Kenny Blank
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Born: September 15, 1977
Birthplace: New York, NY
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
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Career and Life
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Kenny Blank, also known as Kenn Michael, is an American actor and musician. Blank is best known for his role as Michael Peterson in the television series The Parent 'Hood from 1995 to 1997, for which he composed some music, and his appearance in Eddie Murphy's 1992 film, Boomerang.
As a child, Blank reviewed the book Jumanji on Reading Rainbow in the episode about Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He also narrated Bill Martin, Jr.'s "Knots on a Counting Rope" with Joseph Ruben Silverbird. His breakthrough was his role as Tito in the 1991 Joe Pesci film The Super. For his performance as Tito, Blank was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1992 in the Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture category.
In 1991, he starred as Linus Bragg in the movie Carolina Skeletons (or The End of Silence), about an African-American boy in the mid-20th century South who was wrongfully executed at 14. The movie was based on a novel based on the actual events regarding the arrest, conviction, and execution of 14-year-old George Stinney. Blank appears in the feature film Boomerang. He portrayed Michael Peterson in the TV series The Parent 'Hood in the mid-1990s.
Blank provided the voice of Darren Patterson on the Nickelodeon animated series As Told by Ginger (2000–06) and earned a small role in All Grown Up! as Sulky Boy's band member J.T. He also appeared in Silent Story and Delivering Milo. Notable guest appearances on television shows include roles in City of Angels, Living Single, and Freaks and Geeks.
Blank appears in the Saints Row video game series as one of the selectable voices of the Boss, the main character of the series. He is the only voice who is selectable in all games in the series.
Blank provided the English dub voice of Angelino in Mutafukaz. He is also Philly the Kid's English dub voice in Cannon Busters.
Since 1998, Blank has cinematographed, edited, and directed several short films.
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