Kennedy was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Plano, Texas.[1] He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He played college football and was named to an All Southwest Conference Football Team and was a player of interest to both the Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders until a motorcycle accident ended his football career. He then moved to Los Angeles where he worked regularly as an actor until the nightlife industry.[2] He moved to Las Vegas in 2002 and continued to expand his career in nightlife [3] as a Vice President for the Light Group and ran FOH for Bellagio's Light Nightclub, Mirage's Jet Nightclub and Tao Groups Tao Beach [4] before launching his career as a film and television producer. He resides in Las Vegas with his wife, Actress and Model Carey Lessard, and their two children, Barbeque and Queso.[5]
Professional lifeedit
Kennedy, was a producer for the History Channel's award-winning miniseries Texas Rising in 2015 and appeared in one episode of the series as Texas Ranger, Zacharias Coffey.[6] He is the owner and executive producer of In Your Face Productions and is the creator and executive producer of several series including Showtime's Gigolos in which he produced with Richard Grieco,[7][8] FYI Networks Late Nite Chef Fight[9] Lifetime's Postmortem in Vegas and FOX TV's Labor of Love. Kennedy has been a recurring character on Pawn Stars, and appeared in Melrose Place, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He appeared on Lifetime’s series Vivica A. Fox’s Black Magic, which premiered in January 2017.[10]
Kennedy, in addition to being a Producer, is an Ordained Universal Life Church Minister, who officiated the wedding ceremony of actor Cory Feldman and wife Courtney Anne in November 2016.[11] Kennedy conducted the ceremony at Elton John's Fizz champagne lounge at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.[12]
Kennedy, who appears in and produced the movie Cops & Robbers released in 2016, produced the movie Female Fight Club appeared and produced the movie Fright Fest and produced the film Bruja in Mexico with MMA legend turned actor Randy Couture.[13] In addition to his hit series Gigolos, Kennedy has produced Late Night Chef Fight and Trailer Park Housewives.[14][15]
Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top is his son's Godfather. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Billy Gibbons, made a surprise appearance inside a Texas elementary classroom to read for a stunned group of 2nd-graders.[16]
^Diggs, Kim. "Update: Hollywood remembers the Alamo Collin County natives represent Texas in new History Channel series". Retrieved May 24, 2015.
^DeFrank, Sean. "Creativity, Unscripted From gigolos to trailer parks, Marklen Kennedy mines the underbelly of Las Vegas—and his own past—for gutsy reality-TV ideas". Retrieved November 10, 2011.
^Walters, Mike (October 23, 2021). "'ZZ Top' Star Billy Gibbons Makes Surprise Appearance In 2nd Grade Classroom!". The Blast. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^Adande, J.A. (October 16, 2006). "This Vegas Act Warmup Proves the Stakes Are High". Retrieved October 16, 2006.
^"Marklen Kennedy on 'Gigolos' and Vegas Reality TV". knpr.org. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
^Diggs, Kim. "Update: Hollywood remembers the Alamo". starlocalmedia.com. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
^Kaplan, Michael. "The Man Behind 'Gigolos' Talks Reality TV". Retrieved May 4, 2015.
^DeFrank, Sean. "Creativity, Unscripted From gigolos to trailer parks, Marklen Kennedy mines the underbelly of Las Vegas—and his own past—for gutsy reality-TV ideas". Retrieved November 10, 2011.
^"'ZZ Top' Star Billy Gibbons Makes Surprise Appearance In 2nd Grade Classroom!".
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A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Marklen Kennedy is an American actor producer film industry executive and founder of In Your Face Productions Marklen KennedyBornHouston Texas United StatesAlma materSouthern Methodist UniversityOccupation s Producer actor executiveSpouseCarey LessardChildren2Websitecampsite wbr bio wbr marklenkennedy wbr Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Professional life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editKennedy was born in Houston Texas and raised in Plano Texas 1 He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas He played college football and was named to an All Southwest Conference Football Team and was a player of interest to both the Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders until a motorcycle accident ended his football career He then moved to Los Angeles where he worked regularly as an actor until the nightlife industry 2 He moved to Las Vegas in 2002 and continued to expand his career in nightlife 3 as a Vice President for the Light Group and ran FOH for Bellagio s Light Nightclub Mirage s Jet Nightclub and Tao Groups Tao Beach 4 before launching his career as a film and television producer He resides in Las Vegas with his wife Actress and Model Carey Lessard and their two children Barbeque and Queso 5 Professional life edit Kennedy was a producer for the History Channel s award winning miniseries Texas Rising in 2015 and appeared in one episode of the series as Texas Ranger Zacharias Coffey 6 He