Kirk Ward – American actor, writer, and producer, born 23 September 1970 in Hollister, California. A stand-up comic in San Francisco before joining El Teatro Campesino under Luis Valdez as an actor and resident playwright, then The Actors' Gang in Los Angeles under Tim Robbins, where he developed his breakout one-man show 3 Stories Tall. His most notable film roles include Earl in Forrest Gump (1994), Soldier in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Bill Bahne in Lords of Dogtown (2005), Censor in The Island (2005), Car Chase Cop in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006), and Brendan Laroux in The Onion Movie (2008). On television he has appeared in Charmed (1998), Malcolm in the Middle (2003), Zombieland (2013) as Tallahassee, Wayne (2019) as Calvin Clay, and The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023) as Adjudicator's Henchman. He also co-created the Amazon pilot Skyward (2017) and sold the feature Take My Wife to Lionsgate.

Kirk Ward

Acting Born September 23, 1970 Hollister, California, USA

Kirk Ward – American actor, writer, and producer, born 23 September 1970 in Hollister, California. A stand-up comic in San Francisco before joining El Teatro Campesino under Luis Valdez as an actor and resident playwright, then The Actors' Gang in Los Angeles under Tim Robbins, where he developed his breakout one-man show 3 Stories Tall. His most notable film roles include Earl in Forrest Gump (1994), Soldier in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Bill Bahne in Lords of Dogtown (2005), Censor in The Island (2005), Car Chase Cop in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006), and Brendan Laroux in The Onion Movie (2008).

On television he has appeared in Charmed (1998), Malcolm in the Middle (2003), Zombieland (2013) as Tallahassee, Wayne (2019) as Calvin Clay, and The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023) as Adjudicator's Henchman. He also co-created the Amazon pilot Skyward (2017) and sold the feature Take My Wife to Lionsgate.

Known For

Charmed

Guard

Malcolm in the Middle

FCC Officer

V.I.P.

Scott 'Jimbo' Thayler

Forrest Gump

Earl

The Continental: From the World of John Wick

Adjudicator's Henchman

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Soldier

The Island

Censor

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Car Chase Cop / Gang Leader

Wayne

Calvin Clay

The Fan

The Giant Mascot

Tenacious D

Instructor / Police Officer

Tenacious D

Robber