Page Kennedy

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Page Kennedy (2007)

Page Kennedy (born November 23, 1976 in Detroit , Michigan as Felton Eugene Kennedy II ) is an American actor .

life and career

Page Kennedy was born on November 23, 1976 to a doctor in Detroit, Michigan, but spent the first few years of his life with his single mother in Los Angeles , California . At the age of six he moved in with his father, who however died ten years later. His father wanted his son to study medicine too ; However, he only wanted to attend the university because of the university sports there - in Kennedy's case, college football . After his father's death, Kennedy was left to fend for himself but turned his father's dream of sending his only son to college into reality and enrolled at Grand Rapids Community College . Shortly thereafter, however, he moved to the more renowned Western Michigan University . There he was inspired by the works of William Shakespeare and began his training as an actor. With a bachelor's degree in theater under his belt, Kennedy was subsequently wooed by numerous universities with outstanding theater programs. From the 17 available offers, the budding actor chose the University of Delaware and its theater program. Here he concentrated on his work with Shakespeare works and returned to Los Angeles for the first time after seven months of intensive training in order to get his acting career off the ground. In 2001 he had his first notable role, the character Roger in The Kennedys , a US pilot for a planned remake of the British sitcom The Royle Family . In the years that followed, Kennedy, who graduated from the University of Delaware, was still active as a budding actor.

In 2002, he appeared in one episode each of Six Feet Under and Philly , as well as in the two episodes of The Shield - Law of Violence ; In 2003 he took on the not insignificant role of Travis in SWAT - The Special Unit . In the same year he was also in an episode of New York Cops - NYPD Blue , as well as in the black comedy horror film Leprechaun 6: Back 2 tha Hood . In 2004, he starred in an episode of each 10-8: Officers on Duty and Medical Investigation with and was in the following year in the series Blind Justice - Investigators with sharpened senses and Love, Inc. to see. He also starred in the 2005 films Shackles - Hell Behind Bars and In the Mix - Welcome to the Family and had a recurring role in Desperate Housewives , where he played the character Caleb Applewhite in six episodes . He was subsequently replaced by NaShawn Kearse , who played the character in a total of 17 episodes from 2005 to 2006. In addition, Kennedy starred as Big Trickey in four episodes of the television series Barbershop in 2005 and 2006 , based on the film of the same name and its sequel . After appearing in one episode each of Pepper Dennis , CSI: The Criminals On The Trail , Boston Legal and a dubbing role in 24: The Game in 2006, he was involved in one episode each of CSI: Miami and My Name Is Earl in 2007 . He was also seen in Tony Austin's and Hakim Khalfani's film 4 Life that year . Another important commitment he had in the years 2006 to 2007, which he Golden Globe award-winning Showtime series Weeds - Weeds in eleven episodes into the role of U-Turn slipped.

In 2008 he starred in one episode each of Raising the Bar and Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten and played the character Bodybag in the comedy The Life and Times of Marcus Felony Brown . The following year, he was mostly seen in feature films, including Dough Boys , Dance Flick , A Day in the Life , Janky Promoters and See Dick Run . In 2010 he made it back to a leading or supporting role, when he was seen in almost the entire season of Blue Mountain State as freshman and starting quarterback Radon Randell . In Justified and Bones in 2010, Kennedy made guest appearances in one episode each and also starred on the side of Thomas Lennon in the comedy The Strip . In 2011 he was also seen in an episode of The Closer . In 2012 he appeared in episodes of The Game and Puppet Cop , as well as alongside Liz Katz in Sam Macaroni's short film GUNS & GADGETS - The Extractor and in Charles Matthaus' film Freaky Deaky . Kennedy was also involved in a large number of series in 2013, when he was seen in an episode each of Legit , Second Generation Wayans and Southland , and also took on a speaking role in an episode of Robot Chicken . He was also heard this year in a million-clicked parody of Robin Thickes Blurred Lines by filmmaker Bart Baker known for his parodies as voice actor . He also appeared in the short film Movie Date that year.

