Kevin Heffernan (writer, actor, producer, director) is one fifth of the Broken Lizard Comedy Group.

As part of Broken Lizard, Heffernan co-starred and co-wrote the cult hit, Super Troopers, which premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and was released worldwide in February 2002.  Besides earning more than $20 million at the box office, Super Troopers also found a massive audience in the home video market, selling over five million copies on DVD.  Heffernan also co-starred and co-wrote Club Dread, released in February 2004, the award winning Puddle Cruiser, the group’s first film and Broken Lizard’s latest success Beerfest.

Beyond the pure Broken Lizard films, Heffernan co-wrote and co-starred in the film remake of The Dukes of Hazard, which was directed by fellow Lizard Jay Chandrasekhar. 

On the acting front, in addition to Dukes, Heffernan was recently seen in the family-adventure Sky High starring Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston.  He recently wrapped production on Strange Wilderness, co-starring with Steve Zahn, Jonah Hill and Justin Long.  The film is set for a 2008 release.

As a writer, Heffernan recently co-wrote the comedy Preaching to the Choir directed by Charles Randolph-Wright and starring Patti Labelle, Tichina Arnold and Eartha Kitt.  The film was released in spring 2006.  Heffernan and Broken Lizard are currently at work writing another Warner Brothers comedy, Alpha Males, about a love triangle in which the richest man in the world and the best looking man in the world spar for the love of the same woman.

Heffernan is set to make his directorial debut with The Slammin’ Salmon, the next film written by and starring Broken Lizard. The film is currently in post-production.