Kevin Collins (American actor)
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Kevin Michael Collins is an American actor in theatre
, film
, and television
. He is based in New York City.
Kevin is an alumnus of St. Michael's College
at the University of Toronto
and a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada
and the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique
in London
. He was a member of the Irish company Blue Raincoat
and of the London-based corporeal mime
company Theatre de l'Ange Fou
.
In theatre he has worked in the West End
, with the Peter Hall Company, and off-Broadway. On film he has appeared in Baby Mama
, Jamil Dehlavi
's Infinite Justice
and Munich
, directed by Steven Spielberg
. His television appearances include Law & Order
, All My Children
and Gossip Girl
.
Kevin is also a voiceover artist whose voice is regularly heard in national ad campaigns in the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland. As a voice actor, his credits include work for RTÉ and BBC radio drama, and documentary narration.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. He is based in New York City.
Kevin is an alumnus of St. Michael's College
University of St. Michael's College
The University of St. Michael's College is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1852 by the Congregation of St. Basil of Annonay, France. While mainly an undergraduate college for liberal arts and sciences, St. Michael's retains its Roman Catholic affiliation through its postgraduate...
at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada
National Theatre School of Canada
The National Theatre School of Canada is a private college located in Montreal, Quebec.Established in Montreal in 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada offers professional training in English and French in a setting that unites all the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, directing, set and...
and the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique
Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique
The Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique is a theatre school in London, England. It was founded in Paris by the last assistants of Etienne Decroux, Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, who continue to teach and produce plays with their company, the Theatre de l'Ange Fou. Now known as the International...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He was a member of the Irish company Blue Raincoat
Blue Raincoat
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company is a physical theatre ensemble based in Sligo, Ireland at the Factory Performance Space....
and of the London-based corporeal mime
Corporeal mime
One subgroup of physical theater is corporeal mime. Its objective is to place drama inside the moving human body, rather than to substitute gesture for speech as in pantomime. In this medium, the mime must apply to physical movement those principles that are at the heart of drama: pause,...
company Theatre de l'Ange Fou
Theatre de l'Ange Fou
Theatre de l'Ange Fou is a theatre company based in London, England. Its artistic directors are Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum.It was created in Paris in 1984, the last assistants of "the father of Modern Mime", Etienne Decroux, and relocated to London in 1995.The Theatre de l'Ange Fou and the...
.
In theatre he has worked in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
, with the Peter Hall Company, and off-Broadway. On film he has appeared in Baby Mama
Baby Mama (film)
Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, and Dax Shepard.-Plot:...
, Jamil Dehlavi
Jamil Dehlavi
Jamil Dehlavi is British film director/producer. He was born in Calcutta, India to an Indian father and French mother.-Filmography:* 1973 Guitarist* 1976 Towers of Silence* 1980 The Blood of Hussain* 1986 Born of Fire...
's Infinite Justice
Infinite justice
Infinite Justice may refer to:*Operation Enduring Freedom, the "military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States", initially planned to be named as Operation Infinite Justice...
and Munich
Munich (film)
Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
, directed by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
. His television appearances include Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
, All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
and Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
.
Kevin is also a voiceover artist whose voice is regularly heard in national ad campaigns in the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland. As a voice actor, his credits include work for RTÉ and BBC radio drama, and documentary narration.