Jack Kenny
| Jack Kenny | |
|---|---|
 Jack Kenny at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International. | |
| Born |
March 9, 1958[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (1982) |
| Occupation | Actor, television director, writer/producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Jack Kenny (born March 9, 1958) is an American actor, television director, writer, and producer.
Early life and education
Kenny was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Sally and John Joseph Kenny, Jr., a business manager for IBM.[1] He is a graduate of the Juilliard School Theatre Center (1978-1982),[2] where his classmates in 1982 included Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson, Jack Stehlin, and Lorraine Toussaint.[3]
Career
After graduating from Juilliard, Kenny was a member of John Houseman's The Acting Company. His New York acting debut was in The Normal Heart at Joseph Papp's Public Theater, and his Broadway debut was as "Motel, the tailor" in the 25th anniversary production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Kenny co-created the television comedy series Titus (broadcast by Fox Network from 2000 to 2002) with his writing partner Brian Hargrove and comedian Christopher Titus.
He was the creator of the 2006 NBC television show The Book of Daniel, which was cancelled after four episodes had aired. Though NBC gave no official explanation, the program had been the victim of a threatened advertiser boycott by the American Family Association and other groups for its content before a single episode had aired. In a 2006 article in The Advocate, Kenny, who is gay, took issue with the LGBT community for not acting when he and the show were attacked.
In 2008, he signed on as show runner and executive producer of the original Syfy series Warehouse 13.
In 2014, Kenny joined the advisory board of Sci-Fest, the first annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, to be held in May 2014.[4]
Personal life
Kenny has been with his longtime partner, Michael Goodell, son of the late US Senator Charles Goodell of New York, and brother of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell[citation needed] since August 1982. The couple were legally married in California in July 2008.
His sister, Adele Kenny Sweetwood, is a VP at SAS Institute in North Carolina.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jack Kenny Biography". FilmReference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ↑ allsaints-pas.org/modules/toc/uploads/files/aid319_lights_camera_acti_46b566e0_96f5_f78a_u1.pdf Saints Alive: April 17, 2005]
- ↑ Gussow, Mel (April 29, 1982). "Juilliard Theater Students Put On 'Love's Labor's Lost'". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Sci-Fest Team". Retrieved 26 January 2014.