Richard Kiel
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-09-13 (75 years old)
Deathday
2014-09-10
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known As
李察基路
Richard Dawson Kiel
Richard Kiel
Biography
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 - September 10, 2014) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and as Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. Other notable films include The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Pale Rider (1985) and Tangled (2010). Standing 7 feet 2.5 inches (2.20 m) tall, he frequently played intimidating strongmen or gentle giants. Kiel was married to Diane Rogers from 1974 until his death in 2014; they had four children and nine grandchildren.
Acting
1999
as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
1977
as Jaws
1979
as Jaws
2019
as Kanamit (archive footage)
1984
1976
as Reace
1962
as Eegah
1984
as Arnold
1985
as Club
1968
as Beany
1996
as Mr. Larson
1961
as The Solarite
1965
as Dr. Kolos
1989
as Irving
1978
as Drazak
1982
as Captain James Howdy
1979
as Golob
1981
as Eddie
1963
as The Giant
1978
1964
as Ranch Foreman
1968
1990
as Eli Weaver
1968
as Otto
1961
as Big Mike
1963
as Chinook Pete
2010
as Vlad (voice)
1976
as Tall Man
1965
as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
2002
as Self / Jaws
2004
as Eegah (archive footage)
1975
as Milo Pewett
1963
as Man in Gym (uncredited)
1985
1978
as Grasshopper
1974
as Samson
1972
as Big Dick
1970
as Luke Brown
2012
1970
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
2000
2000
as Self
1997
as Self
1965
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
1964
as Strongman (uncredited)
Production
1990
as Writer
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