Jamie Kennedy

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Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy (left, with Joy Cantilo).
Born May 25, 1970 (age 36)
Flag of United StatesUpper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
Official site jamiekennedyworld.com
Notable roles Randy Meeks in the Scream horror trilogy (1996-2000)

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

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Kennedy was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to a machinist father and an accountant and paralegal mother. He is the youngest of six children. Kennedy was raised in the Catholic religion[1][2] and 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.

This skill led to, among other things, he once said that he dresses up like a women and goes out on the town at night to have fun 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 films Scream, Scream 2, and made a cameo in Scream 3. 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)[citation needed]. In 2006, Jizzy Entertainment released Unwashed: The Stand-Up Special.

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". It chronicles his life during while in the Hollywood slums, his discouraging attempts at stardom, and then his gradual rise to fame.

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.

Kennedy hosted Fuse TV's Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards on October 21, 2006. Kennedy co-wrote with Ellen Rapaport an autobiography called 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 now has an hour stand-up performance on comedy central called unwashed.

  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

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