Kevin McCorkle

Acting

Kevin McCorkle

Born 1958-09-03 · Long Beach, , California, USA

Kevin McCorkle is an American actor, producer, educator and Union advocate whose career spans over four decades across film, television, theatre, commercial and VoiceOver work. Born in Long Beach, California, McCorkle began his professional acting journey in 1982 with a role in the feature film SIX PACK, where he worked alongside Terry Kiser. That early break earned him his SAG card and launched what would become a dynamic and sustained career in entertainment. In 1983, McCorkle moved to New York City to pursue opportunities in Film, TV commercials and daytime television. His work included classic commercials and a memorable arc on AS THE WORLD TURNS, playing a rebellious bad boy motorcyclist opposite Marisa Tomei. He eventually moved to Loa Angeles in 1985, where he began building a foundation in national commercial work that would include over 300 appearances for dozens of major brands. He became a familiar face to audiences through campaigns for Bob Evans as a long running spokesperson, NIKE and American Express portraying Tiger Woods' television caddy. McCorkle's film career includes roles in high profile Studio Productions such as THE ISLAND (2005), BOBBY (2006), and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012), where he played skate board denier Mr. Cramer. On television, he has appeared in dozens of popular series, including 24, Cold Case, CSI:Miami, Mistresses, NCIS and NCIS:Los Angeles, and The Rookie. Across nearly 70 film roles and appearances in over 100 episodes of television, McCorkle has earned a reputation for his grounded presence, tenacious work ethic, character versatility, and professionalism on set. His work in theatre is equally respected. McCorkle has taken on leading roles in acclaimed Los Angeles Productions such as Westin Tate in Sam Shepard's CURSE OFF THE STARVING CLASS at the Open Fist Theatre, Abbot in UNTETHERED performed at the Mountain View Mausoleum, and Tal in SOVEREIGN BODY at The Road Theatre. His favorite theatre role to date is Willy Loman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN in a limited run at The Secret Rose Theatre co-produced with his wife and production partner Lisa Campbell-McCorkle through their company FREE LUNCH PRODUCTIONS INC. A student of the craft he has trained and continues to train with some of the most revered acting teachers in the industry, including Eric Morris, Peggy Feury, Bill Traylor and Kate McGregor-Stewart. McCorkle is also a passionate Union leader. A SAG/SAG-AFTRA member since 1982, he currently serves on the Los Angeles Local Board, an alternate for the SAG-AFTRA National Board and as co-Chair of the LA SAG-Aftra Conservatory. He advocates for member-driven content creation, affordable health care, fairness and equity in casting and broader access to union resources for performers at all career levels. He has been married to the aforementioned Lisa Campbell-McCorkle since August 4, 2002, and they have two children, one of whom has followed in his footsteps into SAG-AFTRA membership. McCorkle continues to live and work in Los Angeles, where he remains active on screen, on stage and in service in the artistic and labor communities that have shaped his enduring career.

Acting credits

The Amazing Spider-Man poster
6.8

A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

The Island poster
6.7

In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

The Island

2005

The Book of Daniel poster
7.0

Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's wise men. Threatened by death at every turn Daniel never ceases to serve the king until he is forced to choose between serving the king or honoring God. With his life at stake, Daniel has nothing but his faith to stand between him and the lions' den.

The Book of Daniel

2013

Bobby poster
6.4

In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Bobby

2006

The Truth About Emanuel poster
6.0

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

The Truth About Emanuel

2013

Sanctuary poster
NR

After waking up in a spotless home, a young adult searches for comfortability and peace, only to embark on a high-stakes journey full of his deepest fears. Based on the hit show, The Twilight Zone.

Sanctuary

2023

Out of Bounds poster
5.4

Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer wants back. The dealer murders Daryl's brother and the small town boy ends up all alone in the big city, being pursued by both the drug dealer and the police, who suspect him of the murder.

Out of Bounds

1986

The Daughter poster
5.6

In this gripping suspense-thriller, the daughter of a wealthy mayoral candidate and her friends are held for ransom by a group of daring criminals. Soon, as tempers flare and tension mounts, secrets rise to the surface revealing that these kidnappers are after much more than money.

The Daughter

2013

Held poster
5.0

When Iris's sister is taken hostage by a serial killer on the run, she is forced to make a decision between her own life and the life of her sister. The choice she makes affects the rest of her life.

Held

2015

Stroker Ace poster
4.8

Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.

Stroker Ace

1983

Out of the Wild poster
6.5

The story of Henry McBride, a down and out cowboy with a painful past he can't drink away. Living on his last dollar with nowhere to go, he ends up working the last place an old cowboy wants to be: A dude ranch. It is here he meets the owner, Jessie King, a no-nonsense rancher with a deep love for horses. McBride's self-discovery begins when she introduces him to a new way of training a troubled mustang, a horse whose past and temperament mirror his own.

Out of the Wild

2017

Beyond the Mat poster
NR

Darren grew up with the desire to become a professional wrestler, but learns that it isn't the life he expected.

Beyond the Mat

2015

Stealing Roses poster
2.7

Terrified at the prospect of losing his seriously ill wife, a man plans a bank robbery to pay for her medical treatments with help from his eccentric friends - while his son, a cop, tries to stop him.

Stealing Roses

2012

Midnight Son poster
5.6

MIDNIGHT SON is the story of Jacob, a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he meets Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob’s actions become increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders.

Midnight Son

2011

Radio Free Albemuth poster
5.4

Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions.

Radio Free Albemuth

2010

Smile Pretty poster
5.3

Nastalia is too young to have experienced many things in life, but as an abused child she has already experienced the darkest side of it. Now a young teen she takes it upon herself to change her life for the better, but the torment that is so interlaced with her childhood will haunt her every step forward.

Smile Pretty

2009

Exposure poster
7.0

A traumatized man is convinced someone is trying to poison him, so his skeptical wife forces him to face his fears head on with exposure therapy.

Exposure

2024

In The Dark poster
NR

A-list actress Margaret Green prepares for an awards night.

In The Dark

Natural Selection poster
8.0

In 2097 in Los Angeles two men take in on themselves to counter the efforts of others to sell some eggs of a rare species of a highly predatory, highly loyal bird.

Natural Selection

Haunted Echoes poster
4.2

Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tattered marriage, they move to a quiet town to remodel an old mansion, but weird things start to happen in this eerie ghost story. Laura is convinced that they are being visited Kimberly's spirit, and Guy ultimately believes her, but is it really their daughter who is urging them to seek vengeance?

Haunted Echoes

2008

The Great Pretender poster
3.3

A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers dangerous reprisals at his work.

The Great Pretender

1991

Face 2 Face poster
6.0

Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.

Face 2 Face

2017

Hero, Lover, Fool poster
NR

A beautiful woman flees L.A. to escape her crazed movie-star boyfriend and gets help from a young filmmaker on his way to Hollywood.

Hero, Lover, Fool

1996

A Sense of Dread poster
6.0

Four men working at a remote scientific outpost unravel the disturbing secrets about the facility's history, signaling the approach of a mysterious menace that will not only consume these men, but, perhaps, everyone on the planet.

A Sense of Dread

2026

Behind the camera