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Kevin Smith ) Full Name: Kevin Patrick Smith) is a well-known American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He rose to fame with the low-budget comedy buddy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, as well as acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob.
Kevin has mostly made horror films since 2011, such as Red State (2011) and the “comedy horror films” Tusk (2014) and Yoga Hosers (2016), two in a planned series of three such films set in Canada dubbed the True North trilogy. He has also worked as a director-for-hire for material he did not write, such as the buddy cop action comedy Cop Out in 2010 and many television series episodes. Kevin also co-founded View Askew Productions with Scott Mosier.
He owns Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey, a comic book store that was the setting for the reality television show Comic Book Men from 2012 to 2018. Kevin also hosts the movie-review TV show Spoilers. Being a podcaster, Kevin co-hosts many shows on his SModcast Podcast Network, such as SModcast, Fatman Beyond, and the live show Hollywood Babble-On. He is popular for participating in long, humorous Q&A sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, starting with An Evening with Kevin Smith.
Kevin Smith Age
Kevin was born on August 2, 1970, in Red Bank, New Jersey, in the United States. He is 52 years old. Kevin celebrates his birthday on August 2, every year.
Kevin Smith Height
He is a man of average stature. Kevin stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx 1.72 m).
Kevin Smith Family
He was born and brought up in Red Bank, New Jersey, to his caring and loving parents. Kevin is the son of Grace (née Schultz) who worked as a homemaker, and Donald E. Smith (1936–2003), was a postal worker. Kevin has two siblings: an older sister named Virginia, and an older brother named Donald Jr. He was brought up in a Catholic household in the nearby clamming town of Highlands.
His childhood was scheduled around his father’s late shifts at the post office. Kevin’s father grew to despise his job, which greatly influenced Kevin, who remembers his father finding it difficult on some days to get up and go to work. He vowed never to work at something that he did not enjoy
Kevin Smith Wife
Kevin is happily married to his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith an American actress, podcaster, and former reporter for USA Today. The pair married on April 25, 1999, at Skywalker Ranch. Kevin has a daughter named Harley Quinn Smith who is an actress and musician who was born June 26, 1999, and was named following the character from Batman. The family lives in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles.
Kevin Smith Education
He went to Henry Hudson Regional High School, where Kevin was a B and C student, videotaped basketball games, as well as produced sketch comedy skits in the style of Saturday Night Live. Being an overweight teen, Kevin developed into a comedic observer of life to socialize with friends and girls. Following high school, Kevin attended The New School in New York City but did not graduate. He met Jason Mewes while serving at a youth center; they became friends following discovering a mutual interest in comic books.
Kevin Smith Movies
– Clerks (1994)
– Mallrats (1995)
– Chasing Amy (1997)
– Dogma (1999)
– Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
– Jersey Girl (2004)
– Clerks II (2006)
– Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
– Cop Out (2010)
– Red State (2011)
Kevin Smith Weight Loss
He has had a history of yo-yo dieting. Kevin lost 50 pounds (23 kg) upon meeting his wife. In the production of Clerks II in 2005, Kevin went from 319 pounds (145 kg) to 269 pounds (122 kg). Kevin weighed in excess of 400 pounds (180 kg) in 2008. Following watching Fed Up, Kevin eliminated sugar from his diet and took up juice fasts in 2014, lowering his weight from 330 pounds (150 kg) to 240 pounds (110 kg).
Following performing a stand-up comedy show at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, on February 25, 2018, Kevin suffered a severe heart attack caused by a total blockage of the left anterior descending artery. He was rushed by an ambulance to the nearby Glendale Adventist Medical Center for emergency surgery, from which Kevin recovered. After the episode, Kevin’s doctor told him he needed to lose another 50 pounds (23 kg). Kevin adopted a diet devised by scientist Ray Cronise based on work by Joel Fuhrman, which involves eating a single plant-based food (in Smith’s case, potatoes) without added salt or fat for two weeks, then gradually adding additional foods but remaining on an all-vegan diet.
Kevin had heard about the diet from Adam Rifkin, who told him about magician Penn Jillette’s weight loss on that diet in 2015 following Jillette’s own health scare. After nine days into the diet, Kevin had already lost 17 pounds (7.7 kg). After eight months, Kevin had lost 58 pounds (26 kg), going from 256 pounds (116 kg) to 198 pounds (90 kg). Kevin also joined Weight Watchers and became a paid spokesperson for the brand. He maintains a vegan diet as of 2022.
Evening With Kevin Smith
He has appeared in five Q&A documentaries: An Evening with Kevin Smith in 2002, An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder in 2006, Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith in 2007, Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40 in 2010, and Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell in 2012. All those five became released on DVD, and the last two were also broadcast on the cable channel Epix. Kevin appears with Marvel Comics guru Stan Lee in Marvel Then & Now: An Evening alongside Stan Lee and Joe Quesada, hosted by Kevin Smith. The film is the same in tone as the Evening with Kevin Smith series.
Kevin Smith Red State
He started work on Red State in September 2010, an independently financed horror film loosely inspired by the Westboro Baptist Church and its pastor, Fred Phelps. Weinstein and his brother Bob, who became involved in the distribution of Kevin’s films except for Mallrats and Cop Out, refused to support Red State. Red State was a box office bomb, receiving just $1,104,682, and opened to poor reviews; the critical consensus (according to Rotten Tomatoes) was “Red State is an audacious and brash affair that ultimately fails to provide competent scares or thrills.”
Kevin said in April 2011, that Red State had made its budget back by making $1 million on the first leg of the tour, $1.5 million from a handful of foreign sales a well as $3 million from a domestic distribution deal for VOD. He had said prior to Red State that he would soon retire from directing and reported that his last movie would be Clerks III.
Kevin Smith Net Worth
He is a well-known American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. Therefore, Kevin has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Kevin’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
How Old Is Kevin Smith
Kevin is a 52-year-old who was born on August 2, 1970, in Red Bank, New Jersey, in the United States.