FUN FACTS

 



 

 


Date of Birth:

Thursday 9 August 1973





Home: Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK




Height: 6' 0½"

(1.84 m)



Age: 36



Star sign: Leo

 
                                                                
                                        

                              

 

 


 
  

Liam Neeson helped Kevin "rethink" his dismissal of television roles.

His first role was in the Elgin Town Hall production of Anne of Green Gables.

He is left-handed.

He and "One Last Chance" director Stewart Svaasand would have friendly curling competitions while filming in Scotland.

Kevin voiced the character of Jezz Torrent, lead singer of Love Fist, in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City."

He was often found playing pool between takes on the "Journeyman" set in San Pedro, CA.

He and fellow friend and actor James Purefoy share the same nickname for their sons.

He is the only main star missing from Trainspotting's promotional material, primarily due to a PR snafu.

He comes from a family of farmers and was one of the first in his clan to attend university.

He left his engineering courses to audition for the Queen Margaret Drama School.

He has been called one of Scotland's hardest working actors, doing 27 films in just a 7 year span.

He and co-stars shooting the Rome lower apartment scenes suffered numerous flea bites while on set.

He helped his mum get an administration job with Out of the Darkness Theatre Group in Scotland and is a patron himself.

He admires actors like John Cusack, who take on unexpected roles.

He broke a rib and bone in his hand while doing all his own stunts in Dog Soldiers.

He once worked in a whiskey distillery, prevalent to his hometown, and loves whiskey, haggis and eggs benedict.

He and wife Jane have a son named Joseph (born 2000) and a daughter named Iona, after the Isle of Iona (born 2002).

His favourite film is Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy.

Kevin loves to sing and play guitar.

He narrated "A Highland Empire" (2007) on BBC2, a look at how Highlanders settling in the Canadian wilderness almost overtook the Hudson's Bay Company for trading dominance.

He's a country boy at heart and would prefer his kids grow up with the Scottish dialect.

Kevin displays his Rome Montefortino helmet, created by Emmy-award winning designer April Ferry, above his fireplace.

He has one brother still living in Elgin.

As a child, he wanted to be Elliot from E.T. and enjoyed watching Miami Dolphins football.

He campaigned unsuccessfully for a role as a stormtrooper in The Phantom Menace.

He loves listening to James Taylor.

He and his family presently reside in Los Angeles, where he keeps a low profile outside of work and promotional events. The papparazzi still find him frequently at a West Hollywood gym.

He won the distinguished Ian Charleson award playing Racine at the Almeida. (Britannicus: title role)


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