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'''Kevin Heffernan''' (born May 25, 1968) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the [[Broken Lizard]] comedy group.
'''Kevin Heffernan''' is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the [[Broken Lizard]] comedy group.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==


Heffernan was born in [[West Haven, Connecticut]]. His mother, Cathe Jane (née Eibey), is the West Haven treasurer, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. His paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven.<ref>[http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/07/14/entertainment/doc4e1f19b8e7502759327752.txt]</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/y/Margaret-Reynolds-VA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0045.html</ref>
Heffernan was born in [[West Haven, Connecticut]]. His mother, Catheryn Jane (née Eiby), is the West Haven treasurer, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. His paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven.<ref name="NHRegister2011"/>


Heffernan is a graduate of [[Fairfield College Preparatory School]] and later [[Colgate University]], the latter where he was a part of comedy group Charred Goosebeak with the other Lizards, and a member of the [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity. Heffernan is a graduate of [[Brooklyn Law School]]. J.D. Heffernan is best known for his role of Vermont State Trooper Rod Farva in ''[[Super Troopers]]'', as Landfill and Gil in ''[[Beerfest]]'', and co-starring in the ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|Dukes of Hazzard]]'' movie as "Sheev".
Heffernan is a graduate of [[Fairfield College Preparatory School]] and later [[Colgate University]], the latter where he was a part of comedy group Charred Goosebeak with other members of the [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity. This group would stay together outside college, and become the group [[Broken Lizard]]. Heffernan is a graduate of [[Brooklyn Law School]], and passed the [[bar exam]]s in Connecticut and New York, but does not practice law.<ref name="NHRegister2011">{{cite news |last1=Fenster |first1=Jordan |title=West Haven native returns home after hitting it big in Hollywood |url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/West-Haven-native-returns-home-after-hitting-it-11560763.php |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=[[New Haven Register]] |date=14 July 2011}} Also available as {{cite news |last1=Fenster |first1=Jordan |title=Conn. native returns home after hitting it big in Hollywood |url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Conn-native-returns-home-after-hitting-it-big-in-11873736.php |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=New Haven Register |date=15 July 2011}}</ref>


Instead, he and the other members of Broken Lizard spent several years to make the film ''[[Super Troopers]]''. They took it to the [[Sundance Film Festival]], and sold the distribution rights to [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] for $3.25 million.<ref name="Washingtonian"/><ref name="NHRegister2011"/> It grossed $23.1 million when released in 2001, and Heffernan's comedy acting career was made.<ref name="NHRegister2011"/> Heffernan is best known for his role of Vermont State Trooper Rod Farva in ''Super Troopers'' and its 2018 sequel ''[[Super Troopers 2]]''.<ref name="Washingtonian">{{cite news |last1=Pai |first1=Tanya |title=After Hours Interviews: "Super Troopers" Actor Kevin Heffernan |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/10/17/after-hours-interviews-super-troopers-actor-kevin-heffernan/ |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=17 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="NHRegister2019"/>
He has also appeared on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' (ep. "[[I'm Not That Guy]]"), ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[Veep (TV series)|Veep]]'', and ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]].''

He works especially closely with fellow [[Broken Lizard]] member [[Steve Lemme]]. They do a two-man touring [[standup comedy]] show, a [[podcast]], a web series, and a [[Netflix]] special.<ref name="Washingtonian"/>

Heffernan also played Landfill and Gil in ''[[Beerfest]]'', and co-starred in the ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|Dukes of Hazzard]]'' film as "Sheev".

He has also appeared on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' (ep. "[[I'm Not That Guy]]"), ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[Veep (TV series)|Veep]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]'',<ref name="Washingtonian"/> and in two episodes of season 5 of ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'', as Ms.Torg's favorite "chalk throwing" teacher.

