost a case, in The Devil's Advocate?

Keanu Reeves turned down a promised $11 million for Speed 2 to make the film, in which his new boss, played by Al Pacino, turns out to be the Devil.

Which actor plays Kevin Wendell Crumb, a kidnapper with 23 distinct identities, in the 2016 thriller Split?

James McAvoy, a Scottish actor, won high praise from critics for the part. Made on a budget of $9 million, Split went on to gross $278 million worldwide.

Kevin Keller, played by Casey Cott on TV's Riverdale, debuted in 2010 as the first gay character of which publisher?

Archie Comics introduced Kevin in an issue of Veronica, in which she tries to date him and he explains to Jughead why he is not interested.

Which Australian actor plays Kevin Beckman, the receptionist in the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot?

Chris Hemsworth plays Kevin as a jock, taken on by a team made up of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.

Kevin Cozner, a Columbia University Classics professor, is the husband of which Brooklyn Nine-Nine character?

Raymond Holt, the precinct's stoic captain, shares a corgi named Cheddar with Kevin, who is played by Marc Evan Jackson.

Kevin the Teenager, who turns sulky at midnight on his 13th birthday, was created by which comedian?

Harry Enfield gave Kevin a best friend, Perry, played by the actress Kathy Burke. The pair reached cinemas in 2000 in Kevin & Perry Go Large.

Which TV mob boss, in a coma after being shot, dreams he is carrying the briefcase of one Kevin Finnerty?

Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, finds he is holding the wallet of a lookalike from Kingman, Arizona, in a dream that runs through the whole episode.

In the film Mean Girls, student Kevin Gnapoor leads which school team that Cady joins to earn extra credit?

The Mathletes are led by Kevin under the teacher Ms. Norbury, and by the end of the film he is dating Cady's friend Janis.

Singer Kevin Rowland fronted which band, whose Come On Eileen was a UK number one in the early 1980s?

Dexys Midnight Runners were formed by two Kevins: Rowland and the guitarist Kevin Archer, his bandmate from the punk group the Killjoys.

Kevin Whately played Robbie Lewis from 1987 in which British crime drama before starring in the spin-off Lewis?

Inspector Morse ended in 2000, and Whately picked the character up again six years later in Lewis, which ran until 2015.

Kevin Peter Hall, who stood 7 ft 2 in, played the title monster opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in which 1987 film?

Predator was one of two 1987 creatures for Hall, who also played Harry, the Bigfoot, in the comedy Harry and the Hendersons.

Wrestler Kevin Nash, who performed in the WWF as Diesel, founded which WCW faction in 1996 with Hulk Hogan?

The New World Order, or nWo, grew out of the Outsiders, Nash's tag team with Scott Hall. Its members entered the WWE Hall of Fame as a group in 2020.