Kevin Glen Weisman (born December 29, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Lester Thompson in the NBC drama,Suits LA (2025), as well asMarshall Flinkman in theABC action thriller seriesAlias (2001–2006), Ray Spiewack in theCBS action drama seriesScorpion (2015–2017), and Ned Berring in theAmazon Prime Video legal drama seriesGoliath (2016). In 2017, Kevin began a three-year stint asDale Yorkes on theHulu seriesMarvel'sRunaways.

Kevin Weisman
Weisman at SydneySupanova 2006
Born	Kevin Glen Weisman (1970-12-29)December 29, 1970 (age 54) Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Education	Bachelor of Fine Arts
Alma mater	UCLA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Jodi Tanowitz ​ ​ (m. 2005;div. 2011)​
Children	2
Website	www.kevinweisman.com

Weisman was born to aJewish family in Los Angeles, California.^[1] He pursued acting at a young age, first appearing as The Professor in a fourth grade production ofGilligan's Island. While atTaft High School In Woodland Hills, California (a neighborhood of Los Angeles), Kevin participated in local drama festivals in and around the Los Angeles area (DTASC), performing work from the likes ofWilliam Shakespeare andNeil Simon. He went on to receive aBA from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television, and then to further his study of the craft of acting at New York's prestigiousCircle in the Square Theatre.^[2] Weisman is a founding member of the multi-award-winning Los Angeles based theater troupe, Buffalo Nights Theater Company

In 2015, Weisman was awarded a Lead Actor Award (Stage Raw) for his work as Francois Villon inMurray Mednick'sVillon, which premiered at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles.^[3] The show was produced by thePadua Playwrights.

Prior Los Angeles productions include tackling the role of frustrated writer Arthur Kellogg in Jaime Pachino's 2012 West Coast premiere ofThe Return to Morality with the Production Company in Los Angeles.

A founding member of Buffalo Nights Theatre Company, Weisman has produced, directed, and acted in over 25 productions in and around the Los Angeles area. Highlights include the title role of Anatol inArthur Schnitzler'sAnatol, and as Los Angeles philanthropist and convicted felon Griffith J. Griffith in the award- winningCrazy Drunk at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Los Angeles. Other notable productions with the company includeJean Giraudoux'sApollo of Bellac (LA Weekly Production of the Year);Madman and the Nun,The Firebugs,Suburban Motel, Ethan Lipton'sHope on the Range,Arthur Miller'sIncident at Vichy,Oscar Wilde'sSalome, and the West Coast Premiere ofJonathan Marc Sherman'sSophistry.^[4]

Other theatrical turns include stand out performances at The Odyssey Theater and theMark Taper Forum in masterworks such as'Tis Pity She's a Whore,The Greeks (Ovation Award for Production of the Year) andThe Goldoni Trilogy . Weisman has also treaded the boards at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, where he appeared as Uncle Louie InNeil Simon'sLost in Yonkers, and as Gabe inDonald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize winning play,Dinner with Friends, directed by Brian Kite.

Internationally known for his portrayal of Marshall J. Flinkman for five seasons on the critically acclaimed ABC seriesAlias, Weisman was later cast as series regular, Kives, in the 2013Stephen Merchant/HBO projectHello Ladies,^[5] in whichTV.com^[6] named Kevin one of the "season's best new characters". In 2015, Weisman joined the cast of theDavid E. Kelley Amazon series,Goliath, as agoraphobic recluse Ned Berring.

Later that year, Weisman appeared as Stevie in a first-season episode of AMC'sBetter Call Saul entitledHero, and landed the recurring role of Dr. Jeffrey Maynard on NBC's hit drama,The Blacklist. That same year, Kevin was tapped to play bon vivant Ray Spiewack on the CBS dramaScorpion, which resulted in a raucous three season arc. Other fan favorites include the recurring Assistant DA, Todd Erlich, on TNT'sPerception, and a memorable turn as Anson Stokes inThe X-Files (Season 7) episode "Je Souhaite", written and directed byVince Gilligan.In 2006, directorKevin Smith called on Weisman to appear in his now cult classic film,Clerks II, and in 2010, directorRob Reiner hired him to play Aidan Quinn's character's younger, mentally challenged brother, Daniel Baker, inFlipped. In 2012, Weisman played the recurring role of the mysterious Mr. Blonde, opposite Jason Issacs in the NBC showAwake.^[7] Other television work includes the recurring role of the deferential minion, Dreg, onJoss Whedon'sBuffy the Vampire Slayer,Roswell,ER,Frasier,JAG,The Pretender,The Drew Carey Show,Just Shoot Me,Chuck,Miami Medical,Ghost Whisperer,Moonlight,Fairly Legal,Felicity,Human Target,The Forgotten,The Glades,CSI,CSI: Miami,CSI: New York,Fringe, andOctober Road. Additional film work includesThe Rock,Gone in 60 Seconds,Space Buddies,Unicorn City,Bending The Rules, andUndocumented.

In 2004, Weisman produced and acted in the independent feature filmThe Illusion, directed by Emmy Award winnerMichael Goorjian, and starring Hollywood legendKirk Douglas. Illusion won the "Best Screenplay" award at the 12th AnnualHamptons International Film Festival, and was an official selection of the 16th AnnualPalm Springs International Film Festival. An avid poker player, Kevin appeared on Bravo'sCelebrity Poker Showdown. A drummer since age 12, Weisman has kept the back-beat for the bandTrainwreck, withKyle Gass ofTenacious D (withJack Black).

Quite prolific in the world of voice-over, Weisman's soul soothing vocal timbre has been heard on radio and television ads for such companies as Nike, Coca-Cola, and AT&T. He was also the voice of Honda cars and trucks for over three years.

Weisman has appeared on both theEntertainment Weekly "Must List" (2006), and on theTV Guide "Top 10 Scene Stealers" list a total of three times. He has been nominated for aTeen Choice Award twice for his work onAlias (best side-kick), andMarvel's Runaways once (Best Drama). He and the cast ofAlias took home aPeople's Choice award after their first season for Best New Show. In 2002, Kevin and the rest of theAlias cast were nominated for aBest DramaGolden Globe Award.

In 2021, Weisman started the 'Did We Do It' podcast alongside former Trainwreck bandmate Kyle Gass.^[8]

In 2004, Weisman was a participant in the first-ever national television advertising campaign supporting donations to Jewish federations. The program featured "film and television personalities celebrating their Jewish heritage and promoting charitable giving to the Jewish community".^[1] Additional charities Kevin is actively involved in include The Children's Defense Fund, the DMD Fund (supporting the fight againstDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy),Save The Children,Broadway Cares, Wheels For Humanity,Bet Tzedek (a non-profit law-firm that provides free legal services to low-income, disabled and elderly residents of Los Angeles Country), The Melanoma Research Foundation, and The Clear View Treatment Center, which provides a residential treatment program for adolescent boys who have been neglected, abused and abandoned.

In 2005, Weisman married Jodi Tanowitz, apreschoolteacher, in a Jewish ceremony. He has two daughters, Maya Rose Weisman (b. 2006) and Ellie Samantha Weisman (b. 2008).^[9] The couple divorced in 2011, but remain committed to co-parenting their two daughters together. Kevin currently resides in Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hills (not far from his childhood home in Encino), and has three sisters. He has been practicing yoga for over twenty years, and is a vegan.

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