Kevin Geer

Geer was born in Reno, Nevada, and raised in Los Angeles, California.^[1] Kevin Geer's father died when he was an infant. He moved from Reno, Nevada, to Los Angeles with his mother, Claire Scully Geer.

After graduating from a military academy in southern California, he moved to New York to become an actor, beginning his career in 1975,^[2] his best noted stage performances included A Streetcar Named Desire (1988), The Rose Tattoo (1995), Flyovers, Side Man (both 1998) and Twelve Angry Men (2004).^[3]

He appeared in the films A Force of One (1979), The Pelican Brief (1993), The Contender (2000), American Gangster (2007), Bunker Hill (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009),^[4] and Shelter (2014).

Some of his television appearances included The Waltons, M*A*S*H, The Equalizer, MacGyver, China Beach, Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, and several of the Law & Order franchise shows.

He received the 2017 Obie Award for Outstanding Performance in memoriam of his sustained excellence in the theatre and dedication to his craft.^[5]

Geer died from a heart attack on January 25, 2017, at his Manhattan home. He was 64.^[1][2][3][6]