Christian Kane

Christian Kane (born June 27, 1972) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is known for his roles in the television shows Angel, Leverage, The Librarians and Into the West, and the movies Just Married, Taxi, and Secondhand Lions.

Christian Kane
Kane at the New York Comic Con
Born (1972-06-27) June 27, 1972
OccupationActor, singer-songwriter
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.christiankane.com

Kane is the lead singer of the country-southern rock band Kane. On December 7, 2010, they released The House Rules, their third album and their debut for record label Bigger Picture Music Group. The album reached no. 25 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The first single from the album, also titled "The House Rules", debuted at no. 54 on the Billboard Country Songs chart. The second single, “Let Me Go”, was released on July 11, 2011.

Early life

Kane was born Christopher Michael Short in Dallas, Texas to Billy Michael and Pamela Ann Frazier. He claims Cherokee Native American ancestry. Although he has no documented evidence, it is part of his family's oral history.[1] His parents participated in, and met at, the rodeo. The family moved around the South and the Midwest because his father was in the oil business, and they finally settled in Norman, Oklahoma, when Kane was in eighth grade. While growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Kane was a collegiate-style wrestler and played football (as a strong safety).[2] He studied art history at the University of Oklahoma, but decided he wanted to be an actor and headed to Los Angeles before finishing the degree.[3] In Los Angeles, he worked at a talent management company, where he delivered scripts in exchange for getting acting jobs.[4]

Career

Acting

Kane with Amy Acker at a signing in Santa Barbara

Kane landed his first acting role in 1997 as one of the leads in MGM's television series Fame L.A. playing a country singer who moved to Los Angeles from Kansas. His television roles have included a recurring role in Joss Whedon’s Angel as the lawyer Lindsey MacDonald, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced series Close to Home on CBS, the TNT television film Crossfire Trail in which he appeared alongside Tom Selleck, and the role of Abe Wheeler in the Steven Spielberg-produced 2005 miniseries Into the West. He starred with singer Monica, as Billy Ryan in MTV movie Love Song in 2000.

Kane’s appearances on the big screen include the 20th Century Fox film Just Married and New Line Cinema's Secondhand Lions (as the younger version of Robert Duvall's Hub McCann, he has a scar on his upper lip from an injury he received while filming the movie).[5] He also appeared in Taxi, Life or Something Like It, the Peter Berg-directed Friday Night Lights, and the Warner Bros. baseball film Summer Catch.

In 2007, Kane was featured in the Carrie Underwood music video "So Small", playing the role of one of the three converging stories. In 2009, he appeared in the psychological thriller, Hide, in which he played the lead role of Billy, and The Donner Party which is based on the true story of the Donner Party. In 2010, he starred in the romantic drama, Not Since You.

From 2008 to 2012, Kane appeared on the TNT television series Leverage as Eliot Spencer, a retrieval specialist and black ops soldier who teams up with four other specialists to undo the injustices perpetrated upon the helpless. Kane performed all his own fight scenes and also choreographed fights for the series.

In 2013, Kane appeared as JT Maxwell, brother to Rebecca Romijn's female lead Michelle Maxwell on TNT's King & Maxwell. He appeared again with Romijn. co-starring in the 2014 to 2018 TNT television series The Librarians, based on The Librarian film series.

Music

In 1997, Kane met Steve Carlson, who had taken over his old job. They started writing songs together, and in 1998 formed the Southern rock band Kane. They have toured the U.S., as well as England and Germany. The band has self-released two albums, their self-titled debut, Kane, in 2002, and a recording of a live acoustic set, Acoustic Live In London! in 2004.

The band consists of Kane (lead vocals, guitar), Carlson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jason Southard (lead guitar), Will Amend (bass guitar), and Ryan Baker (drums) and is signed to independent record label Bigger Picture Music Group. Their label debut, The House Rules, was released December 7, 2010. It debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart and no. 25 on the Country Albums chart.[6] The album was produced by Bob Ezrin and Jimmie Lee Sloas.[7]

The first single from the album, also titled "The House Rules", debuted at no. 54 on the Billboard Country Songs chart[8] and was the seventh-most added song on Mediabase Country stations on its official impact date.[7] The video for the single was directed by Timothy Hutton and premiered on CMT's Big New Music Weekend October 1, 2010. "The House Rules" was featured in the video game NASCAR 09.[9] The second single, "Let Me Go", was released on July 11, 2011. The video for the single, directed by Roman White, premiered on CMT August 8, 2011 and reached no. 1 on their Today's Top Videos chart .[10]

Kane is also signed to a songwriting deal with EMI Music Publishing and writes much of his own material. Trace Adkins released a song written by Kane called "Happy Man" on his 2010 album, Cowboy's Back in Town.[11]

