Kerwin Johnson Jr.
Kerwin Johnson Jr. is known for Naz & Maalik (2015), Greet Your Demons and Death Sentences (2020).
Kerwin Kaizad Baria
Kerwin Kaizad Baria is known for OK Jaanu (2017).
Kerwin Mathews
Before there was a George Lucas and Harrison Ford running around creating special-effects excitement, there was a virile, boyishly handsome actor named Kerwin Mathews who was entertaining audiences battling a variety of creatures courtesy of pioneer special effects guru Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen's legendary monsters of the late 50s and early 60s earned cult film infamy and it was those wondrous storybook fantasies and the Harryhausen association that also put Kerwin on the Hollywood map. Born an only child in Seattle, Washington, on January 8, 1926, Kerwin's parents split up while he was quite young and he and his mother relocated to Janesville, Wisconsin. He developed an early interest in acting while performing in high school plays. Following a couple of years in the Army Air Force during WWII, Kerwin studied at Beloit College in Wisconsin on both dramatic and musical scholarships. He later taught speech and drama at the college and also found acting jobs in regional theater. In the early 1950s, after teaching high school English in Lake Geneva, Wisconin, for a few years, he decided to make the big trek to Hollywood to seek out his fame and fortune. While training at the Pasadena Playhouse, Kerwin met a casting agent for Columbia Pictures and was eventually signed to a seven-year contact after winning over the approval of studio boss Harry Cohn. Finding a number of roles on TV, he acquitted himself quite well with his film debut in 5 Against the House (1955) as one of four college pals (the others being Guy Madison, Brian Keith and Alvy Moore) who decide to carry out a faux casino robbery in Las Vegas, a plan that backfires badly. The offbeat ensemble picture drew good reviews and Kerwin was off and running. Following decent showings in the crime yarn The Garment Jungle (1957) and war flick Tarawa Beachhead (1958), he found respect as a middleweight talent, but truly came into his own in the Saturday afternoon-styled adventure fantasies popular with the school crowd. An agile fencer with fine all-American looks, he won the opportunity to play the role of the dauntless hero in Columbia's classic The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). Out to rescue fair damsel Kathryn Grant (who later became Mrs. Bing Crosby), he battled everything in his path -- from a colossal, one-eyed Cyclops to a fire-spewing dragon. The final climactic battle scene was his Errol Flynn / Basil Rathbone-like swordplay against a dexterous, sword-swinging skeleton, all courtesy of Harryhausen. Kerwin worked with Harryhausen's stop-motion creations again in The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) as a doctor whose foes this time around included a giant squirrel and alligator. He then played the countrified folk legend Jack the Giant Killer (1962) and again found himself saving a princess while pitted against evil wizards and other specially-designed effects (by Jim Danforth). Other less arduous films he made included the WWII war drama The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) with Van Johnson, the crime thriller Man on a String (1960) with Ernest Borgnine and his third-billed role behind Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra in The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) in which he and Tracy played priests. By the early 1960s Kerwin was typecast in adventure tales and was now searching for work overseas to display his stoic heroics, though his efforts were mostly for naught in such empty spectacles as Italy's Saffo - Venere di Lesbo (1960) ["The Warrior Princess"] opposite Gilligan's Island (1964) star Tina Louise; England's The Pirates of Blood River (1962); and the Franco-Italian co-production Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 (1964) ["Panic in Bangkok"]. He fared somewhat better in the British-made Maniac (1963) in a change-of-pace role and received some of his best notices on TV playing composer Johann Strauss Jr. in Disney's 1963 TV biopic Disneyland: The Waltz King: Part 1 (1963) (and "Part 2"). Kerwin's career ended in 1978 after making a small sprinkling of appearances in low-budget sci-fi and horror films, plus some TV guest appearances throughout the decade. By this time he had already moved to San Francisco and spent his later years selling antiques and furniture. He was also a stalwart patron of the arts and supporter of the city's various opera and ballet companies. Kerwin died overnight in his sleep at age 81 in his San Francisco home, survived by his partner of 46 years Tom Nicoll.
