Jamie Kennedy

Biography: Jamie Kennedy

An actor whose name became synonymous with "comic relief" during the late 1990s, Jamie Kennedy made his reputation playing a series of wise-asses in such films as the Scream trilogy and the independent comedy Clockwatchers. Born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on May 25, 1970, Kennedy showed comedic inclinations from an early age, and first became inspired to pursue an acting career when he was cast as an extra in Dead Poets Society (1989). After high school, Kennedy moved to L.A., where he wanted to have a career as an extra. Unfortunately, Hollywood casting agents had other ideas, and the aspiring actor found himself working odd jobs ranging from a restaurant busboy to a gum-scraper at K-Mart. During this time, he also studied at the American/British Drama Academy and began finding stand-up work at various improv clubs. It was in one of these clubs that he caught the attention of an independent filmmaker and was subsequently cast in the little-seen The Legend of Flin Flon. The actor's bona fide entry into the film industry came with a supporting role in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, in which he played a fuchsia-haired thug. That same year he had a huge breakthrough in Wes Craven's Scream, which cast him as a video store clerk with an unnerving lust for horror movies. The great success of the film opened a number of doors for Kennedy, one of which led to a memorable role as an office boy in Jill Sprecher's well-received independent comedy Clockwatchers (1997), which also starred Lisa Kudrow, Parker Posey, and Toni Collette. The actor also reprised his role for the inevitable Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 3 (2000) and appeared in such slacker extravaganzas as Bongwater and Starf*cker (both 1998). Kennedy got a shot at more grown-up fare with a supporting role in David O. Russell's acclaimed Gulf War drama Three Kings (1999), and a turn as a movie studio gofer in the satirical Bowfinger (1999). His growing popularity was reflected in the number of projects he was involved with in 2000; included amongst them were Ben Younger's The Boiler Room, in which Kennedy played an ambitious young stock broker, and The Specials, an ensemble comedy that cast him as a member of a motley group of superheroes. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide less

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Extreme Movie (2008)
Cast: Frankie Muniz Matthew Lillard Jamie Kennedy Michael Cera Raja Gosnell
Tags: Teen Movie Sex Comedy Comedy
Length: 75min
Michael Cera, Frankie Muniz, and Jamie Kennedy headline this raunchy send-up of een sex comedies co-scripted by a team of writers including Saturday Night Live cast mates Will Forte and Andy Samberg, and directed by Not Another Teen Movie scribes...
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Kickin' It Old Skool (2007)
Cast: David Hasselhoff Christopher McDonald John Ratzenberger Jamie Kennedy Erik Estrada
Tags: Urban Comedy Dance Film Comedy
Length: 108min
Rendered comatose for 20 years after a freak breakdancing accident, former child dancer Justin Schumacher (Jamie Kennedy) awakens from his extended repose with no motor skills and the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. So much has changed since Justin...
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Heckler (2007)
Cast: George Lucas Joel Schumacher Mike White Louie Anderson Andrew Dice Clay
Length: 77min
Nearly anyone who performs in public on a regular basis is familiar with the notion of the audience member who makes their opinions loudly and clearly known during the show, and like most comedians Jamie Kennedy has dealt with his fair share of...
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Son of the Mask (2005)
Cast: Alan Cumming Bob Hoskins Jamie Kennedy Steven Wright Kal Penn
Tags: Fantasy Comedy Comedy Fantasy
Length: 95min
The strange mask that gave Jim Carrey remarkable powers in the 1994 hit The Mask makes a mess of a seemingly ordinary family in this special effects-laden comic fantasy. Tim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) is a cartoonist living quietly in suburbia with his...
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Finding Bliss (2008)
Cast: Leelee Sobieski Caroline Aaron Jamie Kennedy Denise Richards Julie Davis
Tags: Romantic Comedy Sex Comedy Comedy
Length: 98min
An award winning film school graduate is forced to confront her sexual hang-ups when she makes the move to Los Angeles and reluctantly becomes an editor at a profitable pornography studio. Jody Balaban (Leelee Sobieski) is a twenty-five year old...
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Bug (2002)
Cast: Brian Cox Jane Adams Ed Begley, Jr. Jamie Kennedy Phil Hay
Tags: Comedy Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 86min
Various lives intersect to curious results in this sometimes surreal tale of life in Silverlake, from the duo who scripted crazy/beautiful and The Tuxedo. As Chinese-food restaurant and donut shop owner Cyr's (Brian Cox) obsessive-compulsive leanings...
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Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005)
Cast: Malcolm McDowell George Segal Michael Clarke Duncan Wayne Knight Alyssa Milano
Tags: Children's Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Family
Length: 75min
A boy and a dinosaur join forces to bring peace to their village in this animated feature inspired by the popular television miniseries Dinotopia. Kex (voice of Alec Medlock) is a 12-year-old boy who, after the sinking of the ship he's boarded, is...
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Seduced (2001)
Cast: Sam Elliott Jamie Kennedy Jack N. Green Carlton Elizabeth
Tags: Erotic Thriller Thriller
Length: 90min
Detective Black (Sam Elliott) interrogates Albert (Jamie Kennedy), a mild-mannered man who is a suspect in the brutal murder of Frank (Michael Cavalieri), a drug-addled, sex-obsessed nightclub owner. Albert admits he loved Frank's beautiful wife,...
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Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)
Cast: Robert Carradine Jamie Kennedy Nora Dunn Larry Miller Tim Hill
Tags: Comedy Family Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 86min
After having been outmatched in the live-action family film department by rival Nickelodeon in recent years, Disney jumps back into the kid-friendly fray with this comedy about a seventh grader (Alex D. Linz) who's mercilessly picked on by his...
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Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
Cast: Taye Diggs Ryan O'Neal John Debney Regina Hall Blair Underwood
Tags: Teen Movie Comedy Comedy of Manners
Length: 86min
A rich kid who likes to pretend he's from the wrong side of the tracks gets a taste of the real thing in this comedy. Brad Gluckman (Jamie Kennedy) is the son of a wealthy and socially prominent couple (Ryan O'Neal and Bo Derek) and grew up in the lap...
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