▁" By ▁Da wn ' s ▁Early ▁Light ," ▁alongside ▁his ▁father ▁Bruce ▁Kir by ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁season ▁ 2 ▁episode ▁" Se ance " ▁of ▁Emer gency !, ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁cred ited ▁as ▁" B . ▁Kir by ▁Jr ." ▁ ▁Descri bed ▁by ▁Leonard ▁M alt in ▁as ▁the ▁" qu int ess ential ▁New ▁York er ▁or ▁c ran ky ▁straight ▁man ", ▁Kir by ▁appeared ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁com ed ies , ▁typically ▁playing ▁fast - t alk ing , ▁bell iger ent , ▁yet ▁lik able , ▁characters . ▁His ▁best - known ▁roles ▁include ▁a ▁colle ague ▁of ▁Albert ▁Bro oks ' ▁film ▁editor ▁in ▁Modern ▁Rom ance ; ▁a ▁talk ative ▁lim o ▁driver ▁in ▁This ▁Is ▁Sp inal ▁T ap ; ▁the ▁je alous , ▁com ed ically ▁imp a ired ▁L t . ▁H au k ▁in ▁Good ▁Mor ning , ▁Vietnam ; ▁and ▁a ▁sh if ty ▁assistant ▁to ▁Mar lon ▁Br ando — a ▁par ody ▁of ▁his ▁God father ▁role — in ▁The ▁F resh man . ▁Kir by ▁bal anced ▁com ed ies ▁with ▁dram atic ▁roles ▁like ▁Don nie ▁Bras co ▁as ▁a ▁double - de aling ▁mob ster . ▁ ▁Kir by ▁appeared ▁with ▁Billy ▁Cry stal ▁in ▁When ▁Harry ▁Met ▁S ally ... ▁( 1 9 8 9 ) ▁and ▁City ▁S lick ers ▁( 1 9 9 1 ). ▁Both ▁featured ▁Kir by ' s ▁character ▁as ▁the ▁opinion ated ▁best ▁friend ▁to