- Born
- Birth nameJames Harvey Kennedy
- Nicknames
- J
- Harvey
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- James Harvey Kennedy was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on May 25, 1970. He became interested in acting at the age of 15, and appeared in a movie for the first time at age 19, as an extra in Dead Poets Society (1989). His first role in a movie was as Brad in the film Road to Flin Flon (2000), which was filmed in the early 1990s but was not released until spring 2000. He is most popular for playing the role of the movie buff, geeky Randy Meeks, in Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000). In 1998, he won a Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actor in a horror movie for his role as Randy Meeks in Scream 2 (1997).- IMDb Mini Biography By: FlickGeek@aol.com
- ParentsJosie KennedyBob Kennedy
- RelativesSibling(Sibling)Robert Kennedy(Sibling)
- Author of the book 'Wannabe: A Hollywood Experiment' detailing his miserable early showbiz career before masquerading as his own agent brought him success.
- Was in a relationship with Jennifer Love Hewitt [March 2009 to March 2010].
- The youngest of 6 children - 1 brother, 4 sisters
- Was considered for the role of Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire (1996).
- Kennedy was criticized for his decision to appear in the conservative film Roe v. Wade (2019). He said many of the far-right personalities who appear in the film shot their scenes late in production and he was not aware they would be appearing in the same film. In an interview with 'The Daily Beast', Kennedy said he took the role as an acting challenge and he is personally pro-choice and that, "it's also not fair for people to think that because I'm in a project with them that I'm like that, or that I believe in this stuff. That's not fair." (To which the interviewer responded, "If someone popped up in Triumph of the Will (1935), I would probably assume that they don't like Jews very much.").
- I think anybody can be a good actor.
- There are so many people in the world and not everybody knows who I am, some people do, but I just don't think a lot of people know who I am.
- I like doing interviews. I really do.
- I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I started.
- I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them.
- The Debtors (2022) - $200,000
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