Who did Richard Kind marry? All about Curb Your Enthusiasm star as he gets candid about body image

Richard Kind is opening up about how he sees his own body.

The Tony-nominated actor, 68, is most known for his work on "Poker Face," "Mid-Century Modern," and "Only Murders in the Building." During a recent interview with CBS News, he opened up about what it was like growing up for him:

"I was a fat kid. I bet I was a loser. I'd might have made fun of me!"

He then recalled a moment at summer camp when one of his friends, who was also overweight, taught him to laugh at himself. This trick stayed with him for life. When asked if he tends to follow this hack as a defense mechanism, he said:

"Yes, absolutely. Absolutely, absolutely. He was a fat kid, too, who then lost weight. I eventually lost weight. Still a fat kid even to this day. I'll never be a thin person…. In my head, I'm a fat, fat person."

The actor was married to Dana Stanley from November 1999 to 2018. During that time, they welcomed three children: a son named Max and two daughters, Samantha and Skylar. Not much else is known about the pair, though when they divorced, they reportedly said in a statement that the split was "amicable."

Richard Kind's Hollywood legacy explored as actor opens up about being friends with George Clooney:

During his CBS Sunday Morning interview, the veteran actor opened up about being content with his stardom, noting that he's glad he isn't more famous than he is. He also said that he's completely okay with rarely being the lead:

"I am parsley on a plate of meat and potatoes," Richard Kind said. "Now, I'm good. I look great there. I'm the freshest parsley! But they're meat and potatoes. What do I do? I help make the plate look great. That's fine. That's what I usually do. But I can be cut out. I'm just not necessary all the time. And I'm fine, fine, fine with that. I've made a career of it, haven't I?"

Richard Kind has several credits to his name, including Broadway's The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000), The Producers (2002), and Sly Fox (2004). He also worked as "Jury Foreman" in The Producers (2005). In 2013, he earned a Tony nomination for his work on the Broadway production of The Big Knife.

Some of his television credits include Carol & Company, Spin City (1996–2002), Enthusiasm (2002–2021), and Only Murders in the Building (2024). His film credits include Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Big Stan (2007), A Serious Man (2009), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014), All We Had (2016), Rifkin's Festival (2020), and Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021), among others.

As reported by People Magazine, during his career, Richard Kind formed a friendship with George Clooney. During a June 9 episode of Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko, he opened up about their bond and Clooney's long-standing reputation as a prankster:

“But you will not hear them from me. You won't hear them from me for a couple of reasons. No. 1, George gets all the publicity he needs. I need a little more. So that's the first thing. The second thing is nobody tells them funnier than George.”

However, the Princeton, New Jersey native did rip into his friend for a joke he'd “forgotten” until recently. Richard Kind, who met George in the '80s, said:

“One night, years ago, I have to go to Vegas for some publicity. I have my suitcase downstairs and [I'm] waiting for the car to come.”

At the time, he was staying with Clooney in his LA home. He went on,

“George, who had been in the kitchen or something like that, sits down at the foot of the stairs, and we're just chatting. We're gabbing,” Kind recalled. “And I say, ‘Oh, I forgot something,’ and I go upstairs to get something. I come back downstairs, and then the car comes, and the guy who's driving the car takes the bag, and he puts it into the trunk, and I get driven to Burbank Airport, I think.”

However, it was only when Richard Kind passed through airport security his friend's prank came through:

“They pull me aside and they go, ‘Sir, could you come here, please?’ And I go, ‘Yeah.' And he opens up the suitcase, and there's an Oscar and a SAG award that George put in my suitcase as we were waiting to go, and I have to schlep.” “It’s a good practical joke,” Kind added.

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