---
name: "Lance Kinsey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lance-kinsey"
fi1m_id: "lance-kinsey"
imdb_id: "nm0455886"
tmdb_id: 141429
wikidata_id: "Q768677"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 June 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 40
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:05:04.560937+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lance Kinsey

## Identity

Lance Kinsey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lance-kinsey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lance-kinsey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0455886
- **TMDB ID:** 141429
- **Wikidata ID:** Q768677
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Kinsey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455886/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141429

Actor. Born 13 June 1954 in Calgary.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 June 1954, Calgary
- **Active:** 1985–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 40, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 3
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $240m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Kinsey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455886/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141429

## Biography

Lance Kinsey is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. Born on 13 June 1954 in Calgary, Alberta, he grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He studied drama at Vanderbilt University, apprenticed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and performed with regional theatres before joining the Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, where he wrote and appeared in revues. He received two Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for ensemble acting.

Kinsey is best known for playing Lieutenant Proctor (sometimes credited as Sergeant or Captain Proctor) in the *Police Academy* film series, appearing in *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), *Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach* (1988) and *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989). His other film credits include *Class* (1983), *Loaded Weapon 1* (1993) and *Dreamcatcher* (2003). He has also written for television, including the Disney series *The Weekenders*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), Fi1m 36, as Proctor — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Fi1m 42, as Lieutenant Proctor — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), Fi1m 42, as Proctor — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-2-their-first-assignment.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Paper Bag Plan* (2024), as Oscar
- *Platonic* (2023), series, as Uncle Pete — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/platonic.md)
- *Spare Room* (2018), as Walt
- *Come Simi* (2015), as Dickie
- *All-Stars* (2014), as Lance Grayden · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Buzzkill* (2012), as Dennis
- *Funky Monkey* (2004), Story
- *Dreamcatcher* (2003), as Hofferman (uncredited)
- *Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye* (2002), series, as Kenneth Monroe · Writer
- *The Weekenders* (2000), series, Writer
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Sean Garland
- *Twice in a Lifetime* (1999), series, as Ron Taylor / Handy Randy
- *Dollar for the Dead* (1998), as Tracker
- *Krippendorf's Tribe* (1998), as Principal Reese
- *The Silence of the Hams* (1994), as Investigating Officer
- *National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1* (1993), as Irv
- *Hero* (1992), as Paramedic
- *Masters of Menace* (1990), as Wallace Wolfby
- *Club Fed* (1990), as Howard Polk
- *Wedding Band* (1990), as Ritchie
- *For Better or for Worse* (1989), as Lance
- *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989), as Proctor
- *Portrait of a White Marriage* (1988), as Staffer #2
- *Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach* (1988), as Proctor
- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), as Proctor — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), as Lieutenant Proctor — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), as Proctor — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-2-their-first-assignment.md)
- *Sugar or Plain* (1984), as customer
- *Class* (1983), as Dog Trainer / Bar Patron
- *Doctor Detroit* (1983), as Street Dude
- *Things Are Tough All Over* (1982), as Plastic Surgeon
- *Chicago Story* (1981), as Jerry Stepak

## Gallery

- ![Lance Kinsey](https://film.one/media/person/5547313/gallery-96eb1bba6c8b.jpg) Lance Kinsey — Towpilot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Lance_Kinsey.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany](https://film.one/media/person/5547313/gallery-6725cf003e6a.jpg) Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany — Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_009.jpg/1280px-Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany](https://film.one/media/person/5547313/gallery-b27b5b7a6846.jpg) Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany — Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_010.jpg/1280px-Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany](https://film.one/media/person/5547313/gallery-aa8d662ca77a.jpg) Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany — Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_008.jpg/1280px-Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany](https://film.one/media/person/5547313/gallery-cedb62d051b3.jpg) Stuttgart 2023 -Comic Con Germany — Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_007.jpg/1280px-Stuttgart_2023_-Comic_Con_Germany-_Lance_Kinsey-_by-RaBoe_007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L–R: G.W. Bailey, David Graf, Lance Kinsey (Police Academy series). (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/5547313/gallery-4a9ba38e076e.jpg) L–R: G.W. Bailey, David Graf, Lance Kinsey (Police Academy series). (1989) — Towpilot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/G.W._Bailey%2C_David_Graf%2C_Lance_Kinsey.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/lance-kinsey