Richard Karn Biography

Fast Facts

• Hosts an annual charity event in Seattle, Wash․, called Richard Karn StarDays
• Raises millions of dollars for cancer research every year with the Richard Karn Celebrity Golf Classic
• Graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in drama in 1979
• While attending traffic school for a traffic violation, he met the agent that would inform him of an audition that would be his ground-breaking entry into stardom
• Supported his family before becoming a television star by catering bar mitzvahs and weddings
• Worked as an apartment manager prior to his big break in the entertainment industry
• Quote: "Acting is not necessarily a matter of talent․ What matters is persistence․"
• Best known for his role as Al Borland in "Home Improvement" and as the host of "Family Feud․"
• His lumberjack style and beard has been his trademark since his first major acting role, where he played a lovable handyman
• Managed to get an audition for "Home Improvement" even though his role had already been cast, and was given the job after the original actor left to do a movie