Kett Turton

Birkett Turton
Born
Birkett Kealy Turton

(1982-04-04) April 4, 1982 (age 42)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present

Birkett Kealy "Kett" Turton (born April 4, 1982)[1][2] is an American-Canadian actor who had a starring role in the television series Dead Last (2001).[3][4] He 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).

Biography

Turton was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Vancouver. He started acting in local theater performances when he was four 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

Film roles
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
Television films
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
Television series
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)[citation needed] 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

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

  1. ^ "Kett Turton". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kett Turton". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Barchas, Elizabeth (2001) "TALES FROM THE FLIP SIDE", Boston Globe, August 12, 2001, p. 4
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (2001) "WB Summer Offering Ends Up a 'Dead' Bore", Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2001, p. F6
  5. ^ "Kett Turton". NorthernStars.ca.