Kevin Durand

Kevin Durand

Infobox actor
name = Kevin Durand



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birthdate = 14 January, 1974 (34)
location = Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
birthname = Kevin Serge Durand

Kevin Serge Durand (born January 14, 1974) is a Canadian actor known for his role as Joshua in "Dark Angel" (2001-2002) and as Martin Keamy in "Lost".

Biography

Early life

Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He attended St. Ignatius High School. Durand's first acting experience was in high school drama class. Kevin went to the University of Windsor to train for his acting career in 1994. He dropped out early and moved to Toronto to work in the local theatre scene for several years. His first big movie break was when he was cast in "Mystery Alaska".

Acting career

Kevin Durand is known as an intense chameleonesque character actor. He has acted alongside Ashton Kutcher in the movie "The Butterfly Effect" as cellmate Carlos, the Chicano who aids him against disgruntled Aryans in lock-up.

Television credits

He has played series regulars on shows such as James Cameron's "Dark Angel" as Joshua, Agent Jay Swopes in the American miniseries remake of "Touching Evil," as well as guest roles on "CSI Miami", "CSI"," E.R.", "Without a Trace," "Dead Like Me," and quite a few more. He also recurred on the television show "Stargate SG-1" as "Lord Zipacna".

Kevin appeared in the hit television show "Lost" during its fourth season, where he played the antagonist Martin Keamy for 8 episodes.

Film credits

Some film credits include the role of "Tree" in "Mystery, Alaska;" "Booth" in "Walking Tall", bikie sidekick Red in "Wild Hogs" and the psychotic neo-nazi Jeeves Tremor in "Smokin' Aces" the title role in the yet to be released "Otis E." and the remake of "" with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. It has just been announced that Kevin is set to play the Blob in the new X-Men movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and will be playing the role of Gabriel opposite Paul Bettany in "Legion." Kevin created the role of "Injun Joe" on Broadway in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Kevin Durand is height|ft=6|in=7.

Filmography

Film

*"" (1999) - Bazooka Marksman Joe
*"Mystery, Alaska" (1999) - 'Tree' Lane
*"K-9:PI" (2002) - Agent Verner
*"The Butterfly Effect" (2004) - Carlos
*"" (2004) - Black Knight Ghost
*"Walking Tall" (2004) - Booth
*"Big Momma's House 2" (2006) - Oshima
*"Smokin' Aces" (2007) - Jeeves Tremor
*"Wild Hogs" (2007) - Red
*"Throwing Stars" (2007) - Reed
*"" (2007) - Tucker
*"Stars" (2007) - Carl
*"Greener Mountains" (2008) - Three-toe
*"The Echo" (2008) - Walter
*"Winged Creatures" (2008) - Bagman
*"Otis E." (2008) - Otis
*"Legion" (2009) - Gabriel
*"" (2009) - Frederick "Fred" J. Dukes / The Blob

Television

*"Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science" - Jophn Greet
*"Beggars and Choosers" - Cliff
*"Hard Time: Hostage Hotel" - Kenny, Flynn's Henchman
*"The Outer Limits" - Alan
*"ER" - Mr. Mooney
*"Stargate SG-1" - Zipacna
*"Dark Angel" - Joshua
*"Taken" - Homeless Bloke on Train
*"Dead Like Me" - Chuck
*"Tarzan" - Gregory Creal/Trevor Whedon
*"Mob Princess" - Claudio
*"The Goodbye Girl" - Earl
*"Touching Evil" - Agent Jay Swopes
*"The Collector" - The Devil/Bus Driver
*"Andromeda" - Elysian
*"Threshold" - Crewman Sonntag
*"" - Connor Daly
*"Kyle XY" - Police Officer at Party
*"The Dead Zone" - Cabot
*"12 Hours to Live" - John Carl Lowman
*"Without a Trace" - Travis Holt
*"" - Mike Newberry
*"Shark" - Rick Carris
*"Lost" - Martin Keamy

External links

*Imdb name|id=0243806|name=Kevin Durand
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=75453685 Kevin Durand] at MySpace


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