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 gay goth teen coming of age, alongside Sara Rue. This role earned him the Best Actor Award at OUTfest, a LGBT pride film festival.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rollercoaster | Darrin |
| 1999 | H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Skid |
| 2000 | Ricky 6 | Greg |
| 2001 | Gypsy 83 | Clive Webb |
| 2002 | The Water Game | Gavin |
| 2003 | Heart of America | Daniel Lyne |
| 2003 | Coming Down the Mountain | Joe |
| 2003 | Falling Angels | Tom |
| 2004 | Saved! | Mitch |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Kenner |
| 2004 | My Old Man | Young Hank |
| 2004 | Show Me | Jackson |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Dingo |
| 2005 | A Simple Curve | Buck |
| 2006 | Firewall | Vel |
[edit] TV Movies
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Beauty | Sean |
| 1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | John |
| 2000 | Secret Cutting | Craig Crosetto |
| 2000 | Deadlocked | Ellis Moseley |
| 2005 | Ladies Night | Zack Pavalek |
[edit] TV Shows
| Year | Title | Episode title(s) | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Millennium | The Curse of Frank Black | Ghost Storyteller |
| 1998 | Dead Man's Gun | The Photographer | 'Little Boy' Dawkins |
| 1998 | The X Files | The Pine Bluff Variant | Brit (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Gabriel | Nate Gillis |
| 1999 | The Net | Chem Lab | Kiss Shirt |
| 1999 | First wave | Normal, Illinois | Robbie Harlock |
| 2000 | Cold Squad | Life After Death | Young Daniel |
| 2000 | So Weird | Vampire | Pete |
| 2000 | Higher Ground | Attention Deficit Mended Fences Because I Love You |
David Ruxton |
| 2001 | Dead Last | Series | Vaughn Parrish |
| 2001 | Mentors | Nothing to Fear | Reggie |
| 2001 | SK8 | All Skate | Kevin |
| 2001 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Honey, I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson | Manny |
| 2001 | Strange Frequency | More Than a Feeling | Toby |
| 2002 | Smallville | Shimmer | Jeff Palmer |
| 2002 | Dark Angel | Love in Vein | Jonathan |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Unreasonable Doubt | Goth Guy |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | Sunday Mornings | Rich Guggenheim |
| 2003 | 24 | Day 3: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Day 3: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Tim |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Series | Paul/Antubis |
| 2005 | Godiva's | Fast and Loose | Eddie |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Phantom Traveler | Max Jaffe |
[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
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- 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.
