About

Known credits:
48
Birthday:
1939-09-13
Place of birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Website:
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Richard Kiel

Overview

Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore. He was 7 feet 1.5  inches (2.18 m) tall in his prime but now due to injury and age, he is slightly under 7 feet tall.

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Known for

Acting

2019 The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration Actor Kanamit (archive footage) 59
Average
2012 Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Actor Self 59
Average
2010 Tangled Actor Vlad (voice) 75
Good
2007 Welcome to Sweden Actor N/A
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2004 The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Actor Eegah (archive footage) 58
Average
2002 Best Ever Bond Actor Self / Jaws 59
Average
2000 Inside 'Moonraker' Actor Self 59
Average
2000 Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' Actor Self 59
Average
1999 Inspector Gadget Actor Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth 49
Bad
1997 The Secrets of 007 Actor Self 59
Average
1996 Happy Gilmore Actor Mr. Larson 64
Fair
1995 The World of James Bond Actor 59
Average
1990 The Giant of Thunder Mountain Actor Eli Weaver 58
Average
1989 Think Big Actor Irving 59
Average
1985 Pale Rider Actor Club 67
Fair
1985 Mob Busters Actor 59
Average
1984 Cannonball Run II Actor Arnold 57
Average
1984 Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street Actor Big G 58
Average
1982 Hysterical Actor Captain James Howdy 58
Average
1981 So Fine Actor Eddie 58
Average
1979 Moonraker Actor Jaws 61
Fair
1979 The Humanoid Actor Golob 57
Average
1978 They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way Actor Duke 58
Average
1978 Force 10 from Navarone Actor Drazak 60
Fair
1978 The Phoenix Actor Grasshopper 59
Average
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Actor Jaws 66
Fair
1976 Silver Streak Actor Reace 62
Fair
1976 Gus Actor Tall Man 59
Average
1975 Van Dyke and Company Actor Self 69
Fair
1975 Barbary Coast Actor Moose Moran 69
Fair
1975 Flash and the Firecat Actor Milo Pewett 59
Average
1974 The Longest Yard Actor Samson 61
Fair
1972 Deadhead Miles Actor Big Dick 58
Average
1970 The Boy Who Stole the Elephant Actor Luke Brown N/A
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1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Actor Blacksmith (uncredited) 59
Average
1968 Skidoo Actor Beany 58
Average
1968 Now You See It, Now You Don't Actor Nori N/A
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1968 A Man Called Dagger Actor Otto 59
Average
1966 Las Vegas Hillbillys Actor 58
Average
1965 Brainstorm Actor Asylum Inmate (uncredited) 59
Average
1965 The Human Duplicators Actor Dr. Kolos 58
Average
1964 The Nasty Rabbit Actor Ranch Foreman 58
Average
1963 Lassie's Great Adventure Actor Chinook Pete 58
Average
1963 The Nutty Professor Actor Man in Gym (uncredited) 61
Fair
1963 House of the Damned Actor The Giant 58
Average
1962 Eegah! Actor Eegah 55
Average
1961 The Phantom Planet Actor The Solarite 56
Average
1961 The Phantom Actor Big Mike N/A
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