Kevin Shinick est un Acteur et Scénariste Américain né le 19 mars 1969 à Merrick (Etats-Unis)
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Nom de naissance Kevin Thomas ShinickNationalité Etats-UnisNaissance 19 mars 1969 (55 ans) à Merrick (
Etats-Unis)
Kevin Thomas Shinick (né le 19 mars 1969 à Merrick, New York) est un acteur, producteur, réalisateur et doubleur, lauréat d'un Emmy Award et d'un Annie Award, également auteur de bandes dessinées et de romans. Il a été l'hôte de la série de PBS Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? et est le chef scénariste et producteur de Mad, la comédie à sketches animés. Il a servi comme directeur de création de Robot Chicken Adult Swim, où il était aussi un écrivain et doubleur, et a remporté un Emmy award 2010 pour avoir participé à l'écriture de l'émission Full-Assed Christmas Special.
Biographie
Early life
Shinick was born in the Long Island suburb of Merrick, New York. He attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School, and continued onto nearby Hofstra University where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in both theatre and communication.
Career
A year after graduating college, Shinick received his first big job when legendary actor Tony Randall cast him in his Broadway production of The Seagull opposite Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney, Tyne Daly, Jon Voight and Tony Roberts. Subsequent Broadway plays followed, including Night Must Fall with Matthew Broderick, The School For Scandal with Tony Randall, The Government Inspector with Lainie Kazan and the Tony nominated productions of Timon of Athens and Saint Joan.
In 1996, Shinick began entertaining television audiences as the host and Squadron Leader of the Emmy award winning television series Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, a popular PBS show which launched him into Teen Magazines, onto trading cards and into his own action figure. In 1998, Shinick appeared in Kenan & Kel as the Bugman on "Attack of The Bugman".
In 2002, Shinick served as writer and director for the multi-million dollar production of Spider-Man Live!, a Broadway-style adaptation of the famed comic book hero that played to large venues such as Radio City Music Hall. The show embarked on a 40 city U.S. tour and has the distinction of being the country's first full length live-action stage show based on the Marvel comic book character.
In 2004, Shinick wrote, directed and starred in the feature film, It's About Time, an award winning romantic comedy in which Tony Randall makes his final appearance.
Shinick has appeared on numerous television shows and also spent two years as Head Writer for Nickelodeon's On Air Promo division. He has written and performed for shows on E!, Spike TV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Adult Swim, where he is a writer and voice actor for the Emmy-winning animated sketch show - Robot Chicken. The August 31, 2008 episode of Robot Chicken, "Tubba-Bubba's Now Hubba-Hubba" features a "Where in Time" storyline. And in season four, Shinick is credited with being Creative Director in addition to writing. He was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for his work as a writer on Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II, and won a 2008 Annie Award for the same. In 2010, he won an Emmy award for writing on Robot Chicken's "Full-Assed Christmas Special."
In 2010 he created the animated sketch series, MAD, based on the iconic comedy magazine with fellow producer Mark Marek, which premiered on Cartoon Network on September 6, 2010. Shinick is credited as head writer, producer, and is one of the voice actors on the show.
Since 2009, Shinick has written comics for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, beginning with DC's annual Batman 80-Page Giant and continuing on to DC's "Joker's Asylum II: Clayface," Marvel Comics' "Avenging Spider-Man," "Superior Carnage," "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up and "AXIS: Hobgoblin.
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