Kett Turton
Birkett Kealy "Kett" Turton (born April 4, 1982)[1][2] is an American-born Canadian film and television actor who had a starring role in the television series Dead Last (2001).[3][4] Turton was also featured in the television series Millennium (1997), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (2001), Smallville (2002), Dark Angel (2002), The Dead Zone (2002), Dead Like Me (2003), 24 (2003), Supernatural (2005), Fringe (2012), Gotham (2014), The Flash (2015), Blue Bloods (2015), Deadbeat (2015), Jessica Jones (2015), iZombie (2017), The Magicians (2018), and Riverdale (2020).
Birkett Turton | |
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| Born | Birkett Kealy Turton April 4, 1982 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Biography
Turton was born in Portland, Oregon, United States, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He started acting in local theater performances when he was 4 years old. At the age of 15, he played the role of Darrin in the Canadian movie Rollercoaster, for which he was nominated for Canada's prestigious Leo Award.[5]
Since then, Turton has had various roles in both television and film. Most notable are his major roles in television series Dead Last, television mini-series Kingdom Hospital and film Gypsy 83. In Gypsy 83 he played the role of Clive, a gay, goth teen coming of age, alongside Sara Rue. This role earned him the Best Actor Award at Outfest, an LGBT film festival. From 2006–2009 he completed a BA in Acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rollercoaster | Darrin | |
| H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Skid | ||
| 2000 | Ricky 6 | Greg | |
| 2001 | Gypsy 83 | Clive Webb | |
| 2002 | The Water Game | Gavin | |
| 2003 | Heart of America | Daniel Lyne | |
| Coming Down the Mountain | Joe | Short film | |
| Falling Angels | Tom | ||
| 2004 | Saved! | Mitch | |
| Walking Tall | Kenner | ||
| My Old Man | Young Hank | Short film | |
| Show Me | Jackson | ||
| Blade: Trinity | Dingo | ||
| 2005 | A Simple Curve | Buck | |
| 2006 | Firewall | Vel | |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Elite Guard No. 2 | |
| 2015 | Eadweard | Rondinella | |
| 2016 | Curmudgeons | Brant | Short film |
| Wiener-Dog | Film Director | ||
| Our Time | Gabe | ||
| 2017 | Cut Shoot Kill | Jason | |
| 2018 | O.I. | Chris | Short film |
| 20 Minutes to Life | Officer Annesley | Short film | |
| Corporate Monster | Robert Turner | ||
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Beauty | Sean |
| 1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | John |
| 2000 | Secret Cutting | Craig Crosetto |
| Deadlocked | Ellis Moseley | |
| 2005 | Ladies Night | Zack Pavalek |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Millennium | Ghost Storyteller | Episode: "The Curse of Frank Black" |
| 1998 | Dead Man's Gun | 'Little Boy' Dawkins | Episode: "The Photographer" |
| The X Files | Brit (uncredited) | Episode: "The Pine Bluff Variant" | |
| Da Vinci's Inquest | Nate Gillis | Episode: "Gabriel" | |
| 1999 | The Net | Kiss Shirt | Episode: "Chem Lab" |
| First Wave | Normal, Illinois | Episode: "Robbie Harlock" | |
| 2000 | Cold Squad | Young Daniel | Episode: "Life After Death" |
| So Weird | Pete | Episode: "Vampire" | |
| Higher Ground | David Ruxton | 3 episodes | |
| 2001 | Dead Last | Vaughn Parrish | series regular |
| Mentors | Reggie | Episode: "Nothing to Fear" | |
| SK8 | Kevin | Episode: "All Skate" | |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Manny | Episode: "Honey, I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson" | |
| Strange Frequency | Toby | Episode: "More Than a Feeling" | |
| 2002 | Smallville | Jeff Palmer | Episode: "Shimmer" |
| Dark Angel | Jonathan | Episode: "Love in Vein" | |
| The Dead Zone | Goth Guy | Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt" | |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | Rich Guggenheim | Episode: "Sunday Mornings" |
| 24 | Tim | 2 episodes | |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Paul Morlock / Antubis | Episode: "Series" |
| 2005 | Godiva's | Eddie | Episode: "Fast and Loose" |
| 2005-2017 | Supernatural | Max Jaffe / Alton Morehead | Episodes: "Phantom Traveler" and "The Raid" |
| 2012 | Fringe | Briggs | Episode: "The Human Kind" |
| 2014 | Gotham | Benny | Episode: "Viper" |
| 2015 | The Flash | Eddie Slick / Sand Demon | Episode: "Flash of Two Worlds" |
| Blue Bloods | Lukas Gorski | Episode: "Payback" | |
| Deadbeat | Dark Suit #2 | Episode: "Good Will Haunting" | |
| Jessica Jones | Holden | Episode: "AKA It's Called Whiskey" | |
| 2016 | Motive | Dr. Henry Price | Episode: "The Scorpion and the Frog" |
| 2017-2019 | iZombie | Vampire Steve | 9 Episodes |
| 2018 | The Magicians | Vince | Episode: "Poached Eggs" |
| You Me Her | Tucker | Episode: "Tourist Lesbians and Millennial Twats" | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Riverdale | David | 3 Episodes |
Video games
- Spider-Man (2000) – Bank Thug Pilot (voice, in cut scene, uncredited)
Theatre
- 2009 – Molière, or The League of Hypocrites (Finborough Theatre)
Awards
- Nominated for Canadian Leo - Best Actor (Rollercoaster)
- Won Copper Wing Award (at the Phoenix Film Festival) - Best Ensemble (Rollercoaster)
- Won Grand Jury Award (at OUTfest) - Best Actor Award (Gypsy 83)
References
- "Kett Turton". British Film Institute. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- "Kett Turton". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- Barchas, Elizabeth (2001) "TALES FROM THE FLIP SIDE", Boston Globe, August 12, 2001, p. 4
- Rosenberg, Howard (2001) "WB Summer Offering Ends Up a 'Dead' Bore", Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2001, p. F6
- "Kett Turton". NorthernStars.ca.
