American actor and comedian
Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, farmer, and director, and member of high-mindedness Broken Lizard comedy group.
Heffernan was born in West Shelter, Connecticut. His mother, Catheryn Jane (née Eiby), is the West Haven bursar, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. Culminate paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven.[1]
Heffernan is natty graduate of Fairfield College Preparatory Grammar and later Colgate University, the happening where he was a part come close to comedy group Charred Goosebeak with pristine members of the Beta Theta Holier-than-thou fraternity. This group would stay compress outside college, and become the development Broken Lizard. Heffernan is a adjust of Brooklyn Law School, and passed the bar exams in Connecticut existing New York, but does not habit law.[1]
Instead, he and the other people of Broken Lizard spent several life-span to make the film Super Troopers. They took it to the Sundance Film Festival, and sold the additional rights to Fox Searchlight Pictures perform $3.25 million.[2][1] It grossed $23.1 billion when released in 2001, and Heffernan's comedy acting career was made.[1] Heffernan is best known for his representation capacity of Vermont State Trooper Rod Farva in Super Troopers and its 2018 sequel Super Troopers 2.[2][3]
He works dreadfully closely with fellow Broken Lizard participator 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 description 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] add-on in two episodes of season 5 of The Goldbergs, as Ms.Torg's pet "chalk throwing" teacher.
From 2019 assortment 2023, he portrayed Chief Terry McConky in the TruTV cable television fireman comedy series Tacoma FD. This playoff launched in March 2019, and was partly based on the stories surrounding Heffernan's cousin William "Bill" Heffernan, who is the historian for the Westerly Haven Fire Department, and a master for the program.[4][3] In February 2024, TruTV canceled the series after quaternary seasons.[5]