Kourtney Brown

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Kourtney Brown
Born (1984-02-09) February 9, 1984
Miami, Florida
Occupation actor, TV host, model and artist
Website
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Kourtney Eugene Brown (born February 9, 1984) is a Bahamian-American actor, television host, model and visual artist. He is best known for starring in Twentieth Century Fox's My Network TV game show, My Games Fever.

Biography

Kourtney Brown was born in Miami, Florida and raised in New Providence, Bahamas, in the capital city of Nassau. He is the youngest of four sons to father James Eugene Brown, a Bahamian real estate investor from Porthowe Cat Island, Bahamas and mother Ethel Lee, a retired registered nurse, who is of African, Bahamian and Native American descent. He is a first cousin to the first Bahamian Olympic Medalist, Frank Garfield Rutherford Jr. and second cousin to Academy Award Winner, Sidney Poitier. Kourtney received a scholarship to the College of the Bahamas summer fine arts program at age 10. He made his film debut at age 11 when auditioning and landing a minor, one lined role in Flipper, starring Elijah Wood, released summer of 1996. Shortly thereafter, his father fell ill and passed away. He graduated from St. Andrew's International School of the Bahamas in 2002, where he studied drama and fine art. Kourtney returned to South Florida with plans to enroll in a University for the arts. These were postponed, upon being discovered by a model and talent scout. In 2003, at age 19, Kourtney was selected as the face of MTV's "TRL" summer campaign. He has participated in an array of film, TV and commercial projects, including being a martial arts stuntman on the UPN television show, South Beach. Since, Kourtney has starred in commercials for MTV, Nokia and Kentucky Fried Chicken, became the face of Sean Jean's "Unforgivable" cologne spray Viacom campaign and starred in My Games Fever, a teo hour, commercial daytime TV gameshow on Fox affiliated My Network TV stations. Throughout his career he has starred in national and international campaign advertisements for "Kentucky Fried Chicken", "KFC Wrap Star", "Nokia", "Vehix", "Days Inn", "MTV", "Office Depot", "Jamba Juice", "Lilt U.K.: Fruit Crush", "El Dorado Furniture", "Sean Jean: Unforgivable", "Optimum Wifi", "Tobacco Free" and "William Rast" by Justin Timberlake. He received a role in Italian foreign film,Fidanzata di Papà, La (Daddy's Girlfriend). Kourtney is currently signed with Wilhelmina Models, has appeared on the runway at Miami Fashion Week and in several print campaigns for international designers. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts and Entertainment from Miami International University of Art and Design in 2009 and specializes in figurative ceramic sculpture. Kourtney was selected as the face of the renown French cognac, "Hennessy" for the company's 2011 national print ad campaign. The ad appeared on billboards, nationally and in various high end magazines, including "GQ", "ESPN", "Maxim" and "Uptown". In 2011 Started his own philanthropic design company, Kreosart by Kourtney Eugene Brown, also known as Kreosart LLC.

Filmography

Actor

If You Only Knew

Fine Art Career

Kourtney is an acclaimed visual artist and achieved fame in South Florida from the permanent, public installation of his monumental work "Creos Aetas", a 20 ft x 20 ft permanent clock tower installation on the Historic Borinquen Medical Healthcare Center and "Rainforest" Mural at Parrot Jungle Island Park's Serpentarium, Miami Beach, Florida

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