Kevin J. O'Connor (actor)
Kevin J. O'Connor (actor)
Kevin James O'Connor is an American character actor known for roles in films such as Lord of Illusions, The Mummy, Van Helsing, and There Will Be Blood. He is a favorite of director Stephen Sommers.
"I always have been [a fan of the Universal horror movies]. Nowadays you tell someone to watch one of the movies and they havent seen them, or havent since they were a kid. To me, its like, most of the acting if great, given the crazy situations. Frankensteins in a block of ice and the Wolf Man is in another country and hes alive and its Lon Chaney. I mean, it gets crazy, but I still love it because Im a sucker for it."
"I truly wanted to be a character actor. People ask me, ‘When are you going to get the lead?’ and I say, ‘I don’t want the lead.’ I always use John Carradine—I don’t know why—but John Carradine to me was more of the classic character actor who would literally show up and do three lines in a big Hollywood movie and then have a bigger part in the sequel to The Invisible Man. That career is so great. That is part of my… I don’t know if it’s a set plan, but I always seem to follow that course."
