Kett Turton
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Kett Turton, born Birkett Kealy Turton, is a Canadian actor. He was born April 4, 1982 in Portland, Oregon, but was raised in Vancouver.
Kett started acting in local theater when he was 4 years old. At the age of 15 he played the role of Darrin in the Canadian movie "Rollercoaster", for which he received a nomination for Canada's prestigious Leo Award.
Since then, Kett has had various roles in both television and film. Most notable are his major roles in television series Dead Last, television mini-series Kingdom Hospital and film Gypsy 83. In Gypsy 83 he plays the role of Clive, a goth homosexual teen, alongside Sara Rue. This role earned him the Best Actor Award at OUTfest, a gay/lesbian/bi pride film festival.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Firewall | Vel |
| 2005 | A Simple Curve | Buck |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Dingo |
| 2004 | Show Me | Jackson |
| 2004 | My Old Man | Young Hank |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Kenner |
| 2004 | Saved! | Mitch |
| 2003 | Falling Angels | Tom |
| 2003 | Coming Down the Mountain | Joe |
| 2003 | Heart of America | Daniel Lyne |
| 2002 | The Water Game | Gavin |
| 2001 | Gypsy 83 | Clive Webb |
| 2000 | Ricky 6 | Greg |
| 1999 | H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Skid |
| 1999 | Rollercoaster | Darrin |
[edit] TV Movies
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ladies Night | Zack Pavalek |
| 2000 | Deadlocked | Ellis Moseley |
| 2000 | Secret Cutting | Craig Crosetto |
| 1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | John |
| 1998 | Beauty | Sean |
[edit] TV Shows
| Year | Title | Episode title(s) | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Supernatural | Phantom Traveler | Max Jaffe |
| 2005 | Godiva's | Fast and Loose | Eddie |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Series | Paul/Antubis |
| 2003 | 24 | Day 3: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Day 3: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Tim |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | Sunday Mornings | Rich Guggenheim |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Unreasonable Doubt | Goth Guy |
| 2002 | Dark Angel | Love in Vein | Jonathan |
| 2002 | Smallville | Shimmer | Jeff Palmer |
| 2001 | Strange Frequency | More Than a Feeling | Toby |
| 2001 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Honey, I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson | Manny |
| 2001 | SK8 | All Skate | Kevin |
| 2001 | Mentors | Nothing to Fear | Reggie |
| 2001 | Dead Last | Series | Vaughn Parrish |
| 2000 | Higher Ground | Attention Deficit Mended Fences Because I Love You |
David Ruxton |
| 2000 | So Weird | Vampire | Pete |
| 2000 | Cold Squad | Life After Death | Young Daniel |
| 1999 | First wave | Normal, Illinois | Robbie Harlock |
| 1999 | The Net | Chem Lab | Kiss Shirt |
| 1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Gabriel | Nate Gillis |
| 1998 | The X Files | The Pine Bluff Variant | Brit (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Dead Man's Gun | The Photographer | 'Little Boy' Dawkins |
| 1997 | Millennium | The Curse of Frank Black | Ghost Storyteller |
[edit] Awards
- Nominated for Canadian Leo - Best Actor (Rollercoaster)
- Won Copper Wing Award (at the Phoenix Film Festival) - Best Ensemble (Rollercoaster)
- Won Grand Jury Award (at OUTfest) - Best Actor Award (Gypsy 83)
[edit] Trivia
- Kett has brown/black hair, green eyes and is 6' and approximately 150lbs.
- Enjoys watching movies, reading and writing.
- He has or had his left ear pierced and has a small scar under his eye for a "scene gone wrong" while he was filming an episode of "Dead Last".
- His favorite bands include: The Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Soul Coughing, Folk Implosion, The Streets, Kaboom, Bright Eyes, The Clash, The Rolling Stones, Fugazi, The Cure, Radiohead, R.E.M., Nirvana, Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Joe Henry, David Bowie, The Lancaster Bombers and Broken Social Scene. He dislikes The Vines.
