Kilner came late to acting having established a successful career as an investment banker managing accounts for Fortune 500 companies. The handsome blond began making appearances on episodic TV in 1989 on such diverse shows as "The Cosby Show" and "China Beach". Kilner had a recurring role on the CBS nighttime soap "Knots Landing" (1989-90) and made a memorable appearance as a gay man fighting his sick lover's parents over visitation rights on a controversial episode of "L.A. Law" (NBC, 1990). He appeared in small roles in "Switch" (1991), "Twenty Bucks" (1993) and "The Stoned Age" (1994). Kilner portrayed the leading man in the first season of the CBS romantic sitcom "Almost Perfect" (1995-96): a workaholic district attorney who tried to juggle his career and a relationship with the equally busy TV producer (Nancy Travis). The show's dialogue was brisk and the attractive leads shared a wonderful onscreen chemistry that raised the level of the sitcom above the norm.
Family
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Father: Edward Kilner.
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Mother: Dorothea Kilner.
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Sister: Mary-Stuart Kilner. younger; born in 1959
Significant Others
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Companion: Jordan Baker. together since 1993; born on September 11, 1958
Education
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Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, economics, BA, 1981
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Dulaney High School, Baltimore, Maryland
Milestones
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1981 Worked as credit analyst at First National Bank of Maryland
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1982 Played safety for semi-pro footaball team, Baltimore Eagles
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1983 Moved to NYC
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1989 Played recurring role on Knots Landing (CBS)
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1989 TV debut, guest appearance on The Cosby Show (NBC)
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1990 TV-movie debut Murder in Paradise (NBC)
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1991 Feature film debut, Switch
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1994 Broadway debut in The Glass Menagerie opposite Julie Harris
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1995 Cast as regular in CBS sitcom Almost Perfect opposite Nancy Travis
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1995 Off-Broadway debut, Night and Her Stars
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1997 Cast in the lead of the syndicated sci-fi series Gene Roddenberry s Earth: Final Conflict ; left show at start of second season
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1999 Returned to the New York stage in Dinner With Friends ; reprised role in L.A. premiere
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2001 Appeared in American Pie 2
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2002 Cast in Auto Focus a story about Hogan s Heroes star Bob Crane
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2004 Appeared in A Cinderella Story starring Hilary Duff
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2004 Cast in the Garry Marshall comedy Raising Helen
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Born and raised in Baltimore, MD
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Founding member of Los Angeles Incline Theater Group