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Page Kennedy
Kennedy at the 2007 American Music Awards
Born
Felton Eugene Kennedy II

(1976-11-23) November 23, 1976 (age 47)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • rapper
Children4

Page Kennedy (born Felton Eugene Kennedy II November 23, 1976) is an American actor and rapper. In television, he is known for portraying Radon Randell in the Spike sports comedy series Blue Mountain State and "U-Turn" in the Showtime series Weeds. He has also appeared in film, with roles in S.W.A.T. and The Meg.[2] Outside of acting, Kennedy is active on social media, best known for being a popular Viner. On March 10, 2017 he released his first full length rap album titled Torn Pages featuring Royce da 5'9", Crooked I, Trick Trick and more.

Early life and education

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Felton Eugene Kennedy II was born in Detroit, but grew up in Los Angeles with his mother until he was six years of age. He then moved back to Detroit to reunite with his father, who died after ten years.[citation needed]

Kennedy attended Western Michigan University (WMU), before transferring to the University of Delaware (UD), and majored in theatre and acting. Kennedy's father was a doctor and encouraged his son to study medicine, but Kennedy gained a passion for acting after being introduced to the works of William Shakespeare at WMU. Kennedy subsequently chose to attend UD after performing with high distinction at Western Michigan.[2]

Career

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Kennedy soon moved to Los Angeles and began to guest star on several shows including Six Feet Under, Blind Justice, Barbershop, Love, Inc., NYPD Blue, The Shield, Weeds and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In 2005, Kennedy won a recurring role on the popular ABC primetime soap opera, Desperate Housewives where he played Caleb Applewhite, a fugitive who was being held captive in his mother Betty's (Alfre Woodard) basement. However shortly after in November 2005, Kennedy was fired from Desperate Housewives as the result of an internal investigation by the studio into an allegation of misconduct;[3] Kennedy himself claimed that Touchstone Television, the producers of the show, wanted to take a new direction with the character and bought out his contract.[4] He was replaced by NaShawn Kearse.[5]

Kennedy joined the cast of Showtime's hit series Weeds during its second and third season. He played "U-Turn", a drug-dealer and self-described "thug".

Kennedy played Radon Randell, a quarterback starting over the main character, Alex Moran, in the Spike television series Blue Mountain State. Because Alex Moran does not want to start, he must keep Radon happy during the whole second season (the only season Radon was in). Radon's season ends in the championship game of his lone season when he aggravates a previous shoulder injury. Kennedy reprised his role in the 2016 feature-length film follow-up to the series.

Kennedy had a guest appearance whereas he played a burglar in the new 2013 TV series Legit. He also made an appearance in an episode of Robot Chicken as Kirby and Cal Zapata. Kennedy played a gay inmate and gang leader in My Name is Earl and a married inmate and ex-con in Raising the Bar. In 2016, he starred in the YouTube Red original show Rhett and Link's Buddy System.

Kennedy played Gerald, the cousin of main character James Carter, on the CBS show Rush Hour. He appeared in all episodes of the show before its cancellation in 2016. In 2018, he had a prominent role in the blockbuster film The Meg, alongside Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, and Rainn Wilson.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 S.W.A.T. Travis
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood Jamie Davis Video
2005 Shackles Page Video
In the Mix Twizzie
2007 4 Life Sam Video
2009 Dough Boys Aub
Dance Flick Security Guard
A Day in the Life Ali
Janky Promoters House DJ
See Dick Run Craig
2012 Freaky Deaky Booker
2013 Movie Date Jealous Boyfriend Short
2014 The Divorce Party Landlord
2015 Bad Roomies Bud
2016 Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Radon Randell
FML Lou
2018 The Meg DJ
2019 Same Difference Steve
2020 Enjoy the Disco Dancer Short
2022 Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding Himself TV movie
2023 Meg 2: The Trench DJ
Roberta's Rules Casey Washington Short
2024 A Hip Hop Story Pastor Simons
TBA Code 3 Officer Taggert

