Kett Turton
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Birkett Kealy "Kett" Turton (born April 4, 1982) is a Canadian actor.
Kett was born in Portland, Oregon
, United States and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
. He 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
, an LGBT
film festival.
Kett was born in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, United States and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He 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
Dead Last
Dead Last was an American drama-comedy-fantasy television series, produced by Warner Bros. in 2001. It starred Tyler Labine as Scotty Sallback, Kett Turton as Vaughn Parrish, and Sara Downing as Jane Cahill. The series ran for one season with 13 episodes produced but only 8 of them aired...
, television mini-series Kingdom Hospital
Kingdom Hospital
Kingdom Hospital is a thirteen-episode television miniseries based on Lars von Trier's The Kingdom , which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television...
and film Gypsy 83
Gypsy 83
Gypsy 83 is a 2001 drama film, written and directed by Todd Stephens, about two young goths, Gypsy and Clive, who travel to New York for an annual festival celebrating their idol, Stevie Nicks.-Plot:...
. In Gypsy 83
Gypsy 83
Gypsy 83 is a 2001 drama film, written and directed by Todd Stephens, about two young goths, Gypsy and Clive, who travel to New York for an annual festival celebrating their idol, Stevie Nicks.-Plot:...
he plays the role of Clive, a gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
goth teen coming of age, alongside Sara Rue
Sara Rue
Sara Rue is an American television actress. She is best known for the roles she played as Carmen Ferrara on the comedy-drama Popular and Claude Casey on the sitcom Less Than Perfect. She is also known as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig...
. This role earned him the Best Actor Award at Outfest
Outfest
Outfest is an LGBT-oriented film showcase and festival in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1982 as the "Gay and Lesbian Media Festival and Conference", the name was changed to Outfest in 1994.-Programs:...
, an LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
film festival.
Films
Year | Title | Character |
---|---|---|
1999 | Rollercoaster Rollercoaster (1999 film) Rollercoaster is a 1999 teen drama film directed by Scott Smith. It is about five teens who escape a group home and travel to a defunct amusement park, hoping to find a notorious kid-friendly security guard who will run the rides for them... |
Darrin |
1999 | H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Skid |
2000 | Ricky 6 Ricky 6 Ricky 6 is a 2000 film loosely based on the life of Ricky Kasso, a suburban teenager accused of Satanism and murder in the 1980s. The film was written and directed by Peter Filardi. Vincent Kartheiser played the disturbed protagonist, renamed Ricky Cowen, in the film.The movie also stars Chad... |
Greg |
2001 | Gypsy 83 Gypsy 83 Gypsy 83 is a 2001 drama film, written and directed by Todd Stephens, about two young goths, Gypsy and Clive, who travel to New York for an annual festival celebrating their idol, Stevie Nicks.-Plot:... |
Clive Webb |
2002 | The Water Game | Gavin |
2003 | Heart of America Heart of America (film) Heart of America is a 2003 drama film by German director Uwe Boll about a fictional school shooting in a suburban high school. It is believed to have been inspired by such shootings as the Columbine High School Massacre... |
Daniel Lyne |
2003 | Coming Down the Mountain Coming Down the Mountain Coming Down the Mountain is a 2007 British television movie which was shown on BBC One, written by Mark Haddon and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The television movie was based on a radio play also written by Haddon.-Plot:David and Ben Philips are teenage brothers who live in London. Ben has... |
Joe |
2003 | Falling Angels Falling Angels (film) Falling Angels is a 2003 independent film by Scott Smith, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Gowdy and adapted for the screen by poet and author Esta Spalding. It is the second feature film by Scott Smith, writer, producer and director of Rollercoaster... |
Tom |
2004 | Saved! Saved! Saved! is a 2004 teen comedy-drama film involving elements of religious satire. It was directed by Brian Dannelly and written by Dannelly and Michael Urban. It stars Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker... |
Mitch |
2004 | Walking Tall Walking Tall Walking Tall is a 1973 semi-biopic of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser... |
Kenner |
2004 | My Old Man | Young Hank |
2004 | Show Me Show Me (film) Show Me is a 2004 Canadian psychological thriller written and directed by Cassandra Nicolaou, starring Michelle Nolden, Kett Turton and Katharine Isabelle.-Cast:* Michelle Nolden - Sarah* Kett Turton - Jackson* Katharine Isabelle - Jenna... |
Jackson |
2004 | Blade: Trinity Blade: Trinity Blade: Trinity is a 2004 American superhero vampire action film, written and directed by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the screenplays to the first two Blade films... |
Dingo |
2005 | A Simple Curve | Buck |
2006 | Firewall Firewall (film) Firewall is a 2006 British-American thriller film directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Joe Forte. Harrison Ford stars as Jack Stanfield, a security expert at a bank faced with a corporate merger and the offer of a new job.-Plot:... |
