Kiff VandenHeuvel

Kiff VandenHeuvel
Kiff VandenHeuvel
	VandenHeuvel in 2020
Born	Christopher Jon VandenHeuvel; April 24, 1970 (age 54); Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Calvin College
Occupations	Actor; teacher; director; podcast host ;
Years active	1998–present
Television	Richie Rich, Parks and Recreation, Family Guy, Fameless
Spouse	Cheri Lynne VandenHeuvel

Kiff VandenHeuvel (born Christopher Jon VandenHeuvel, April 24, 1970) is an American actor, director and teacher of both improvisational comedy and voiceover.^[3]

He is the host of the voiceover podcast, All Over Voiceover with Kiff VH.^[4]^[5] His film credits include Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Nightcrawler, La La Land, and Behind the Candelabra as Wayne (the half-brother of Liberace (Michael Douglas)). He is best known for his work as Zachary Hale Comstock in BioShock Infinite,^[6] Skavak in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Walter in Telltale's The Walking Dead, and as Cliff Rich on the Netflix series Richie Rich.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Personal life

Kiff was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the oldest of five sons.^[10] His youngest brother, Andrew Vanden Heuvel, discovered an asteroid in 2003. His grandfather, Ralph Heynen, was a pastor at Pine Rest, an institution in Cutlerville, Michigan. He had a radio broadcast where he would record his sermons in his study and they would be sent to radio stations across the country.^[10] Whenever VandenHeuvel's family would visit his grandparents, he made a beeline to his grandfather's study and played with the recording equipment. This is where he credits the beginning of his VO career, playing with his grandpa's recording rig.^[10]

VandenHeuvel attended and graduated from Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, with a degree in Communications Arts and Sciences.^[10]

Theatre

VandenHeuvel is an alumnus of The Second City Detroit and The Second City Cleveland mainstage casts and has been working with The Second City comedy theatre since 1998.^[11]

VandenHeuvel has appeared in a world premiere in Adam Rapp's urban drama Gompers as the not-so-bright but big hearted doorman/lookout Shoe, which premiered at City Theatre Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Timequest	Pilot
2003	An Ordinary Killer	Plant Manager
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Additional Voices
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Wayne
2014	Nightcrawler	Editor
2015	Danny Collins	Marty
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Officer Mazzuccheli
2016	La La Land	New Coffee Shop Manager
2021	The Little Things	Tow Truck Driver
2022	Belle	Kei's father	Voice; English dub^[13]
2024	My Oni Girl	Mikio Yatsuse	Voice; English dub
2024	Mars Express	Chris Royjacker	Voice; English dub

