Kenny Barr
Biography
Born Kenneth Michael Barr in Edison, New Jersey. He is the middle child of three boys. Brother Michael lives in Los Angeles and brother Jeffrey still lives in New Jersey. Growing up, Kenny showed early interest music, playing the guitar to the songs of the Beach Boys, Led Zepplin and Kiss. In the late 80's Kenny began playing in bands and hit the Rutgers College bar scene in New Brunswick. After several gigs on the Jersey club circuit, Kenny was invited to play the famous bars of Bleeker St in Greenwich Village, NYC. A chance meeting with famous record producer Russ Titleman in NY lead to negotiations with several record labels including Arista and Columbia Records. In 1999, Kenny Barr released 2 songs for the feature film "Some Fish Can Fly" to positive critical acclaim. Kenny Barr began his acting career on a bet with a friend to appear at a casting call for Karate Kid III. That meeting introduced Kenny to his long time Agent and began landing acting, commercial and print work. Moving to Atlanta in 1998 Kenny was a Bounty Hunter and Private Detective tracking and apprehending fugitives traveling across the US. Kenny has been acting in television and film projects since 2015 and producing several feature films.
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Marc
A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Line Cook
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Canadian Customs Officer
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Bartender
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Bill
Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a similar tragedy happens to a firehouse in Austin, Owen, along with his troubled firefighter son, T.K., takes his progressive philosophies of life and firefighting down to Texas, where he helps them start anew. On the surface, Owen is all about big-city style and swagger, but underneath he struggles with a secret he hides from the world - one that could very well end his life.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Juror
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Officer Jenkins
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Stunt Coordinator
Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never before revealed experiences of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as SWAT Captain
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as City Driver 2
Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Cop (Thomas)
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Agent Strugatsky
A group of friends uncover an otherworldly object in a rural field, which they soon discover holds greater secrets than they could imagine.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Matthew Barnes
Nearly two decades after the disappearance of the Man of Steel, Kal-El returns to a post 9/11 America. Ridden with social and political division, Superman must re-unite Smallville after a controversial unrest erupts.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Gangster
An action crime comedy about a working class Brit named "Roger" who wants to be King- Literally. The likes of a Turtleneck Philosopher, a Jawbreaker-Eating Sleaze-Bag, and a Homosexual Psychic throw Roger's world into chaos when he and his gang of misfits decide it'd be "quite alright" to rip off the most vicious man in London.