In the following years, Kennedy was often booked for bigger engagements. In 2014, still seen in one episode of Chosen and Bad Teacher , as well as the romantic comedy The Divorce Party by director Edy Soto , he was booked for one of the leading roles in the police and crime series Backstrom . In that same series, he was seen in all 13 episodes in the following year 2015 as Officer Frank Moto . He was also seen in an episode of The Soul Man and Booze Lightyear in 2015 , as well as in the comedy Bad Roomies . Also in 2016 he was seen as the main actor in a television series; In Rush Hour , based on the film of the same name and its sequels ( Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3 ), he played the petty criminal Gerald Page and cousin of the protagonist, Detective James Steven Carter, portrayed by Justin Hires . Kennedy slipped back into his old role as Radon Randell when he starred in Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland in 2016. He also starred in an episode of King Bachelor's Pad that year , in which he had already worked on an episode in 2013, and played the character Lou in Jason Nash's film production FML . In Rhett and Link's Buddy System of the two comedians, YouTubers and filmmakers Rhett & Link , he was seen in the role of Maxwell for the entire first season . After he couldn't make a single notable appearance in 2017, he was seen as a DJ in Meg in 2018 , as well as Corey Edwards in three episodes of Unsolved .

In addition to his appearances in film and television, Kennedy was also a very active and well-known viner . Today (as of February 2019) he is active with almost a million subscribers, mainly on Instagram , as well as several hundred thousand subscribers and followers on YouTube and other social networks. On March 10, 2017, the then 40-year-old released his first music album as a rapper ; this is called Torn Pages . He was also often seen as an actor in commercials; for example in 2004 in a spot for Twix or in 2013 for Pizza Hut .

family

Kennedy lives today (as of 2019) in Los Angeles with his partner Cristina Penland . He is the father of three sons and a daughter, as well as the grandfather of a grandson.

Page Kennedy's German-speaking voice actors

Occasionally, Page Kennedy had numerous different voice actors in the various German-language dubbed versions of the films and series in which he had worked, and thus no standard speaker. Jan-David Rönfeldt is one of Kennedy's most frequently listed speakers in the German dubbing index , who lent him the German voice in the television series Six Feet Under - Always dies , Boston Legal , CSI: Miami , Blue Mountain State and Backstrom . Other voice actors repeatedly used were Michael Deffert ( Bones - The bone hunter and Weeds - Weeds ), Tobias Kluckert ( SWAT - The special unit and My Name Is Earl ) and Dennis Schmidt-Foss ( In the Mix - Welcome to the family and Meg ). Oliver Mink ( Justified ), Boris Tessmann ( Chosen ), Jesco Wirthgen ( Legit ), Alexander Brem ( Rush Hour ) and Stefan Günther ( Leprechaun 6: Back 2 tha Hood ) are only listed once in the German dubbing index as Kennedy's voice actor .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 2001: The Kennedys
  • 2003: SWAT - The Special Forces (SWAT)
  • 2003: Leprechaun 6: Back 2 tha Hood
  • 2005: Shackles - Hell Behind Bars (Shackles)
  • 2006: In the Mix - Welcome to the Family (In the Mix)
  • 2007: 4 Life
  • 2008: The Life and Times of Marcus Felony Brown
  • 2009: Dough Boys
  • 2009: Dance Flick - The very last dance film (Dance Flick)
  • 2009: A Day in the Life
  • 2009: Janky Promoters
  • 2009: See Dick Run
  • 2010: The Strip
  • 2012: Freaky Deaky
  • 2012: GUNS & GADGETS - The Extractor (short film)
  • 2013: Movie Date (short film)
  • 2013: Robin Thicke: Blurred Lines Parody (short film)
  • 2014: The Divorce Party
  • 2015: Bad Roomies
  • 2016: Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
  • 2016: FML
  • 2018: Meg (The Meg)

Series

Synchronous roles

Web links

Commons : Page Kennedy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Page Kennedy on Instagram , accessed February 25, 2019
  2. ^ Torn Pages on Genius.com , accessed February 25, 2019
  3. ↑ Twix Commercial (2004 ), accessed February 25, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Kennedy, Page
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kennedy II, Felton Eugene (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , United States