Page Kennedy

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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.

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Early life and education

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

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; [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. [1]

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. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 S.W.A.T. Travis
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood Jamie DavisVideo
2005 Shackles PageVideo
In the Mix Twizzie
20074 LifeSamVideo
2009 Dough Boys Aub
Dance Flick Security Guard
A Day in the Life Ali
Janky Promoters House DJ
See Dick RunCraig
2012 Freaky Deaky Booker
2013Movie DateJealous BoyfriendShort
2014The Divorce PartyLandlord
2015Bad RoomiesBud
2016 Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Radon Randell
FMLLou
2018 The Meg DJ
2019Same DifferenceSteve
2020Enjoy the DiscoDancerShort
2022Hip Hop Family Christmas WeddingHimselfTV movie
2023 Meg 2: The Trench DJ
Roberta's RulesCasey WashingtonShort
2024A Hip Hop StoryPastor Simons
TBA Code 3 Officer Taggert

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Six Feet Under Josh LangmeadEpisode: "Out, Out, Brief Candle"
Philly Davey MinkEpisode: "San Diego Padre"
The Shield Lamar TiltonEpisode: "Pilot" & "Cupid & Psycho"
2003 NYPD Blue Corey MackEpisode: "Shear Stupidity"
2004 10-8: Officers on Duty Trent OsbourneEpisode: "Love Don't Love Nobody"
Medical Investigation Gordon KraftEpisode: "Team"
2005 Blind Justice Mike DawsonEpisode: "Under the Gun"
Love, Inc. JeffEpisode: "Pilot"
Desperate Housewives Caleb Applewhite Recurring Cast: Season 2
2005–06 Barbershop Big TrickeyRecurring Cast
2006 Pepper Dennis Ron AshmoreEpisode: "Pilot"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jessie "Dollar" ClevelandEpisode: "Poppin' Tags"
Boston Legal Dennis PryorEpisode: "Race Ipsa"
2006–07 Weeds Louis "U-Turn" WardellGuest: Season 2, Main Cast: Season 3
2007 CSI: Miami Ron CramerEpisode: "Burned"
My Name Is Earl JamalEpisode: "The Gangs of Camden County"
2008 Raising the Bar Sherron NettlesEpisode: "Hang Time"
Cold Case Michael 'Beamer' Hyacinth '08Episode: "Triple Threat"
2010 Justified Curtis MimsEpisode: "Fixer"
Bones Stewart BonderEpisode: "The Bones on the Blue Line"
2010–11 Blue Mountain State Radon RandellMain Cast: Season 2
2011 The Closer DeAndre HarmonEpisode: "Unknown Trouble"
2012 The Game JamelEpisode: "There's No Place Like Home"
Puppet CopPolice Academy TeacherEpisode: "Episode #1.3"
2013 Robot Chicken Kirby/Cal Zapata (voice)Episode: "Choked on a Bottle Cap"
Legit MacheteEpisode: "Justice"
Second Generation Wayans William StokesEpisode: "Independence Day"
Southland KatrellEpisode: "Babel"
2014 Chosen AndreEpisode: "Downward Spiral"
Bad Teacher Coach EdEpisode: "Found Money"
2015 The Soul Man JameelEpisode: "Oh Snow You Didn't"
Backstrom Officer Frank MotoMain Cast
Booze LightyearGuest StarEpisode: "The News on Drugs"
2016 Rush Hour Gerald PageMain Cast
2018 Unsolved Corey EdwardsRecurring Cast
2019Angel City HeroesGeraldEpisode: "Down but not out"
2021–23 The Upshaws DuckMain Cast: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2-3, Guest: Season 4
2023 Snowfall PercyEpisode: "Concrete Jungle"

Video games

YearTitleRole
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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013"Thrift Shop" PARODYWanzBody actor
2013"Blurred Lines" PARODYT.I.Voice
2016–17 Rhett and Link's Buddy System MaxwellMain Cast

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Mixtapes

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