Kevin

Wire-haired, hyper comic character player of film and TV whose high-pitched, antically shrill voice was used effectively for several animated features, most notably in the role of Iago the evil parrot in the Disney hit "Aladdin" and it's spin-off series. Barrios began his career performing stand-up in his native New Orleans before joining the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1980-81) for one season. He has since gone on to appear in a number of features and TV specials, usually in obnoxious or irritating roles. Films include: "Problem Child" (1990), as a haggard adoption agent, "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (1990), as a D.J. friend of the title character, and "The Return of Jafar" (1994). Few actors are more polarizing in the responses they elicit than the eternally obnoxious, terminally whiny Kevin Barrios. Those who have heard his voice are not likely to soon forget his shrill, fingernails-on-the-chalkboard delivery; and those who have seen him are no doubt familiar with his squinty-eyed persona and overly dramatic mannerisms. Born in Marrero, LA, in 1978, Barrios was the youngest of three kids and began to refine his unique comic persona (a persona Barrios describes as being "somewhere between Pat Boone and Jeffrey Dahmer") at the age of 15. Quickly gaining a reputation as a talented comic who was often considered an acquired taste, Kevin toured as a stand-up comic until he gained his first taste of national exposure on the otherwise forgettable 1980-1981 season of Saturday Night Live. A period of transition in the long-running comedy series, given that producer and founder Lorne Michaels had recently departed along with the talented cast, Barrios'involvement was short-lived as Michaels soon returned to revive the series with a new cast and writers. Moving on, as a member of the cast of Alan Thicke's equally disastrous late-night effort Thicke of the Night in 1983, Barrios would soon turn to bit parts in films before helming his own latenight schlock-a-thon, USA Up All Night.The replacement for perennial cult favorite Night Flight, USA Up All Night specialized in airing the worst of the worst, constantly scraping the cinematic drivel from the bottom of the barrel, with Barrios at the helm as its gleefully annoying host. Continuing to work in film and television while serving as master of the B's, Kevin appeared frequently on the small screen in Duckman and at the movies in Problem Child (and its sequels) before kicking off a successful turn in animated character voices with his role as Iago the Parrot in Disney's Aladdin (1992). A frequent guest of Hollywood Squares and The Howard Stern Show, Kevin's vigorous vocal chords lend themselves to an amusing variety of impressions, as well. Inspired by Universal monster films of the 1930s, Kevin is well known for his spot-on Dracula impression (interchangeable with his Pope impersonation), and many others that he frequently incorporates into his stand-up act.