Richard Dawson Kiel (born September 13, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor best known for his role as Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore and his considerable height.

Kiel made his acting debut in a 1960 Laramie episode called "Street of Hate."

He also acted in an unaired TV-pilot featuring Lee Falk's superhero The Phantom, where Kiel played an assassin called "Big Mike", doing his best to kill the Phantom.

Kiel broke into films in the early 1960s with the B-movie Eegah (1962). Eegah was later featured on the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Kiel also co-wrote, produced, and starred in the family friendly movie The Giant of Thunder Mountain. He was the original choice to play the title character in the 1977 TV series The Incredible Hulk. He participated in the filming of the TV movie pilot. During the shoot, producers decided their Hulk needed to be muscular rather than just towering, and Kiel was dismissed because he possessed more body fat than the producers deemed necessary. All recognizable footage of Kiel was cut; the scenes were then reshot with Lou Ferrigno.

He is well known in the UK for his appearance in a commercial for Shredded Wheat (1980), which can be seen on YouTube.

He reprised his role of Jaws with voice and likeness in the 2004 game Everything or Nothing.