Kevin Page
Kevin Page is an actor.
Most people who know Page's face know it from about forty seconds of RoboCop. He is Kinney, the junior executive volunteered to hold a gun in front of ED-209 for a boardroom demonstration, and what the machine does to him is one of the most famous pieces of violence in 1980s science fiction. It is a tiny part played with exactly the right eagerness, which is what makes it land.
The rest of the career was built in Texas, where the work was. Bum Jones, J.R. Ewing's fixer, recurred through the TNT continuation of Dallas and is the largest role listed here. Stu Chermack on Seinfeld is the sitcom credit people rediscover. The Alamo gave him Micajah Autry, a real member of the garrison. Dark Angel, Stone Cold and Deep Red are the low-budget action years, and the parts there are named after their function rather than after any person.
In 2023 he appeared as himself in RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, discussing the scene that has followed him for thirty-six years. Some actors resent an arrangement like that. He gives every appearance of having made peace with it.
Movies (6)
TV (4)
Where to start with Kevin Page
Watch RoboCop first, and not only for him: Verhoeven's film is still the sharpest satire ever smuggled into an action budget, and Page's boardroom scene arrives early and sets the tone for everything after it.
Dallas is where he got room to work. Bum is a fixer, a man defined by discretion, and Page underplays him so completely that the character becomes load-bearing across the run. Seinfeld is the trivia pick, one guest turn as Stu Chermack.
The Alamo is the respectable one, a big, unloved, historically careful film that deserved better than it got. RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop closes the loop, with Page among the people explaining how the first film was made. Skip Stone Cold unless you have a taste for 1990s biker pictures, in which case enjoy yourself.