Biography
Kim Dildine is a journeyman actor from the Chicago area who has been on 90 Film, TV, Commercial and Video sets for more than two decades. It's been said, "Kim is better looking than Steve Buscemi, has the range of Stephen Root, and the intensity of Philip Seymour Hoffman".
In 1993 Kim began his on-camera acting career as a Background actor and Stand-In in the film Natural Born Killers. He spent three days working among inmates at Stateville Penitentiary. His first day working on set and the scene ended up in the final cut. Kim shares the "Walk 'n Talk" scene with Tom Sizemore and Tommy Lee Jones. Between 1993 and 1998 Kim worked in Chicago and surrounding areas in the films The Weatherman, Losing Isaiah, Miracle on 34th Street, While You Where Sleeping, The Relic, Primal Fear, Michael, The Chamber, My Best Friend's Wedding, Richie Rich, The Visitors, Babies Day Out, Chicago Cab, Mercury Rising.
Kim also worked as a Background actor in Television shows Unsolved Mysteries, Early Edition, March in the Windy City, The Untouchables, Turks, and ER. In 2007 Kim worked on the film The Dark Knight. This was his last Chicago based Background acting job.
Kim's acting and Improv training began in Chicago. He first studied Improv at the Second City Training Center in Chicago and then at LA Connection Comedy Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA
Kim has performed in 26 stage productions from community theatre to the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Chicago is where Kim's status as an actor went from amateur to professional.
In 2003, Kim played the title role of Mr. Miyagi in the stage play Miyagi! A Karate Kid Musical produced by New Millennium Theatre Company, at Boxer Rebellion Theater in Chicago. The Chicago Reader reviewed the play and said, "Kim Irwin Dildine was hilariously pseudo-profound in the title role."
