Personal Life
Kirn's family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was twelve, but Kirn is no longer affiliated with the church. Kirn received the 2009 William Law X-Mormon of the Year award. Kirn married Maggie McGuane, a model and journalist and the daughter of actress Margot Kidder and novelist Thomas McGuane, in 1995. Kirn was 32 at the time; McGuane was 19. The couple had two children, Masie and Charlie, and are now divorced.
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