Steve Hytner (/ˈhaɪtnər/; born September 28, 1959)[1] is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Kenny Bania on the NBC series Seinfeld.
Biography
Hytner was born in Brooklyn, New York City,[2] and grew up on Long Island.[3] In 1979, he joined the company of Lexington Conservatory Theatre in Lexington, NY, serving as a technical assistant. He soon appeared onstage in an intern performance of The Wager by Mark Medoff. His first professional on-stage appearance was a year later, in George M. Cohan's The Tavern, the debut production of Capital Repertory Theatre.[4][5][6]
As Joseph the coroner, Hytner is one of two actors (the other being Christopher Walken) to appear in each of the first three films of The Prophecy series.
He appears in the 2006 comedy film Bachelor Party Vegas and reprised his role as Kenny Bania on the fictional Seinfeld reunion table read on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2009. He was the Camp Superior counselor in the 2012 comedy film Fred 3: Camp Fred, and plays the role of client Roger Bodder in the comedy/thriller film Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine.