Jack Kenny
Jack Kenny | |
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San Diego Comic-Con International. | |
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Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
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Spouse |
Michael Goodell (m. 2008) |
Relatives | Roger Goodell (brother-in-law) |
Jack Kenny (born March 9, 1958) is an American writer, director, actor, and producer.
Early life and education
Kenny was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Sally (from Guantanamo, Cuba), a mother and housewife, and Jack, Jr. (from Chicago, IL), a business manager for IBM.[citation needed] He grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY and in Raleigh, NC. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School Theatre Center,[1] where his classmates in Group 11 included Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson Jerald, Jack Stehlin, and Lorraine Toussaint.[2]
Career
After graduating from Juilliard, Kenny was a member of
His first TV writing credit was for Square One on PBS. Kenny has written for Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack, CBS's Dave's World, NBC's Caroline in the City, Fox's Holding the Baby, Lifetime's Maggie, TNT's Falling Skies, Netflix's Jessica Jones and A Series of Unfortunate Events, ABC's Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, among others. He's also written numerous television pilots.
Kenny co-Created the television comedy series
He was also the Creator of the 2006
In 2008, he signed on as
As a director, Jack has helmed several episodes of
In 2014, Kenny joined the advisory board of
Personal life
Kenny has been with his husband, Michael Goodell,[5][6][7] a Level 4 Pilates teacher in Los Angeles, and the son of the late US Senator Charles Goodell of New York, and brother of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell[8] since August 1982. The couple were legally married in California in July 2008.
His sister, Adele Kenny Sweetwood, is a Marketing Executive and author of the book, The Analytical Marketer.
Kenny has always been active in gay rights causes and gay politics. In 1991, he, along with Ken Daigle and Tom Viola, founded Broadway Pride, a group of Broadway and Off-Broadway LGBT actors and crew to march in that year's Gay Pride Parade in New York City. It was the first such organization to march in a Pride parade that was strictly a professional-oriented group with no health or AIDS-related affiliations.
References
- ^ allsaints-pas.org/modules/toc/uploads/files/aid319_lights_camera_acti_46b566e0_96f5_f78a_u1.pdf Saints Alive: April 17, 2005]
- ^ Gussow, Mel (April 29, 1982). "Juilliard Theater Students Put On 'Love's Labor's Lost'". The New York Times.
- ^ "Where was the gay mafia when I needed a hit". 14 February 2006.
- ^ "Sci-Fest Team". Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ Gregory, Sean (December 6, 2012). "How Far Will Roger Goodell Go, To Protect The Game He Loves?". Time. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ Delevingne, Lawrence (January 29, 2014). "Interests of the Goodell family range far beyond the NFL". CNBC. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ "Daniel can't duck the culture wars". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 6, 2006.
- ^ Delevingne, Lawrence (2014-01-29). "Interests of the Goodell family go far beyond NFL". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
External links
- Jack Kenny at IMDb