JAMIE KENNEDY

'James Harvey Kennedy' (born May 25, 1970) is an American comedian and actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

See also

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Kennedy was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to a machinist father and an accountant and paralegal mother. He is the youngest of six children and was raised Catholic.^[1][2] Kennedy attended and graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School in 1988. After studying acting in college, he began his career as a Hollywood extra and honed his skills at voice impersonations.

Career

This skill led to, among other things, an unorthodox success in the way of creating a false persona, screen agent "Marty Power" (a fictitious person). Posing as Marty Power over the telephone, Kennedy attracted the attention of real agents and managers who would later book his performances. He eventually landed his first major motion picture role as Randy Meeks in the ''Scream'' trilogy.
As a performer of stand-up comedy, Kennedy is best known for his sketch performances on his television reality show, ''The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'' (which became the WB Network's highest ranking new show in 2002, but which was cancelled in April 2004 due to falling ratings) . In 2006, Jizzy Entertainment released ''.''
He formed a production company called Wannabe Producers with Josh Etting through which he has produced shows ''The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'', ''Blowin' Up'' as well as The WB shows ''The Starlet'' and ''Living with Fran''. Following ''Malibu's Most Wanted'' (2003), which he both wrote and starred in, Kennedy co-wrote the MTV show ''Blowin' Up'' (2006) featuring his friend Stu Stone. While working on ''Malibu's Most Wanted'', Kennedy had ghostwriter Ellen Rapaport write a pseudo-comedic autobiography entitled, 'Wannabe: A Hollywood Experiment.' The book chronicles his life in Hollywood as he attempts to become a star. It gives background on his life and family, and quickly dives into his adventures. It tells of such things as Kennedy's living conditions in the Hollywood slums, his beat up car, his kidney issues, and funky characters throughout the story.
He has also performed minor roles in a number of other films. Kennedy lent his voice as a celebrity in the videogame ''ESPN NFL 2K5'' as a celebrity adversary with his own football team, the Upper Darby Cheesesteaks and he is also unlockable as a Free Agent tight end in season mode.
He hosted the Activision press conferance at E3 2007, where his position as emcee was criticised for his patronising jokes about the audience and inappropriate commentary as the new Tony Hawk game was displayed.^[3]
He often appears in movies with actor Kal Penn. Kal Penn played Kumar in ''Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle'', in a scene where Kumar goes pee in a bush, Kennedy shows up and goes next to him, the two have an argument over why he goes pee next to him. In the movie, ''Malibu's Most Wanted'', Kennedy played B-Rad and Kal Penn played an Indian who was in his group. And lastly in the movie, ''Son of the Mask'', Kal Penn played a friend of Kennedy's character.

Filmography

★ ''Blonde Ambition'' (2007)

★ ''Parental Guidance Suggested'' (2007) as Mateus

★ ''Kickin' It Old Skool'' (2007)

★ ''Wild 'N Out ''(2006)

★ '' (2006)

★ ''Son of the Mask'' (2005) as Tim Avery/The Mask

★ ''ESPN NFL 2K5'' (2004) (VG)

★ ''Harold and Kumar go to White Castle'' (2004) as Creepy Guy

★ ''Malibu's Most Wanted'' (2003) as Brad "B-Rad" Gluckman

★ ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' (2001)

★ ''Max Keeble's Big Move'' (2001) as Evil Ice Cream Man

★ ''The Specials'' (2000)

★ ''Scream 3'' (2000) as Randy Meeks

★ ''Bowfinger'' (1999)

★ ''Three Kings'' (1999)

★ ''Boiler Room'' (1999)

★ ''Enemy of the State'' (1998)

★ ''Scream 2'' (1997) as Randy Meeks

★ ''Boogie Nights (1997)'' (deleted scenes)

★ ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997)

★ ''Scream'' (1996) as Randy Meeks

★ ''Romeo + Juliet (1996)

★ ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989) [1]

See also

★ Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up

References

1. http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2003/09/22/University/Kennedy.Does.StandUp-471574.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailytargum.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com
2. http://www.mensmagazineonline.com/jamie_kennedy.asp
3. http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/19/watch-activision-alienate-E3-audience-with-jamie-kennedy/

External links

★ Jamie Kennedy World (Official site)

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★ JKSS Records (Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone's album site)

★ Jamie Kennedy's MySpace

★ Jamie Kennedy YouTube channel

★ Jamie Kennedy Ringtone Store

★ Jamie Kennedy on Tom Green Live

★ Wannabe on Amazon.com