Richard Kiel

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
September 13, 1939

Place of Birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Richard Kiel

Biography

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

Filmography

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