Amadeus Serafini

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Amadeus Serafini
Born
Amadeus Fermin Dash-Serafini

(1990-07-07) July 7, 1990 (age 33)
California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Amadeus Serafini (born July 7, 1990 [1] ) is an American actor from California. He is known for his role as Kieran Wilcox in the first two seasons of MTV's slasher series Scream .

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Career

Serafini started his career with a role in the short film Smoke (2013), and a minor role in the short web series Oh La La, Hollywood Speaks French! (2014) [2] In 2015, he starred as Kieran Wilcox in the MTV horror series Scream. [3] In 2018, Serafini guest starred as Josh in the web television series Impulse , [4] and starred as Terry in the independent comedy film Summer Days, Summer Nights . [5] In 2023, he starred as Henry Van Horne in the independent action-thriller Hidden Strike alongside John Cena and Jackie Chan. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013SmokeVernonShort film
2018 Summer Days, Summer Nights Terry
2020 Smiley Face Killers Gabriel
2023 Hidden Strike Henry Van Horne

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–2016 Scream Kieran WilcoxMain (seasons 1–2)
2018 Impulse Josh2 episodes
2022SilenceStavoMain (1–2)

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Oh La La, Hollywood Speaks French!Theo / Lulu3 episodes
2016Scream: If I DieKieran WilcoxEpisode: "Thank You Lakewood" [7]

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