From 2019 to 2023, he portrayed Chief Terry McConky in the [[TruTV]] cable television firefighter comedy series ''[[Tacoma FD]]''. This series launched in March 2019, and was partly based on the stories of Heffernan's cousin William "Bill" Heffernan, who is the historian for the West Haven Fire Department, and a consultant for the program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Amarante |first1=Dan |title=West Haven native brings his family in to help with new show |url=https://www.fox61.com/article/entertainment/arts/cas-artist/west-haven-native-brings-his-family-in-to-help-with-new-show/520-18efdec4-af9c-43a3-855c-d4e9936922cf |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=[[WTIC-TV]] |date=April 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NHRegister2019">{{cite news |last1=Amarante |first1=Joe |title=West Haven-raised Heffernans keeping it real (sort of) in new TV comedy |url=https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/West-Haven-raised-Heffernans-keeping-it-real-13688458.php |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=New Haven Register |date=14 March 2019}}</ref> In February 2024, TruTV canceled the series after four seasons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title='Tacoma FD' Canceled After Four Seasons at TruTV |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tacoma-fd-canceled-trutv-1235909646/amp/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
* ''[[Puddle Cruiser]]'' (1996) – Grogan (with Broken Lizard)
|-
* ''[[No Looking Back]]'' (1998) – Guy In Diner #1
! scope="col" | Year
* ''[[Big Helium Dog]]'' (1999) – Phil
! scope="col" | Title
* ''[[Super Troopers]]'' (2001) – Rod Farva (with Broken Lizard)
! scope="col" | Role
* ''[[Reel Comedy]]: Super Troopers'' (2002) – Rod Farva (with Broken Lizard)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
* ''[[Club Dread]]'' (2004) – Lars (with Broken Lizard)
|-
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' (2005) – Sheev
! scope="row" | 1994
* ''[[Sky High (2005 film)|Sky High]]'' (2005) – Ron Wilson
| ''The Tinfoil Monkey Agenda''
* ''[[On the One (film)|On the One]]'' (2005) – Amish Man
| Lieutenant Henry Fowler / Large Green Bay Packer Fan
* ''[[Beerfest]]'' (2006) – Landfill/Gil/Sausage Lady (with Broken Lizard)
|
* ''[[Strange Wilderness]]'' (2008) – Whitaker
|-
* ''[[The RJ Danko Story]]'' (2008) – Weber
! scope="row" | 1996
* ''[[The Slammin' Salmon]]'' (2009) – Rich Ferente; also his debut as director (with Broken Lizard)
| ''[[Puddle Cruiser]]''
* ''[[Freeloaders]]'' (2010) (with Broken Lizard)
| Grogan
* ''[[The Babymakers]]'' (2012) (with Broken Lizard)
| With [[Broken Lizard]]
|-
! scope="row" | 1998
| ''[[No Looking Back (1998 film)|No Looking Back]]''
| Guy in Diner #1
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1999
| ''[[Big Helium Dog]]''
| Phil
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
| ''[[Super Troopers]]''
| Rod Farva
| With Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[[Club Dread]]''
| Lars
| With Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[[The 100 Scariest Movie Moments]]''
| Himself
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[Sky High (2005 film)|Sky High]]''
| Ron Wilson, Bus Driver
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
| Sheev
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| ''[[Preaching to the Choir]]''
| Amish Man
| Also screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxunSeshPngC&dq=preaching+to+the+choir+april+14+2006&pg=PA199|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|last1=Willis|first1=John|title=Screen World 2007|year=2010|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557837295}}page 199</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Anderson|first=John|title=Preaching to the Choir|date=April 12, 2006|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/preaching-to-the-choir-1200516983/|accessdate=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| ''[[The Lather Effect]]''
| Pink Panty Dude
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| ''[[Beerfest]]''
| Landfill/Gil/Sausage Lady
| With Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2008
| ''[[Strange Wilderness]]''
| Whitaker
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2008
| ''[[Management (film)|Management]]''
| Jed
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''[[The Slammin' Salmon]]''
| Rich Ferente
| Director debut; with Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2012
| ''[[The Babymakers]]''
| Wade
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2012
| ''[[Freeloaders (film)|Freeloaders]]''
| Scotty the Boom Guy
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
| ''Life''
| The Runner
| Short film
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''Super Troopers Boot Camp''
| Rod Farva
| Short film; with Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
| ''The Goldbergs: 1990 Something''
| Doc
| TV movie
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
| ''[[Super Troopers 2]]''
| Rod Farva
| With Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
| ''Beerfest: Thirst for Victory''
| Landfill
| TV movie
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
| ''Miss Arizona''
| Bigs
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2019
| ''[[Airplane Mode (2019 film)|Airplane Mode]]''
| Gary Marshall
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''Fulfillment''
| Harold
| Short film
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''[[Scoob!]]''
| Bike Cop Gary
| Voice debut
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''Calls''
| Jerk Store Call
| Short film
|-
! scope="row" | 2023
| ''[[Quasi (film)|Quasi]]''
| Duchamp Rousseau / Henri-Francoise
| Also director and writer; with Broken Lizard
|-
<!--
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| ''Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers''
| Rod Farva
| Pre-production<ref>{{cite web |title=Broken Lizard Quasi Interview &#124; Super Troopers 3 Confirmed & Weedfest In The Works|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h647_Krn2TQ |website=youtube.com |publisher=Nerdtropolis |language=en |format=video |date=April 12, 2023}}</ref>
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|}

