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Page Kennedy (born November 23, 1976) is an American television and film actor. Kennedy attended Western Michigan University where his talent was discovered. He soon transferred to the University of Delaware to major in theatre and acting. Kennedy soon moved to Los Angeles and began to guest star on several shows including Six Feet Under, Blind Justice, Barbershop, Love, Inc., NYPD Blue and The Shield.
In 2005, Kennedy won a recurring role on the popular ABC primetime soap, Desperate Housewives where he played Caleb Applewhite, a fugitive who was being held captive in his mother's (Alfre Woodard) basement. However shortly after in November 2005, Kennedy was fired from Desperate Housewives. News reports at the time claimed he was fired for lewd and improper conduct on the set. Kennedy denied the improper conduct claim and said that Touchstone Television, the producers of the show, wanted to take a new direction with the character and bought out his contract. He was replaced by NaShawn Kearse. Kennedy joined the cast of Showtime's hit series Weeds during its second and third season. He played the drug-dealer and self-described "thug", "U-Turn".
Most recently Kennedy played a homosexual inmate and gang leader in My Name is Earl in love with the leader of a rival Hispanic gang.
Kennedy resides in Los Angeles.
Page Kennedy's road to Hollywood spans across the country beginning in the mid-West where his remarkable talent was discovered at Western Michigan University. Before attending the best school in Michigan for theatre, however, Page's career was nowhere near focused on acting as his father, a doctor, encouraged him to pursue a career in medicine, while he wanted to go to school for football. Page was born in Detroit and lived in Los Angeles with his mother until he was six years old. He moved back to Detroit to live with his father, who died when Page was 16. Since his death, Page has been on his own but also made sure to fulfill his father's dreams of his only son going to college. It was in Western Michigan University that Page was introduced to the world of Shakespeare. With the influence of a mentor at school, Page grew to embrace Shakespeare with open arms and mastered the fine art of Shakespearean prose with ease and grace. An outstanding performance at WMU led to a bidding war among 17 graduate theater programs and chose the University of Delaware, which gave him an opportunity to concentrate on Shakespeare. After seven months of intense training in Delaware, Page trekked back to Los Angeles, this time with a headshot and a dream. He landed his first role as Roger on CBS's "The Kennedy's" through an unconventional audition by sneaking into Sony's studios as a messenger and delivered his headshot and resume. Ever since breaking the small screen on "The Kennedy's", Page has displayed his skills for TV executives, landing roles on shows such as "The Shield", "Six Feet Under" and "Life at Five Feet". But his impressive talent didn't stop there. It also captured the interest of movie directors, paving way for his film debut as the villainous Travis Shipley in S.W.A.T. (2003), supporting Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and LL Cool J. And later in the fall, Page will take lead for _Leprechaun: Back in Da Hood (2003)_, with Sticky Fingaz, Laz Alonzo and Tangi Miller. His comedic performance as Jamie Davis will remind audiences of a new millenium Smokey from Friday (1995). Armed with an exceptional background in theatre, Page is prepared for a promising career on screen, big or small. Great actors such as Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne and entertainer Michael Jackson have influenced him. Page is a father of two children and resides in Los Angeles. Casually dressed in Rocawear apparel, a fresh pair of Air Jordans and a do-rag, this Shakespearean-verse spittin' thespian can be found bumping to the sounds of 50- Cent, playing basketball, or in a studio writing rhymes, a craft he has mastered since the age of 7.





