Kenny Yates

Born: 1984-10-29

Place of birth: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA

Kenny Yates is a half-Italian, half-Filipino actor, voice actor, feature film producer, and director based in Los Angeles. He's been working in the film industry since 2004. Kenny began his career in the entertainment industry as a child actor on the Daytime Emmy-winning PBSkids show Zoom. He appeared in 80 episodes over two seasons. Kenny got his first behind-the-camera gig on the 20th Century Fox/Regency film Date Movie. He continued as directors Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer's assistant on Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans & Vampires Suck. He was promoted to Associate Producer on their film Disaster Movie and then bumped again to Co-Producer/VFX Supervisor on their films The Starving Games & Superfast! Kenny has continued his acting career with roles in each of Seltzer & Friedberg's movies. He recently appeared as Floyd in 'Reboot Camp', a mockumentary comedy with Eric Roberts, Ed Begley Jr. & David Koechner. He is also co-starring in the upcoming film 'Wolf Mountain' alongside scene partner Danny Trejo. Kenny continues his studies in Meisner Technique at Playhouse West in North Hollywood. He was also a member of the sketch comedy group 'The Neighbors', directed by Sean Whalen [Twister] at the same repertory. Kenny is also the Founder and President of KAYJ Entertainment.