==Television==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | 2002
| ''[[Comedy Central]] Canned Ham''
| Rod Farva
| Episode: "Super Troopers"; with Broken Lizard
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[Arrested Development]]''
| Announcer
| Episode: "Sword of Destiny"
|-
! scope="row" | 2007
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| TiVo Guy
| Episode: "The TiVo Guy"
|-
! scope="row" | 2007
| ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
| Ted Mosby Porn Star
| Episode: "I'm Not That Guy"
|-
! scope="row" | 2007
| ''iThunes''
| Parking Enforcement Officer
| 2 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | 2012
| ''[[Veep]]''
| Fast Food Executive
| Episode: "Baseball"
|-
! scope="row" | 2012
| ''[[Animal Practice]]''
| Max Ricketts
| Episode: "Dr. Yamamazing"
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
| ''[[Workaholics]]''
| Officer Don Burton
| Episode: "DeputyDong"
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]''
| Madison Avenue Guy
|Episode: "[[Now is Not the End]]"
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''MOCKpocalypse''
| Himself
| Episode: "Metal"
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network''
| Farva
| Episode: "GGN Super Troopers"
|-
! scope="row" | 2016
| ''[[Time Traveling Bong]]''
| Donnie
| 2 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | 2017
| ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]''
| Doc
| 2 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | 2019-2023
| ''[[Tacoma FD]]''
| Chief Terry McConky
| Main cast; also creator and executive producer
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''[[Hell Den]]''
| C.H.A.Z.
| Episode: "BET-C Versus the House"
|-
! scope="row" | 2022
| ''[[The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder]]''
| Police Chief
| Episode: "The Show Off"
|}


==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 23:23, 4 December 2024

Kevin Heffernan
Heffernan signs autographs during a visit to Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in 2016.
Born (1968-05-25) May 25, 1968 (age 56)
Alma materColgate University (BA)
Brooklyn Law School (JD)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer, writer, comedian
Years active1996–present

Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.

Life and career

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Heffernan was born in West Haven, Connecticut. His mother, Catheryn Jane (née Eiby), is the West Haven treasurer, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. His paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven.[1]

Heffernan is a graduate of Fairfield College Preparatory School and later Colgate University, the latter where he was a part of comedy group Charred Goosebeak with other members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. This group would stay together outside college, and become the group Broken Lizard. Heffernan is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, and passed the bar exams in Connecticut and New York, but does not practice law.[1]

Instead, he and the other members of Broken Lizard spent several years to make the film Super Troopers. They took it to the Sundance Film Festival, and sold the distribution rights to Fox Searchlight Pictures for $3.25 million.[2][1] It grossed $23.1 million when released in 2001, and Heffernan's comedy acting career was made.[1] Heffernan is best known for his role of Vermont State Trooper Rod Farva in Super Troopers and its 2018 sequel Super Troopers 2.[2][3]

He works especially closely with fellow Broken Lizard member Steve Lemme. They do a two-man touring standup comedy show, a podcast, a web series, and a Netflix special.[2]

Heffernan also played Landfill and Gil in Beerfest, and co-starred in the Dukes of Hazzard film as "Sheev".