Vel |
TV Movies
Year | Title | Character |
---|---|---|
1998 | Beauty | Sean |
1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | John |
2000 | Secret Cutting Secret Cutting Secret Cutting is a 2000 Made-for-TV movie directed by Norma Bailey, starring Kimberlee Peterson and Rhea Perlman, about a self-injurer teenager, focusing on and her relation with family, friend and acquaintances... |
Craig Crosetto |
2000 | Deadlocked | Ellis Moseley |
2005 | Ladies Night | Zack Pavalek |
TV Shows
Year | Title | Episode title(s) | Character |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Millennium Millennium (TV series) Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington... |
The Curse of Frank Black | Ghost Storyteller |
1998 | Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun was a western anthology series which ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The gun would change the life of whomever possessed it.... |
The Photographer | 'Little Boy' Dawkins |
1998 | The X Files | The Pine Bluff Variant | Brit (uncredited) |
1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes.... |
Gabriel | Nate Gillis |
1999 | The Net The Net (TV series) The Net is a 1998 television drama series based on the 1995 film of the same name. The series starred Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett, the character Sandra Bullock played in the film... |
Chem Lab | Kiss Shirt |
1999 | First wave First wave First wave can refer to:*First Wave , a TV Show that aired from 1998 to 2001 on the Sci-Fi Channel.* "First Wave", an episode of the TV Show Total Recall 2070... |
Normal, Illinois | Robbie Harlock |
2000 | Cold Squad Cold Squad Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was... |
Life After Death | Young Daniel |
2000 | So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,... |
Vampire | Pete |
2000 | Higher Ground Higher Ground (TV series) Higher Ground is an American-Canadian television show shot outside Vancouver, British Columbia, that aired in 2000. It starred Joe Lando, Hayden Christensen, A.J. Cook, Kandyse McClure and Jewel Staite.... |
Attention Deficit Mended Fences Because I Love You |
David Ruxton |
2001 | Dead Last Dead Last Dead Last was an American drama-comedy-fantasy television series, produced by Warner Bros. in 2001. It starred Tyler Labine as Scotty Sallback, Kett Turton as Vaughn Parrish, and Sara Downing as Jane Cahill. The series ran for one season with 13 episodes produced but only 8 of them aired... |
Series | Vaughn Parrish |
2001 | Mentors | Nothing to Fear | Reggie |
2001 | SK8 Sk8 (TV series) Sk8 is a half-hour teen drama that aired on NBC's TNBC Saturday morning programming block from October 6 2001 to January 5, 2002 with 13 episodes produced. The show continued in reruns until TNBC's dissolution in September 2002.... |
All Skate | Kevin |
2001 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It expands upon the original film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of experiments gone awry... |
Honey, I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson | Manny |
2001 | Strange Frequency | More Than a Feeling | Toby |
2002 | Smallville Smallville (TV series) Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October... |
Shimmer | Jeff Palmer |
2002 | Dark Angel Dark Angel (TV series) Dark Angel is an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television series created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. The show premiered in the United States on the Fox network on October 3, 2000, and was canceled after two seasons... |
Love in Vein | Jonathan |
2002 | The Dead Zone The Dead Zone (TV series) The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma... |
Unreasonable Doubt | Goth Guy |
2003 | Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me was an American-Canadian comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for the Showtime network, where it ran for two seasons... |
Sunday Mornings | Rich Guggenheim |
2003 | 24 24 (TV series) 24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration... |
Day 3: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Day 3: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Tim |
2004 | Kingdom Hospital Kingdom Hospital Kingdom Hospital is a thirteen-episode television miniseries based on Lars von Trier's The Kingdom , which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television... |
Series | Paul/Antubis |
2005 | Godiva's Godiva's Godiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting... |
Fast and Loose | Eddie |
2005 | Supernatural Supernatural (TV series) Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they... |
Phantom Traveler | Max Jaffe |
Videogames
- Spider-Man (2000 video game)Spider-Man (2000 video game)Spider-Man is an action video game based upon the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is loosely based on the 1990s Spider-Man: The Animated Series. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. Released originally for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in 2000, the game...
(2000) - Bank Thug Pilot (voice, in cut scene, uncredited)
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 83Gypsy 83Gypsy 83 is a 2001 drama film, written and directed by Todd Stephens, about two young goths, Gypsy and Clive, who travel to New York for an annual festival celebrating their idol, Stevie Nicks.-Plot:...
)
External links
- http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/archive/2009/moliere.htm