Kenny Blank

Kenneth Michael Benbow "Kenny" Blank (born September 15, 1977) is an American actor and musician. Later, he changed his name to Kenn Michael. Blank is best known for his role as Michael Peterson in the television series The Parent 'Hood from 1995 to 1997 for which he also composed some music, as well as his appearance in Eddie Murphy's 1992 film, Boomerang.

Kenny Blank
Born	Kenneth Michael Benbow Blank (1977-09-15) September 15, 1977 New York City
Other names	Kenn Michael
Occupation	Actor, musician, director, producer
Years active	1991–present

Early life and education

Blank was born in New York City.

Career as performer

As a child, Blank reviewed the book Jumanji on Reading Rainbow in the episode about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He also narrated Bill Martin, Jr.'s "Knots on a Counting Rope" with Joseph Ruben Silverbird. His major 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.[1]

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 the age of 14. The movie was based on a novel, both of which were based on the true 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 the character Darren Patterson on the Nickelodeon animated series As Told by Ginger (2000–06), as well as earning 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 besides the original, where the player character is mostly a silent protagonist.

Blank provided the English dub voice of Angelino in Mutafukaz. He is also the English dub voice of Philly the Kid in Cannon Busters.

Other career

Since 1998, Blank has cinematographed, edited and directed a number of short films.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Super	Tito
1992	Boomerang	Kenny
1998	Dead Man on Campus	Luke
2000	Boltneck	Jordy
2001	Delivering Milo	Mr. Ralph
	Evolution	Student
	Silent Story		Short film
2005	The Legend of Frosty the Snowman	Walter Wader (voice)	Direct-to-video
2006	All You've Got		Music Composer
2017	Mutafukaz	Angelino (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Henry	1 episode
	Homicide: Life on the Street	James Hill
	Alex Haley's Queen	Henry at 11
	Tall Hopes	Ernest Harris	6 episodes
1995–1997	The Parent 'Hood	Michael Peterson	Seasons 1–3
1997	Living Single	Damon Barker	1 episode
1999	Pepper Ann	Malik, Lamar Abudabe (voices)	2 episodes
2000–2006	As Told by Ginger	Darren Patterson (voice), Various Voices	32 episodes
2019	Cannon Busters	Philly the Kid (voice)	12 episodes; English dub

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Pedestrian
2006	Saints Row	Stilwater's Resident / Radio Voice
	Company of Heroes	Voice
2007	Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts	Aldrich
	Power Rangers: Super Legends	Navy Thunder Ranger
2008	Saints Row 2	Main Character Black Male
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Male Voice 2
2013	Saints Row IV	The President of the United States Male 2
2015	Saints Row: Gat out of Hell	The President of the United States

References

1. "Rotten Tomatoes: Kenny Blank". rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2010.

External links

• Kenny Blank on IMDb