He has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother (ep. "I'm Not That Guy"), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Arrested Development, Agent Carter,[2] and in two episodes of season 5 of The Goldbergs, as Ms.Torg's favorite "chalk throwing" teacher.

From 2019 to 2023, he portrayed Chief Terry McConky in the TruTV cable television firefighter comedy series Tacoma FD. This series launched in March 2019, and was partly based on the stories of Heffernan's cousin William "Bill" Heffernan, who is the historian for the West Haven Fire Department, and a consultant for the program.[4][3] In February 2024, TruTV canceled the series after four seasons.[5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Tinfoil Monkey Agenda Lieutenant Henry Fowler / Large Green Bay Packer Fan
1996 Puddle Cruiser Grogan With Broken Lizard
1998 No Looking Back Guy in Diner #1
1999 Big Helium Dog Phil
2001 Super Troopers Rod Farva With Broken Lizard
2004 Club Dread Lars With Broken Lizard
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments Himself
2005 Sky High Ron Wilson, Bus Driver
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Sheev
2006 Preaching to the Choir Amish Man Also screenwriter[6][7]
2006 The Lather Effect Pink Panty Dude
2006 Beerfest Landfill/Gil/Sausage Lady With Broken Lizard
2008 Strange Wilderness Whitaker
2008 Management Jed
2009 The Slammin' Salmon Rich Ferente Director debut; with Broken Lizard
2012 The Babymakers Wade
2012 Freeloaders Scotty the Boom Guy
2014 Life The Runner Short film
2015 Super Troopers Boot Camp Rod Farva Short film; with Broken Lizard
2018 The Goldbergs: 1990 Something Doc TV movie
2018 Super Troopers 2 Rod Farva With Broken Lizard
2018 Beerfest: Thirst for Victory Landfill TV movie
2018 Miss Arizona Bigs
2019 Airplane Mode Gary Marshall
2020 Fulfillment Harold Short film
2020 Scoob! Bike Cop Gary Voice debut
2020 Calls Jerk Store Call Short film
2023 Quasi Duchamp Rousseau / Henri-Francoise Also director and writer; with Broken Lizard

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Comedy Central Canned Ham Rod Farva Episode: "Super Troopers"; with Broken Lizard
2005 Arrested Development Announcer Episode: "Sword of Destiny"
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm TiVo Guy Episode: "The TiVo Guy"
2007 How I Met Your Mother Ted Mosby Porn Star Episode: "I'm Not That Guy"
2007 iThunes Parking Enforcement Officer 2 episodes
2012 Veep Fast Food Executive Episode: "Baseball"
2012 Animal Practice Max Ricketts Episode: "Dr. Yamamazing"
2014 Workaholics Officer Don Burton Episode: "DeputyDong"
2015 Agent Carter Madison Avenue Guy Episode: "Now is Not the End"
2015 MOCKpocalypse Himself Episode: "Metal"
2015 GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network Farva Episode: "GGN Super Troopers"
2016 Time Traveling Bong Donnie 2 episodes
2017 The Goldbergs Doc 2 episodes
2019-2023 Tacoma FD Chief Terry McConky Main cast; also creator and executive producer
2020 Hell Den C.H.A.Z. Episode: "BET-C Versus the House"
2022 The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder Police Chief Episode: "The Show Off"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Fenster, Jordan (July 14, 2011). "West Haven native returns home after hitting it big in Hollywood". New Haven Register. Retrieved December 23, 2020. Also available as Fenster, Jordan (July 15, 2011). "Conn. native returns home after hitting it big in Hollywood". New Haven Register. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Pai, Tanya (October 17, 2014). "After Hours Interviews: "Super Troopers" Actor Kevin Heffernan". Washingtonian. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Amarante, Joe (March 14, 2019). "West Haven-raised Heffernans keeping it real (sort of) in new TV comedy". New Haven Register. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Amarante, Dan (April 12, 2019). "West Haven native brings his family in to help with new show". WTIC-TV. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Otterson, Joe (February 13, 2024). "'Tacoma FD' Canceled After Four Seasons at TruTV". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (2010). Screen World 2007. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557837295.page 199
  7. ^ Anderson, John (April 12, 2006). "Preaching to the Choir". Variety. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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