Kane's co-writing efforts include songs written with Blair Daly, Brett James, David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard, and Jerrod Niemann.[12] "Thinking of You", a song he co-wrote with Blair Daly, featured in episode 3X06, "The Studio Job", of Leverage.[3]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997–1998Fame L.A.Ryan "Flyboy" LeggetMain role (21 episodes)
1999Rescue 77Wick LoboMain role (8 episodes)
1999–2004AngelLindsey McDonaldRecurring role (21 episodes)
2001Dawson's CreekNick TaylorGuest star (Episode: "The Tao of Dawson")
2003The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About EnronBrian CruverTelevision film
2004Las VegasBobGuest star (Episode: "The Strange Life of Bob")
2005Into the WestAbe High Wolf WheelerTV miniseries
2005–2006Close to HomeJack ChaseMain cast
2008–2012, 2020-LeverageEliot SpencerMain cast
2013King & MaxwellJT MaxwellGuest star (Episode: "Family Business")
2014–2018The LibrariansJacob StoneMain cast
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2016Heaven SentBilly TaylorTelevision film
2018S.W.A.T.Mr. XEpisode "S.O.S." [13]
2019SupernaturalLee WebbEpisode: "Last Call"
2020Almost ParadiseAlex WalkerMain role (10 Episodes)

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999EDtvP.A.
2000The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic ComedyIdaho guy
2000Love SongBilly Ryan Gallo
2001Crossfire TrailJohn Thomas "J.T." Langston
2001Summer CatchDale Robin
2002Life or Something Like ItCal Cooper
2003Just MarriedPeter Prentiss
2003Secondhand LionsYoung Hub
2004The Plight of ClownanaChristianShort film
2004TaxiAgent Mullins
2004Friday Night LightsBrian
2005Her Minor ThingPaul
2005Keep Your DistanceSean Voight
2006Four Sheets to the WindDavid
2008HideBilly
2009The Donner PartyCharles Stanton
2009Not Since YouRyan Roberts
2011Good Day for ItDale Acton
2011Universal SquadronsPeacemaker
201450 to 1Mark Allen
2014All StarsJim Hall
2017The Terror of Hallow's EveBobby
2017TinkerBoudreauxPost-production
2017Christmas in the HeartlandJeff Gentry

Video game

Year Title Voice role
200624: The GamePeter Madsen

Discography

Soundtrack

Title Song(s) featured
Angel (2001)"L.A. Song"
Life or Something Like It (2002)"Sweet Carolina Rain" (as KANE)
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron TV (2003)"More Than I Deserve" (as KANE)
Just Married (2003)"The Chase" (as KANE)
Leverage — "The Two Horse Job" (2008)"More Than I Deserve" (as KANE)
NASCAR 09 (2009)"The House Rules" (as Christian Kane)
Keep Your Distance (2005)"Right In Front Of You" (as Sean Voight/KANE)
Leverage — "The Studio Job" (2010)"Thinking of You"

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[14]
US
[15]
US
Heat

[16]
Kane
  • Release date: July 22, 2002
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD
The House Rules 25 178 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[14]
US
[17]
US
Heat

[16]
Christian Kane
  • Release date: March 9, 2010
  • Label: Bigger Picture Music Group
  • Formats: CD, music download
28 159 5

Live albums

Title Album details
Acoustic Live In London!
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[18]
2010 "The House Rules" 49 The House Rules
2011 "Let Me Go" 58

Music videos

Year Video Director
2010 "The House Rules" Timothy Hutton
2011 "Let Me Go" Roman White

References

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  2. "CK discusses his Bad-Ass Character". Starpulse.com.
  3. "Christian Kane is singing a totally different tune on 'Leverage'". Digitaljournal.com.
  4. "Portrait of an artist: Christian Kane". Intrepidmedia.com.
  5. "Redneck scrapper: Dallas-born Christian Kane fights for TNT's new Leverage". Unclebarky.com. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  6. "Billboard Heatseekers chart"., Billboard.com
  7. "AllAccess Artist profile: Christian Kane". Allaccess.com.
  8. "Billboard oct. 25th 2010 Chart Highlights". Archived from the original on October 29, 2010.
  9. "CMT: Eight Videos Debuting During CMT Big New Music Weekend". Cmt.com.
  10. "Let Me Go blazes to nr. 1". Musicnewsnashville,cin. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  11. "Actor and singer Christian Kane likes Nashville, Alice in Chains and UFC". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  12. "News - Updates". Christiankane.com. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  13. "Christian Kane List of Movies and TV Shows". Tvguide.com. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  14. "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  15. "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  16. "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  17. "Christian Kane EP Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  18. "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
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