Owen joseph kline and kevin kline

American actor and filmmaker

Owen Joseph Kline (born October 14, ) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for his directorial debut Funny Pages ()^[1] and his performance as Frank Berkman in The Squid and the Whale ().

Early life

Kline was born and raised in New York City, to actor Kevin Kline and actress Phoebe Cates.

Owen joseph kline and kevin kline

His father is of German Jewish and Irish descent, and his mother has Russian Jewish and Chinese-Filipino ancestry. He has one younger sister, Greta Kline, a musician/singer-songwriter. At age 7, he fell ill, and during a two-week stay in the hospital was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

He acted in his adolescence in the independent films The Anniversary Party () and Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and The Whale (),^[2] but did not pursue a subsequent career in acting, instead remaining in junior high school.

He performed in provocative novelty bands in high school, released prank call CDs, and created xeroxed com