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	61*	Detroit Fan #2	TV Movie
2012	C Wright Sketch	Boyfriend	Episode: "Eau de Lucky Moments"
2012	Incredible Crew	Construction Worker	Episode: "Rodney Tape Face"
2012–13	Guides	Garrett Monahan	7 episodes
2013	Parks And Recreation	Dewey	2 episodes
2015	Richie Rich	Cliff Rich	21 episodes
2015	The Last Ship	Granderson's Guard	2 episodes
2015	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Kiff O'Shannon	Episode: "Kerry Washington/Dave Salmoni/Ne-Yo"
2015–16	Fameless	Kiff	11 episodes
2016	Disappeared	Narrator	10 episodes
2016	Henry Danger	Burples the Clown	Episode: "A Finata Full of Death Bugs"
2016	You're The Worst	Heathstead	Episode: "A Rapidly Mutating Virus"
2016	The Thundermans	Falconman	Episode: "The Thundermans: Banished!"
2016–18	This Is Us	Dave Malone	3 episodes
2017	Documentary Now!	Father of Hot Daughter	Episode: "Globesmen"
2017	Family Guy	Woody	Voice, episode: "The Finer Strings"
2017	Star Wars Forces of Destiny	Older Han Solo	Voice, episode: "Tracker Trouble"
2018	NCIS	Metro P.D. Sergeant Peter Todd	Episode: " Date with Destiny"
2018	I'm Dying Up Here	Craig	Episode: "Plus One"
2018	The Tom and Jerry Show	Ambrose, Mezmo	Voice, 2 episodes
2018	The Rookie	Kurt Rubenovic	Episode: "Crash Course "
2018	Black-ish	Officer Mike	Episode "Don't You Be My Neighbor (2 "
2018–19	Solved	Gary, Hubbard	2 episodes
2018	Baskets	Scott the Golfer	Episode: "Moving On"
2020	The Blacklist	CSI Agent	Episode "Rassvet"
2020	Mom	Zeke	Episode: "Astronauts and Fat Trimmings"
2021	The Mosquito Coast	Officer McMury	Episode: "Light Out "
2021	The L Word: Generation Q	Warner	Episode: "Luck Be a Lady."
2021–present	The Croods: Family Tree	Grug Crood	Voice, Main role.
2021, 2024	What If...?	Obadiah Stane	Voice, 2 episodes
2021	Gen:Lock	Marc Holcroft	Voice, 5 episodes
2021	NCIS: Los Angeles	Carl	Episode: "Sundown"
2022	Thermae Romae Novae	Cassius (English voice)	Episode: "All Baths Lead to Rome"
2022	Bosch: Legacy	Jeremy Graff	Episode: "Pumped"
2022	Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	Frank Currier	Episode: "God of Forgiveness, God of Vengeance"
2022–Present	Young Rock	Pat Patterson	Recurring Guest Star (7 episodes S2)
2023	Pluto	Alexander (English dub)	Episode: "Episode 1.8"
2024	Chicago Med	Floyd Bevans	Episode: "These Are Not the Droids You Are Looking For"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2005	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition	Vince
2008	Sacred 2: Fallen Angel	Additional Voices
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Skavak, Axis, Jordel Tlan, Oren Ward, Slave Leader, Tre Nareves
2013	Aliens: Colonial Marines	Dr. Norman Bick
2013	BioShock: Infinite	Zachary Hale Comstock
2013	Disney Infinity	Incredibles Newscaster
2013	The Walking Dead: Season Two	Walter
2014	The Evil Within	Oscar Connelly, Police Officer B, Villager C^[14]
2014	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor	Additional Voices
2015	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
2016	World of Warcraft: Legion
2016	Fallout 4: Nuka-World	Grandchester Mystery Mansion System
2016	StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops	Additional Voices
2016	Dishonored 2	Male Guard Elite
2016	Batman: The Telltale Series	Victor Zsasz, Enforcer #3, COA #1
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn	Additional Voices
2018	Spider-Man	Additional Voices
2020	XCOM: Chimera Squad	Floyd Tesseract, Additional Voices
2020	Mafia: Definitive Edition	Additional Voices
2020	Star Wars: Squadrons	Pilot
2020	Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Roxxon Security, Additional Voices
2022	Saints Row	The Dust King, Character Voices
2023	Diablo IV	Additional Voices
2023	Starfield	Claudio Amsterdam
2023	Spider-Man 2	Additional Voices

References

^ "From Calvin to Hollywood". Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Kiff Vandenheuvel". 21 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ Bell '03, Beth Heinen. "From Calvin to Hollywood". Calvin College:VERGE. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "All Over Voiceover with Kiff VH". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "2016 Nominees - sovas". Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
^ "Kiff VandenHeuvel – (Bioshock: Infinite – 2013)". June 10, 2013.
^ "Watch Richie Rich Online | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
^ "New 'Richie Rich' Netflix series stars Michigan Native Kiff VandenHeuvel". 19 February 2015.
^ Snider, Mike. Cutting the Cord: 'Richie Rich' returns in Netflix debut, USA Today, February 22, 2015, Retrieved 2017-03-22
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Podcast". Mike Lenz Voice. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ "Kiff Vanden Heuvel - The Second City". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ Rawson, Christopher. "ADVERTISEMENT Stage Review: Adam Rapp balances laughter and pain in sprawling 'Gompers'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ "Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film Reveals English Trailer, Dub Cast". Anime News Network. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "Kiff VandenHeuvel (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 February 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links

[1] "From Calvin to Hollywood". Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[2] "Kiff Vandenheuvel". 21 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[3] Bell '03, Beth Heinen. "From Calvin to Hollywood". Calvin College:VERGE. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "All Over Voiceover with Kiff VH". Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[5] "2016 Nominees - sovas". Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2016-10-04.

[6] "Kiff VandenHeuvel – (Bioshock: Infinite – 2013)". June 10, 2013.

[7] "Watch Richie Rich Online | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.

[8] "New 'Richie Rich' Netflix series stars Michigan Native Kiff VandenHeuvel". 19 February 2015.

[9] Snider, Mike. Cutting the Cord: 'Richie Rich' returns in Netflix debut, USA Today, February 22, 2015, Retrieved 2017-03-22

[MikeLenzVoice-10] "Podcast". Mike Lenz Voice. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[11] "Kiff Vanden Heuvel - The Second City". Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[12] Rawson, Christopher. "ADVERTISEMENT Stage Review: Adam Rapp balances laughter and pain in sprawling 'Gompers'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[13] "Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film Reveals English Trailer, Dub Cast". Anime News Network. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[btva-14] "Kiff VandenHeuvel (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 February 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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