Samantha Who?:

Before turning up as Sam's hen-pecked, chicken farmer dad, Kevin Dunn has been in a vast amount of films and telly shows.

On the big screen, Kev was most recently seen in the Michael Bay-directed Transformers, not as Optimus Prime, but as Ron Witwicky, actor Shia LaBeouf’s house-tinkering, Home Depot-obsessed father. He also cappeared in the Robert Redford-directed film, Lions for Lambs, opposite Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep, and in the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, working alongside Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.

Other film credits include The Gridiron Gang, alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, The Black Dahlia, All the King’s Men, I Heart Huckabees, the Christopher Guest-directed comedy Almost Heroes, the thriller Stir of Echoes, Nixon, Chaplin, Godzilla, Chain Reaction, Small Soldiers, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Bonfire of the Vanities and Mississippi Burning. He is best known for his role in the film Dave, playing press secretary Alan Reed opposite Kevin Kline.

He's also paid his dues on television, making numerous guest appearances, including Prison Break, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lost and The Closer. He also starred in the miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family, playing Brian Wilson's crazy dad.