Kevin Shinick

Kevin Shinick
Shinick at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego.
Born	Kevin Thomas Shinick (1969-03-19) March 19, 1969 (age 47) Merrick, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, actor, producer, director, voice artist, comic book creator
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Eileen Myers

Kevin Thomas Shinick (born March 19, 1969) is an American writer, actor, producer, director and voice artist, as well as a comic book creator. He played a role as the ACME Time Net Squadron Leader of the PBS series Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? and was the creator, head writer and producer of the Cartoon Network animated sketch comedy series MAD for its entire four seasons, consisting of 103 episodes. He served as Creative Director of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, and continues to serve as a writer, co-producer and voice talent for the show's DC Comics specials. He won a 2010 Emmy award for writing on the show's "Full-Assed Christmas Special."

Shinick was born in the Long Island suburb of Merrick, New York. He attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School, and continued onto nearby Hofstra University where he earned a bachelor's degree in both theatre and communication.

A year after graduating college, Shinick received his first big job when legendary actor Tony Randall cast him in his Broadway production of The Seagull opposite Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney, Tyne Daly, Jon Voight and Tony Roberts. Subsequent Broadway plays followed, including Night Must Fall with Matthew Broderick, The School For Scandal with Tony Randall, The Government Inspector with Lainie Kazan and the Tony nominated productions of Timon of Athens and Saint Joan.