Steve Zahn Shares His Love of History and Kentucky

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Actor Steve Zahn Shares His Love of History and Kentucky

Steven James Zahn is an American actor and comedian. He was born November 13, 1967 in Marshall, Minnesota, USA. He stars as Davis McAlary in the first, second, third and fourth seasons. He has also appeared in the films Out of Sight (1998), You've Got Mail (1998), Road Kill (2001), Sahara (2005), A Perfect Getaway (2009) and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).

Zahn's early roles were split between movies, touring companies of Broadway shows, and TV shows. In 1992-1993, he toured as Hugo with the Barry Weissler production of Bye Bye Birdie with Tommy Tune, Ann Reinking, and Marc Kudisch. He played Phoebe Buffay's husband Duncan in a 1995 episode of Friends. Zahn appeared in several films in the mid-1990s, including Tom Hanks' That Thing You Do! These films garnered him enough respect that he was offered the starring role in the critically acclaimed indie film Happy, Texas (1999). Some of Zahn's most popular movies have been his later ones, including National Security (2003), Daddy Day Care (2003), and Sahara (2005). In Sahara Zahn starred alongside Matthew McConaughey. Zahn received his strongest critical acclaim for his performance in Riding in Cars with Boys, in which he co-starred with Drew Barrymore as her dim-witted, drug addicted husband. Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper and the BBC stated that the performance was deserving of an Oscar nomination. He also voiced Runt of the Litter in Chicken Little . He also gave dramatic performances in Rescue Dawn and the television mini-series Comanche Moon.

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