is the owner and executive producer of In Your Face Productions and is the creator and executive producer of several series including Showtime s Gigolos in which he produced with Richard Grieco 7 8 FYI Networks Late Nite Chef Fight 9 Lifetime s Postmortem in Vegas and FOX TV s Labor of Love Kennedy has been a recurring character on Pawn Stars and appeared in Melrose Place and CSI Crime Scene Investigation He appeared on Lifetime s series Vivica A Fox s Black Magic which premiered in January 2017 10 Kennedy in addition to being a Producer is an Ordained Universal Life Church Minister who officiated the wedding ceremony of actor Cory Feldman and wife Courtney Anne in November 2016 11 Kennedy conducted the ceremony at Elton John s Fizz champagne lounge at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas 12 Kennedy who appears in and produced the movie Cops amp Robbers released in 2016 produced the movie Female Fight Club appeared and produced the movie Fright Fest and produced the film Bruja in Mexico with MMA legend turned actor Randy Couture 13 In addition to his hit series Gigolos Kennedy has produced Late Night Chef Fight and Trailer Park Housewives 14 15 Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top is his son s Godfather Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Billy Gibbons made a surprise appearance inside a Texas elementary classroom to read for a stunned group of 2nd graders 16 Filmography editYear Title Executive Producer Producer Actor Role Notes 2021 SMU Football The Hilltop Yes Marklen Kennedy TV series 2019 Diamonds in the Sky Yes Movie 2017 Cops and Robbers Yes Yes Shakers Movie 2017 Knuckles Yes Movie 2017 Treasure Hunter Legend of the White Witch Yes Movie 2017 Dead trigger Yes Movie 2018 Fright fest Yes Yes Grapefruit Movie 2017 Vivica s Black Magic Yes Yes Marklen Kennedy TV series 2018 Kinky Yes Dr Weiss Movie 2016 Female Fight Squad Yes Yes Yes Carl Movie 2016 Gigolos Yes Yes TV series 2015 Late Nite Chef Fight Yes Yes Foodie TV series 2015 Texas Rising Yes Yes Zacharias TV mini series 2015 Avenging the Alamo The Road to Texas Rising Yes TV movie documentary 2014 Back of the House Brawls Yes TV series 2014 Postmortem in Las Vegas Yes Yes John Doe TV movie 2014 Vegas DOA Yes TV movie 2012 Vegas Moms Yes TV movie 2010 CSI Crime Scene Investigation Yes Pool Manager TV series 2001 As the World Turns Yes Billy TV series 2001 Urban Legends Cyber Yes Bill TV series 2001 Girl for Girl Yes Ben Movie 2000 Everybody Loves a Star Yes Cameron Hunter Tim Movie 1999 Penny Dreadfuls Yes Yes Sonny Movie 1999 Ryan Caulfield Year One Yes Stockbroker TV series 1999 Melrose Place Yes Bartender Manager TV series 1999 Santa s Little Helper Yes Steve Wilder Short 1998 The Glass Box Yes Ray Movie 1998 Perfect Prey Yes Investigator Lyons TV movie 1998 Heaven or Vegas Yes Donald Movie 1997 Women Stories of Passion Yes Sean TV series 1997 Pacific Palisades Yes Adam Bentley TV series 1997 Magenta Yes Craig Movie 1996 Backroads to Vegas Yes William TV movie 1994 On Deadly Ground Yes Villager Movie 1994 A P E X Yes Apex Robot Movie 1993 The Secret Life Jeffrey Dahmer Yes Victim Movie 1993 Witchcraft V Dance with the Devil Yes William Video 1992 Ring of the Musketeers Yes Officer Rigs TV movie 1991 Necessary Roughness Yes Football Player MovieReferences edit Diggs Kim Update Hollywood remembers the Alamo Collin County natives represent Texas in new History Channel series Retrieved May 24 2015 DeFrank Sean Creativity Unscripted From gigolos to trailer parks Marklen Kennedy mines the underbelly of Las Vegas and his own past for gutsy reality TV ideas Retrieved November 10 2011 Walters Mike October 23 2021 ZZ Top Star Billy Gibbons Makes Surprise Appearance In 2nd Grade Classroom The Blast Retrieved July 5 2022 Adande J A October 16 2006 This Vegas Act Warmup Proves the Stakes Are High Retrieved October 16 2006 Marklen Kennedy on Gigolos and Vegas Reality TV knpr org Retrieved March 7 2017 Diggs Kim Update Hollywood remembers the Alamo starlocalmedia com Retrieved March 7 2017 Rilling Deanna November 16 2010 Nightlife news amp notes Reality shows Godskitchen goes beer for pong flows Retrieved November 16 2010 Corey Feldman s Knife y Speech After Gigolo King Marries Him Off TMZ com Retrieved November 25 2016 Adande J A October 16 2006 This Vegas Act Warmup Proves the Stakes Are High Retrieved October 16 2006 Vivica A Fox Vivica s Black Magic Starry Constellation Magazine starrymag com January 4 2017 Retrieved March 7 2017 Heller Corinne November 23 2016 Corey Feldman Marries Courtney Anne in Las Vegas a Week After Proposing Retrieved November 23 2016 Leach Robin Strip Scribbles Late Nite Chef Fight Andiamo Rivea Skyfall Lounge Zydeco Po Boys Retrieved October 15 2015 Leach Robin Strip Scribbles Gigolos Britney Spears Ghost Adventures Bachelor L V twins Retrieved April 14 2016 Kaplan Michael The Man Behind Gigolos Talks Reality TV Retrieved May 4 2015 DeFrank Sean Creativity Unscripted From gigolos to trailer parks Marklen Kennedy mines the underbelly of Las Vegas and his own past for gutsy reality TV ideas Retrieved November 10 2011 ZZ Top Star Billy Gibbons Makes Surprise Appearance In 2nd Grade Classroom External links editMarklen Kennedy at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marklen Kennedy amp oldid 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