Marklen Kennedy

Marklen Kennedy is an American actor, producer, film industry executive and founder of In Your Face Productions.

Biography Kennedy was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Plano, Texas. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He played college football and was named to an All Southwest Conference Football Team and was a player of interest to both the Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders until a motorcycle accident ended his football career. He then moved to Los Angeles where he worked regularly as an actor until the nightlife industry. He moved to Las Vegas in 2002 and continued to expand his career in nightlife as a Vice President for the Light Group and ran FOH for Bellagio's Light Nightclub, Caramel Lounge, Fix Restaurant, Mirage's Jet Nightclub, Stack Restaurant, Bare Pool and Director of Tao Groups’ Tao Beach before launching his career as a film and television producer. He resides in Dallas, TX with his wife, Actress and Model Carey Lessard, and their two children, Barbeque and Queso.

Professional life Kennedy, was a producer for the History Channel's award-winning miniseries Texas Rising in 2015 and appeared in one episode of the series as Texas Ranger, Zacharias Coffey. He is the owner and executive producer of In Your Face Productions and is the creator and executive producer of several series including Showtime's Gigolos which he produced with Richard Grieco, FYI Networks Late Nite Chef Fight Lifetime's Postmortem in Vegas and FOX TV's Labor of Love. Kennedy has been a recurring character on Pawn Stars, and appeared in Melrose Place, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He appeared on Lifetime’s series Vivica A. Fox’s Black Magic, which premiered in January 2017.

Kennedy, in addition to being a Producer, is an Ordained Universal Life Church Minister, who officiated the wedding ceremony of actor Corey Feldman and wife Courtney Anne in November 2016. Kennedy conducted the ceremony at Elton John's Fizz champagne lounge at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Kennedy, who appears in and produced the movie Cops & Robbers released in 2016, produced the movie Female Fight Club appeared and produced the movie Fright Fest and produced the film Bruja in Mexico with MMA legend turned actor Randy Couture. In addition to his hit series Gigolos, Kennedy has produced Late Night Chef Fight and Trailer Park Housewives.

Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top is his son's Godfather. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Billy Gibbons, made a surprise appearance inside a Texas elementary classroom to read for a stunned group of 2nd-graders.

Filmography

Year Title Executive Producer Producer Actor Role Notes 2021 SMU Football: The Hilltop

Marklen Kennedy TV series 2019 Diamonds in the Sky

Movie 2017 Cops and Robbers

Shakers Movie 2017 Knuckles

Movie 2017 Treasure Hunter: Legend of the White Witch

Movie 2017 Dead trigger

Movie 2018 Fright fest

Grapefruit Movie 2017 Vivica's Black Magic

Marklen Kennedy TV series 2018 Kinky

Dr. Weiss Movie 2016 Female Fight Squad

Carl Movie 2016 Gigolos

TV series 2015 Late Nite Chef Fight

Foodie TV series 2015 Texas Rising

Zacharias TV mini-series 2015 Avenging the Alamo: The Road to Texas Rising

TV movie documentary 2014 Back of the House Brawls

TV series 2014 Postmortem in Las Vegas

John Doe TV movie 2014 Vegas DOA

TV movie 2012 Vegas Moms

TV movie 2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Pool Manager TV series 2001 As the World Turns

Billy TV series 2001 Urban Legends: Cyber

Bill TV series 2001 Girl for Girl

Ben Movie 2000 Everybody Loves a Star

Cameron Hunter / Tim Movie 1999 Penny Dreadfuls

Sonny Movie 1999 Ryan Caulfield: Year One

Stockbroker TV series 1999 Melrose Place

Bartender Manager TV series 1999 Santa's Little Helper

Steve Wilder Short 1998 The Glass Box

Ray Movie 1998 Perfect Prey

Investigator Lyons TV movie 1998 Heaven or Vegas

Donald Movie 1997 Women: Stories of Passion

Sean TV series 1997 Pacific Palisades

Adam Bentley TV series 1997 Magenta

Craig Movie 1996 Backroads to Vegas

William TV movie 1994 On Deadly Ground

Villager Movie 1994 A.P.E.X.

Apex Robot Movie 1993 The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer

Victim Movie 1993 Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil

William Video 1992 Ring of the Musketeers

Officer Rigs TV movie 1991 Necessary Roughness

Football Player Movie