Page Kennedy
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Born | November 23, 1976 |
Page Kennedy (born November 23, 1976) is an American television and film actor. Kennedy attended Western Michigan University where his talent was discovered. He soon transferred to the University of Delaware to major in theatre and acting. 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 and The Shield.
In 2005, Kennedy won a recurring role on the popular ABC primetime soap, Desperate Housewives where he played Caleb Applewhite, a fugitive who was being held captive in his mother's (Alfre Woodard) basement. However shortly after in November 2005, Kennedy was fired from Desperate Housewives. News reports at the time claimed he was fired for lewd and improper conduct on the set. Kennedy denied the improper conduct claim and said that Touchstone Television, the producers of the show, wanted to take a new direction with the character and bought out his contract. He was replaced by NaShawn Kearse. Kennedy joined the cast of Showtime's hit series Weeds during its second and third season. He played the drug-dealer and self-described "thug", "U-Turn".
Most recently Kennedy played a homosexual inmate and gang leader in My Name is Earl in love with the leader of a rival Hispanic gang.
Kennedy resides in Los Angeles.