ACTOR
Kevin James
- Known for
- Grown Ups 2 (2013), Pixels (2015), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
24 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Kevin James is an actor best known for Grown Ups 2, Pixels and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry.
All facts (24)
- #001
Kevin James met his wife on a blind date arranged by their interior designer.
- #002
Kevin James and Ray Romano are close friends. They met while performing stand-up comedy on a comedy tour.
- #003
Kevin James grew up in Stony Brook, New York, and graduated from Ward Melville High School (Long Island, New York) in 1983. One of his wrestling teammates at Ward Melville High School was future WWE star and author Mick Foley ("Mankind"). He also attended Cortland University with Mick Foley.
- #004
His current wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, appeared in four episodes of the sitcom The King of Queens (1998) in small roles.
- #005
One of his teammates on the Ward Melville High School wrestling team was future WWE star and author Mick Foley.
- #006
On The King of Queens, Doug Heffernan's parents are named Janet and Joe, which are also the names of Kevin James's parents.
- #007
Kevin James was born to Janet and Joseph Valentine Knipfing.
- #008
On June 19, 2004, he married his long-time girlfriend, model Steffiana De La Cruz, before 180 friends, including Ray Romano, and family members in Dana Point, California.
- #009
On June 14, 2007, Kevin and Steffiana De La Cruz became the parents of a second daughter, Shea James, in Los Angeles. She was named after New York's Shea Stadium.
- #010
His father was of German descent, from a Catholic family that settled in Brooklyn. Kevin's maternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish/Polish Jewish descent, and Kevin's maternal grandmother was the daughter of an Italian (Catholic) immigrant father and a Sephardic Jewish mother from Turkey/Greece.
- #011
In 2012, James stated that he is a devout Catholic. In 2019, James hosted a retreat featuring Father Chad Ripperger and theologian Scott Hahn. Bas Rutten (a widely recognized MMA champion) stated that his friend Kevin James and others helped him on his journey back to Catholicism.
- #012
His wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, gave birth to their third child, Kannon James, on April 24, 2011 (Easter Sunday).
- #013
His wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, gave birth to their first child, daughter Sienna Costa, on Friday, September 30, 2005.
- #014
At an MMA event held on July 22, 2006 (Inside MMA (2007)), he helped corner Bas Rutten in his comeback fight against Ruben Villareal (a win by KO via leg kicks).
- #015
He is said to have run a 4.6-second 40-yard dash in high school.
- #016
His wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, gave birth to their fourth child, Sistine James, weighing 9 lbs. 8 oz, in late January 2015.
- #017
In April 2000, he was living in a bachelor house in Los Angeles with his older brother Gary Valentine, who is also a stand-up comedian.
- #018
He is a fan of the New York Jets, the New York Islanders and the New York Mets.
- #019
He is an avid golfer and a fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
- #020
He attended Cortland University together with former wrestler and now bestselling author Mick Foley, with whom he had also gone to high school.
- #021
In June 1999 and 2000, Kevin James hosted the Florida Sports Awards, the state of Florida's official sports awards show, in Jacksonville, Florida. The event raises funds for the Otis F. Smith Foundation.
- #022
Kevin James's wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, gave birth to their fourth child just one day before his television wife Leah Remini's 37th birthday and exactly one month after the premiere of the finale of The King of Queens (1998).
- #023
Kevin James is a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
- #024
The number "9" is a recurring motif in Kevin James's television career: Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), the series on which his character Doug Heffernan originated, ran for nine years; its spin-off The King of Queens (1998) lasted nine years; and the pilot episode of his new series Kevin Can Wait (2016) aired nine years after the finale of the spin-off.
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