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February 17, 1956 in Seattle, WA
Biography:Richard Karn was born Richard Karn Wilson in Seattle, Wash., in 1956. He earned a B.F.A. at the University of Washington in their Professional Actor Training Program and played in off-Broadway and Broadway productions (his Broadway debut was playing the "suit of armor" in Me and My Girl), in the 1980s. However, it was his role as the shy, but confident Al Borland on the 1990s television sitcom Home Improvement that made Karn a star. It was a role he discovered by accident -- or almost an accident -- when he ran a stop sign, was sent to traffic school, and met an agent who told him about the Home Improvement audition. Looking back at the success of the series and Karn's beloved character, it seems hard to believe that the actor kept his job as an apartment manager during the first season, unsure of the fledgling show's future. During his years on the sitcom, Karn appeared as a host for TV specials and... Full Biography
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Meatloaf and Richard Karn at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric...
Richard Karn at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS...
Corbin Bersen and Richard Karn at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser...
Corbin Bersen and Richard Karn at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser...
Corbin Bersen and Richard Karn at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser...
Richard Karn and Chris O'Donnell at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser...
Meatloaf, Dennis Haysbert and Richard Karn at the 6th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the Elizabeth...
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