Kerwin Thompson
A veteran of the stage since the age of 5, Kerwin was smitten by the acting bug when he received his first kiss while playing the title character in The Gingerbread Man in kindergarten. During his youth, this well-rounded performer sung with the Atlanta Boy Choir in 8 countries and for many dignitaries, including Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris and Oscar-winning actress Sophia Loren. He went on to perform in numerous plays and musicals, including Chris Cross: A Musical Journey, executive produced by Xavier Roberts. Kerwin is a student of the Alliance (theater & film classes) and was taught the Hendricks Method of Acting by the incomparable Freddie Hendricks himself. Under Hendricks' direction, Kerwin was featured in the following Youth Ensemble of Atlanta's (YEA) original productions: Rhymes and Reasons, Times, and Soweto! Soweto! Soweto!...A Township is Calling!. Early in his YEA tenure, he discovered that his acting talent can be used for a calling greater than just to entertain; he found that through acting, you can touch the souls of audience members, provide them enlightenment, and positively impact their lives. A natural impressionist and the ultimate chameleon, Kerwin delights in his next role being nothing like his last. He has been featured as a doting husband in Ron McIntyre's A Piece of My Mind; a twice-divorced, self-medicating, hopeless romantic in Paris Crayton III's CrazyAnity; a reformed gangster in Mia Kristin Smith's On A Clear Day At the Car Wash; a crotchety, 70-yr. old, tough-loving patriarch in Sharon Harris Warrick's Mama Bear; a Korean war hero and amputee in Bill Harris' Colored Lodging; and a 75-yr. old victim of his Black Widow wife in Roz Ayres-Williams' The Passing of Fatha Thyme. Kerwin has most recently been featured in the lead role of Chris Owens in Brothers of Affliction (written by Paris Crayton III and directed by Robert John Connor), as Commissioner Wilson Brickett in Designing Women Live! (adapted for the stage by Topher Payne), as 7 different characters in the World Premiere of Derek Dixon's When Things Are Lost (directed by Amber Bradshaw), as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey & Dr. John Rainolds in Anne Boleyn (written by Howard Brenton) at Synchronicity Theatre (directed by Richard Garner), as Rusty Johnson in Split Second (written by Dennis McIntyre) at Impact Theatre (directed by Brenda Porter), as Henry Brown in Race (written by David Mamet) at Out of Box Theater (directed by Mia Kristin Smith & Carolyn Choe), as Reverend Moses Ambrose in the critically acclaimed A Lesson Before Dying (written by Ernest Gaines) at Porter Sanford Theater (directed by David Kote' and produced by Dominion Entertainment Group), as Dr. MLK, Jr. in The Meeting (written by Jeff Stetson) at Marietta's New Theatre in the Square (directed by Nic Starr), as James Mulberry in the world premiere of Lines (written by BJ Holmes & directed by Michael Mario Good) at the 2018 Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, as Bunsen in Aurora Theatre's production of Disney's Newsies (directed by Justin Anderson), and as Wolf in August Wilson's Two Trains Running (directed by Keith Arthur Bolden) at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC.
Kerwood Canel
Kerwood Canel is known for Salaar (2023), Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Killer Keg.
Kery James
Kery James is known for Banlieusards (2019), Banlieusards 2 and Pleure en silence (2006).
Keryaki Kolasa
Keryaki Kolasa is known for Jake's How-To (2008) and The Dark Knight (2011).
Kerynn Walsh
Kerynn Walsh is an actress, known for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995), The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) and Shortland Street (1992).
Kerën Burkett
Toronto bred Actress Kerën Burkett is a professional working TV/film and Theatre actress. Kerën graduated with honors from Humber College's Acting for TV and Film program where she worked with pronounced Canadian actors/instructors such as John Bourgeois, Christina Collins, Dixie Seatle, Maria Ricossa, and Viv Moore. Kerën now resides in Vancouver, British Colombia. Apart from acting Kerën is also an avid writer.
Kes Bakker
Kes Bakker is known for FOMO (2022), Niet Schieten (2018) and High Tides (2023).