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Six Feet Under Josh Langmead Episode: "Out, Out, Brief Candle"
Philly Davey Mink Episode: "San Diego Padre"
The Shield Lamar Tilton Episode: "Pilot" & "Cupid & Psycho"
2003 NYPD Blue Corey Mack Episode: "Shear Stupidity"
2004 10-8: Officers on Duty Trent Osbourne Episode: "Love Don't Love Nobody"
Medical Investigation Gordon Kraft Episode: "Team"
2005 Blind Justice Mike Dawson Episode: "Under the Gun"
Love, Inc. Jeff Episode: "Pilot"
Desperate Housewives Caleb Applewhite Recurring Cast: Season 2
2005–06 Barbershop Big Trickey Recurring Cast
2006 Pepper Dennis Ron Ashmore Episode: "Pilot"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jessie "Dollar" Cleveland Episode: "Poppin' Tags"
Boston Legal Dennis Pryor Episode: "Race Ipsa"
2006–07 Weeds Louis "U-Turn" Wardell Guest: Season 2, Main Cast: Season 3
2007 CSI: Miami Ron Cramer Episode: "Burned"
My Name Is Earl Jamal Episode: "The Gangs of Camden County"
2008 Raising the Bar Sherron Nettles Episode: "Hang Time"
Cold Case Michael 'Beamer' Hyacinth '08 Episode: "Triple Threat"
2010 Justified Curtis Mims Episode: "Fixer"
Bones Stewart Bonder Episode: "The Bones on the Blue Line"
2010–11 Blue Mountain State Radon Randell Main Cast: Season 2
2011 The Closer DeAndre Harmon Episode: "Unknown Trouble"
2012 The Game Jamel Episode: "There's No Place Like Home"
Puppet Cop Police Academy Teacher Episode: "Episode #1.3"
2013 Robot Chicken Kirby/Cal Zapata (voice) Episode: "Choked on a Bottle Cap"
Legit Machete Episode: "Justice"
Second Generation Wayans William Stokes Episode: "Independence Day"
Southland Katrell Episode: "Babel"
2014 Chosen Andre Episode: "Downward Spiral"
Bad Teacher Coach Ed Episode: "Found Money"
2015 The Soul Man Jameel Episode: "Oh Snow You Didn't"
Backstrom Officer Frank Moto Main Cast
Booze Lightyear Guest Star Episode: "The News on Drugs"
2016 Rush Hour Gerald Page Main Cast
2018 Unsolved Corey Edwards Recurring Cast
2019 Angel City Heroes Gerald Episode: "Down but not out"
2021–23 The Upshaws Duck Main Cast: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2-3, Guest: Season 4
2023 Snowfall Percy Episode: "Concrete Jungle"

Video games

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Year Title Role
2006 24: The Game Additional USA VO (voice)
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Cuda The Ferocious (voice)
2023 Starfield Chanda Banda (voice)

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 "Thrift Shop" PARODY Wanz Body actor
2013 "Blurred Lines" PARODY T.I. Voice
2016–17 Rhett and Link's Buddy System Maxwell Main Cast

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Torn Pages (2017)[7]
  • Same Page, Different Story (2018)[8]
  • Page (2021)[9]

Collaborative albums

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  • N-Idea (with Timothy Kennedy) (2017)[10]

Mixtapes

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  • Straight Bars (2017)[11]
  • Straight Bars 2 (2018)[12]
  • Straight Bars III (2019)[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Page Kennedy | Biography, Movie Highlights, and Photos". AllMovie.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "BIO". pagekennedy.com. Page Kennedy. 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ Martinez, Luis (8 November 2005). "'Desperate Housewives' actor Page Kennedy fired". USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ McGee, Tiffany; Chorney, Saryn (17 November 2005). "Fired Housewives Actor: I Did No Wrong". People.com. Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ^ Starr, Michael (November 10, 2005). "'Desperate' Replacement". New York Post. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  6. ^ Chitwood, Adam (October 13, 2016). "Meg: Filming Begins on Giant Shark Movie with Jason Statham". Collider. Complex Media. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Torn Pages by Page Kennedy on Apple Music". Apple Music. 2017-03-10.
  8. ^ "Same Page, Different Story by Page Kennedy on Apple Music". Apple Music. 2018-08-10.
  9. ^ "Page by Page Kennedy on Apple Music". Apple Music. 2021-02-19.
  10. ^ "N-Idea by Page Kennedy & Timothy Kennedy on Apple Music". Apple Music. 2017-10-27.
  11. ^ "Straight Bars Mixtape by Page Kennedy". DatPiff. 2017-08-18.
  12. ^ "Straight Bars 2 Mixtape by Page Kennedy". DatPiff. 2018-03-08.
  13. ^ "Straight Bars 3 Mixtape by Page Kennedy". DatPiff. 2019-10-03.
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