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Kevin Kane (actor)

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Kevin Kane
Born (1988-07-20) July 20, 1988 (age 36)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
Years active2000–present
SpouseFrancis Benhamou (m. 2017)

Kevin Kane (born July 20, 1988) is an American actor, director and producer.

Life and career

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Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the William Esper Studio in New York City.[2] Kane made his screen debut appearing in a small part in the 2000 drama film, Swimming and later made guest appearances on Law & Order, One Life to Live and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He is one of founding members of The Collective NY, a New York-based stage production company.[3] With one of the members, Amy Schumer, Kane produced the Comedy Central sketch comedy series, Inside Amy Schumer from 2013 to 2022, receiving Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series in 2015.[4] He also made 20-episodes recurring appearance on Inside Amy Schumer playing various roles and directed two episodes during the final season. Kane also appeared opposite Schumer in her 2015 romantic comedy film, Trainwreck.

Kane produced Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (2015), Amy Schumer: The Leather Special (2017), Snatched (2017), I Feel Pretty (2018), Amy Schumer: Growing (2019), Expecting Amy (2020), and Life & Beth (2022–).[2] On Life & Beth, Kane also played a recurring role as Matt, her boyfriend.[5][6][7][8]

Kane appeared in films The Rainbow Experiment (2018), Lez Bomb (2018) and The Irishman (2019). On television, he guest-starred on White Collar, Blue Bloods, No Activity and FBI: Most Wanted. He had the recurring roles on Chicago P.D. in 2016, and Bonding in 2018.[1] He played four different guest-starring roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, before was cast as Detective Terry Bruno for season 24 and season 25.[9][10][11] In July 2024, it was announced that Kane would be promoted to series regular for the show's 26th season.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Swimming Jake Uncredited
2005 How I Got Lost Jake Short film
2009 My Mother's Fairy Tales Sebastian
2011 A Long Road O'Connor Short film
I'm Not Me Andy Thomas
2013 A Song Still Inside Sean
Tiger Lily Road Delivery Guy
In the Dark Adam Short film
2015 Trainwreck Kevin
2017 Snatched Hot Guy Also associate producer
Quick Fix Scotty Short film
2018 Uncle Silas Silas
The Rainbow Experiment David McKenna
I Feel Pretty Cute Guy at Pharmacy Also executive producer
Lez Bomb Chino
This Teacher Darren
Directions James Short film
2019 The Irishman FBI Agent
2020 Hung Up Travis Short film
2024 Caper Mitch
TBA Kinda Pregnant Executive producer

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 & 2005 Law & Order Matt Preminger/Uni Episodes: "Access Nation"/"House of Cards"
2006 One Life to Live Reg 3 episodes
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Scott Ryland Episode: "Inconceivable"
2011 White Collar Fake Neal Episode: "On Guard"
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Officer Greg Wilcox Episode: "Child's Welfare"
2013–2022 Inside Amy Schumer Various roles 20 episodes
Also producer, 40 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series (2015)
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series (2016)
2014 Blue Bloods Officer Bill Becker Episode: "Above and Beyond"
2015 Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo Producer
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
2016 Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple Producer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Major Bowman Episode: "Nationwide Manhunt"
Chicago P.D. Mike Sorensen 3 episodes
2017 Amy Schumer: The Leather Special Producer
Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don't Be Yourself
2018 Amy Schumer Presents Sam Morril: Positive Influence
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gary Kent Episode: "Mea Culpa"
Bonding Professor Charles 5 episodes
2019 No Activity Joseph Farrell Episode: "Tooth and Nail"
Amy Schumer: Growing Producer
2020 Expecting Amy Executive producer
2021 FBI: Most Wanted Brendan De Rossi Episode: "Spiderwebs"
2022– Life & Beth Matt Recurring role
Also executive producer
2023– Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective Terry Bruno Recurring role; seasons 24 & 25, Main role; season 26[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Didymus, John Thomas (April 28, 2019). "Kevin Kane: Who is the hunky member of Bonding on Netflix cast?". Monsters and Critics.
  2. ^ a b "Kevin Kane Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements". www.allamericanspeakers.com.
  3. ^ "Kevin Kane_EXTERNAL_PAGE". The Collective NY.
  4. ^ "Kevin Kane". TVGuide.com.
  5. ^ "Amy Schumer's 'Life & Beth' Is as Trite as Its Title". TIME. March 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Hathaway, Ben (March 30, 2022). "Life & Beth: The Main Characters, Ranked By Likability". ScreenRant.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (January 18, 2024). "'Life & Beth' Season 2 Trailer Features Jennifer Coolidge, Beanie Feldstein, Margaret Cho & More".
  8. ^ Framke, Caroline (March 18, 2022). "Amy Schumer's 'Life & Beth' Shifts the Comedian Into a More Passive, Introspective Gear: TV Review".
  9. ^ Skopp, Sam (January 22, 2023). "We've Actually Seen Detective Bruno Actor Kevin Kane In The Law & Order Universe Many Times Before". Looper.
  10. ^ "'Law & Order: SVU' Star Confirms Return for at Least 'a Few' Episodes". TV.
  11. ^ Hunt, Allison (January 6, 2023). "Who Is New Detective Terry Bruno on 'SVU'? Fans Have Seen Actor Kevin Kane Before". Distractify.
  12. ^ Roots, Kimberly (July 23, 2024). "Law & Order: SVU Promotes Kevin Kane Ahead of Season 26". TVLine. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  13. ^ "Law & Order: SVU Promotes Kevin Kane Ahead of Season 26". TVLine.com. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
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