Jamie Kennedy Biography

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James Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American comedian, television producer, screenwriter, and actor.

Early life

The youngest of six children, Kennedy was born in Upper Darby Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kennedy was raised Roman Catholic. He attended and graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School in 1988. After high school, Kennedy began his career as a Hollywood extra. Meanwhile, he worked on voice impersonations.

Career

When Kennedy first arrived in Los Angeles, he become a professional Hollywood extra. His first night in L.A., he was reading a Joan Rivers autobiography in a diner when the waiter explained to him that he has been in a dozen movies as an extra. Kennedy asked "If you've been in so many movies, why are you a waiter?" the waiter responded "I have to keep my day job." Kennedy then decided that he did not want to be an extra, he was going to become a star. After a few years of struggling, Kennedy was unable to find an agent and had to work as a host at Red Lobster. He auditioned for over 80 commercials and could not book one. He then took a job as a telemarketer and learned that he was really good at selling things. Kennedy then thought that if he could sell anything, "why not sell myself?" becoming his own agent.

Kennedy created a false persona, screen agent "Marty Power," to attract the attention of real agents and managers over the phone, who would later book his performances. He came to prominence in the late 1990s for playing Randy Meeks in the Scream film series. His lead role as Tim Avery in Son of the Mask earned him a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actor.

Kennedy formed a production company called Wannabe Producers, alongside Josh Etting, through which he has produced the shows The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, Blowin' Up, The Starlet, and Living with Fran. Following Malibu's Most Wanted, which he both wrote and starred in, Kennedy co-wrote the MTV show Blowin' Up (2006) featuring his friend Stu Stone.

Kennedy lent his voice to the videogame ESPN NFL 2K5 as a celebrity adversary with his own football team, the Upper Darby Cheesesteaks. He is also unlockable as a Free Agent tight end in season mode. His stint as Activision's emcee at E3 2007, however, drew much criticism not only for failing to understand anything about the industry, but for also performing drunk as he insulted the audience.

While working on his film Malibu's Most Wanted, Kennedy wrote an 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.

As a performer of stand-up comedy, he 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 viewership. In 2006, Jizzy Entertainment released Unwashed: The Stand-Up Special. In 2008, Kennedy released the documentary Heckler, about the plight of stand-up comics versus their often-aggressive audience. In 2007 he appeared in Criminal Minds as a cannibal satanist serial killer.

Since 2008, Kennedy has played psychology professor Eli James in the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer. Since 2009, he has been in the TV series, The Cleveland Show, playing Roberta Tubbs' boyfriend.

He also stars in the Nicktoon Fanboy and Chum Chum as Kyle, an insecure boy wizard who loathes the fun-loving Fanboy and Chum Chum, but who secretly yearns for their friendship. In April 2010, sources reported that Kennedy would very likely return to the Scream franchise to star in the fourth installment; however, according to Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson there were never plans for him to rejoin the franchise, attributing the misinformation to a fabrication by Kennedy.

His latest film is Lost & Found in Armenia, in which he plays an American tourist who ends up in an Armenian village, accused of being a Turkish spy. The film will open to select theatres on June 7th, 2013.

Personal life

Kennedy dated his Ghost Whisperer co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt from March 2009 to March 2010.

Kennedy is also active in California's tourism campaign, having appeared in several commercials with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Dead Poets Society	Extra	uncredited
1994	VR Troopers	Elmo	Episode: "Cybertron"
1994	California Dreams	Hiccup Guy Sea Kelp	2 episodes
1995	Unhappily Ever After	Stoney / Pony Burger Attendant (voice)	3 episodes
1995	Ellen	Tad	2 episodes
1996	[[Romeo + Juliet]]	Sampson
1996	Scream	Randy Meeks
1997	Coax	Jamie	Short film
1997	Bongwater	Tommy
1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Luke Canby	TV movie
1997	Clockwatchers	Eddie
1997	Perversions of Science	Spaceman John	Episode: "Panic"
1997	Sparkler	Trent
1997	Scream 2	Randy Meeks
1997	As Good as It Gets	Street Hustler
1998	Stricken	Banyon
1998	Starstruck	George Gordon Flynn
1998	'	Deputy Jim Banks
1998	Soundman	Frank's Assistant / Marty (voice)
1998	Enemy of the State	Jamie
1999	Bowfinger	Dave
1999	'
1999	Three Kings	Walter Wogaman
2000	Road to Flin Flon	Brad
2000	Stark Raving Mad	Doobs	Episode: "My Bodyguard"
2000	Boiler Room	Adam
2000	Scream 3	Randy Meeks	Cameo
2000	Bait	Agent Blum
2000	'	Amok
2001	Slacker Cats	Buckley (voice)	TV movie
2001	Da Möb	Rooster (voice)	TV series
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Various (voice)
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Chaka's Production Assistant
2001	Strange Frequency	Pete Derek	Episode: "A Change Will Do You Good"
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Evil Ice Cream Man
2001	Pretty When You Cry	Albert Straka
2002	Bug	Dwight
2002	Night Visions	Mark Stevens	Episode: "Cargo"
2002"2004	'	Host	61 episodes
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman
2003	Sol Goode	Justin Sax
2003	King of the Hill	Dr. Tim Rast (voice)	Episode: "Queasy Rider"
2004	King of the Hill	Fudgie / Police Chief (voice)	Episode: "Phish and Wildlife"
2004	Crank Yankers	Wally Palumbo (voice)	Episode: "2.23"
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Creepy Guy (uncredited)
2005	Son of the Mask	Tim Avery	Nominated"?Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Nominated"?Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple (with anybody stuck sharing the screen with him)
2005	Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone	Spazz (voice)
2005	Living With Fran	TV Announcer	Episode: "Who's the Parent?"
2006	Farce of the Penguins	Jamie (voice)
2006	Wild 'n Out	Himself
2006	Mind of Mencia	Will Pillowbiter	Episode: "Stereotype Olympics"
2007	Me & Lee?	Joel	TV movie
2007	Kickin' It Old Skool	Justin Schumacher
2007	Living With Fran	Alan	Episode: "School Ties"
2007	Criminal Minds	Floyd Feylinn Ferell	Episode: "Lucky"
2007	Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular	Ghost of Christmas Past	TV movie
2008	Reaper	Ryan Milner	Episode: "Hungry for Fame"
2008	Extreme Movie	Mateus
2008	Hollywood Residential	himself
2008	Heckler	himself
2008"2010	Ghost Whisperer	Eli James	45 episodes
2009	Finding Bliss	Dick Harder
2009	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	'Danno' Wolfe (voice)
2009"present	Fanboy and Chum Chum	Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason / Fankylechum	46 episodes
2009"present	'	Federline Various (voice)	15+ episodes
2010	Cafe	Dealer
2010	Eureka	Dr. Ramsey	Episode: "The Story of O2"
2011	Spring Break '83	Ballzack
2012	Bending the Rules	Theo Gold
2012	Good Deeds	Mark Freeze
2012	Lost & Found in Armenia	Bill

Discography

• Blowin' Up (2006)