Kiff VandenHeuvel
Quick Facts
Biography
Kiff VandenHeuvel (born Christopher Jon VandenHeuvel; April 24, 1970) is an American actor, director and teacher of improvisational comedy and voiceover. He is also host of the SOVAS Nominated voiceover podcast, All Over Voiceover with Kiff VH. Notable film appearances include Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Nightcrawler, La La Land, and Behind the Candelabra, as Liberace (Matt Damon)'s half brother, Wayne. VandenHeuvel is best known for his work in Bioshock Infinite as Zachary Hale Comstock, Skavak in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Walter in Telltale's The Walking Dead and as Cliff Rich on the Netflix series, Richie Rich.
Early life
Kiff was born the oldest of five boys in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His grandfather, Rev. Ralph Heynen, was a pastor at Pine Rest, a Christian mental institution in Cutlerville, MI. He had a radio broadcast where he would record his sermons in his study and they would be sent to radio stations across the country. Whenever Kiff's family would visit his grandparents, he made a beeline to his grandfather's study and played with the recording equipment. This is where he credits the beginning of his VO career, playing with his grandpa's recording rig.
Kiff attended and graduated from Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, MI with a degree in Communications Arts and Sciences.
Theatre
Kiff is an alumnus of The Second City Detroit and The Second City Cleveland mainstage casts and have been working with The Second City comedy theatre since 1998.