`PERFECT' CHOICE : MISTAKEN IDENTITY CAN'T DAMPEN KILNER'S SUCCESS IN WELL-RECEIVED COMEDY.Byline: Ray Richmond Daily News Television Writer Kevin Kilner doesn't mind that people see his name and figure that someone has misspelled Kevin Costner, or transposed trans·pose v. trans·posed, trans·pos·ing, trans·pos·es v.tr. 1. To reverse or transfer the order or place of; interchange. 2. the surname of Kevin Kline. Or mistake him for Val Kilmer's brother. ``A CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan guy who was giving me a speeding ticket Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Ohio I was traveling on a two lane street with an officer driving toward me in the opposite direction. looked at my license and thought Val and I were related,'' Kilner said. ``He asked me, `What is it like to have a brother in the movies?' '' Actually, Kilner has no relatives in the business, but he's made a splash all the same this season on the critically praised CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. comedy ``Almost Perfect,'' which concludes its season at 8:30 p.m. Monday. On ``Perfect'' - one of the precious few bright spots for CBS this season - Kilner has drawn raves for his role as an assistant district attorney struggling to find time for a relationship with his TV producer girlfriend (Nancy Travis). The show has put Kilner, at 37, on the map. ``Suddenly, I'm hearing casting people say, `Where has this person been?' '' Kilner said. ``And of course, the answer is, `Toiling away for 11 years.' '' It was in 1985 that Kilner bagged a nice little career as a mortgage banker to try his hand at acting. After the typical hard times, during which he waiting tables, he started doing theater in New York There are many famous theaters in New York, most notably the Broadway theatres in New York City.
But he was still unknown until winning out over some 70 other actors for the ``Almost Perfect'' role. ``I'm still just the same old guy, but it's amazing how everything changes in the way people perceive you,'' Kilner said. ``Suddenly, I'm sitting there in the CBS box at the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association (basketball) championships with Costner and Bill Cosby.'' Kilner is becoming such a player that not only is he being offered film roles, he's turning them down - a sure sign of impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. stardom. ``It was just this small little movie, but hey, no one ever offered me a role in a film before.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Nancy Travis, left, and Kevin Kilner star in ``Almos t Perfect'' on CBS. |
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