Kevin Chamberlin
| Kevin Chamberlin | |
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| Born | November 25, 1963 Baltimore, Maryland |
Kevin Chamberlin (born November 25, 1963) is an American actor. He currently stars as Bertrum in the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Life
Chamberlin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, moving there as a nine-year old.[1] Chamberlin graduated from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.
[edit] Career
Chamberlin has been nominated for Drama Desk and Tony Awards for Dirty Blonde (as Charlie), Seussical (as Horton), and The Addams Family (as Uncle Fester). Additional Broadway theatre credits include My Favorite Year, Triumph of Love, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Chicago, and The Ritz. He also appeared in the 1999 gay-themed movie Trick.
He also appeared in Die Hard with a Vengeance as an enthusiastic NYPD bomb defusal expert. In Lucky Number Slevin, he again had a supporting role as a New York police officer. Chamberlin's most recent work includes the role of Aron Malsky in the NBC primetime series Heroes. He also made an appearance in a Law and Order: Special Victims Unit episode titled Redemption where he played a man named Roger Berry, who raped and murdered a number a women a few years back and was being hunted by Elliot and his partner Jonathan Hawk.
Chamberlin previously appeared as Uncle Fester in the musical The Addams Family, a role for which he won a Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Performance By a Featured Actor In a Broadway Musical.[2] Brad Oscar replaced him in the role of Uncle Fester on March 8, 2011.[3]
Chamberlin currently stars in the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie as a butler named Bertram.
[edit] References
- ^ Gardner, Amanda. "THEATER; Tony Awards' New Jersey Ties", The New York Times, July 23, 2008.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (2009-07-22). "Addams Family Musical Finds a Broadway Home". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/131346-Addams_Family_Musical_Finds_a_Broadway_Home_. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Brad Oscar Will Play Uncle Fester in Addams Family; Blickenstaff, Grupper, Potter Join Cast" playbill.com, February 4, 2011
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Kevin Chamberlin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Kevin Chamberlin at the Internet Movie Database
- Downstage Center interview at the American Theatre Wing, November 2007
