George Sheehy Stults (born August 16, 1975) is an

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and former fashion model. Stults is best known for his role as Kevin Kinkirk on the long-running family drama series '' 7th Heaven''.

Life and career

Stults was born in

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, Michigan, and grew up in

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. His younger brother is actor

Geoff Stults Geoffrey Manton Stults (born December 15, 1977) is an American actor. His first regular roles on television included '' 7th Heaven'', '' October Road'', and '' Happy Town''. He went on to star as Major Walter Sherman on '' The Finder'', Sgt. Pete ...

. He received a

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scholarship at the

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(now

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), but he transferred to

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in his junior year to be closer to his brother. Stults was interested in acting and wrestling in high school. He got his career start as a model. A commercial agent spotted Stults eating lunch one day and stopped to give him her card and he then entered into the world of acting. At the time, Stults seriously considered joining the

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. In February 2001 Stults made his first television appearance, outside of commercials, in a minor guest role on an episode of

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, and a short time later he made a guest appearance on a season 7 episode of ''

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'', The One With Joey's New Brain as Jessica Lockhart's daughter's boyfriend. George auditioned for a role on '' 7th Heaven'' where his brother Geoff already had a recurring role as Mary Camden's love interest Ben Kinkirk. Originally auditioning for the role of a kid who forces people to drink, George was later cast in the role of Ben's older brother Kevin. Stults remained a regular cast member of 7th Heaven from season 6 until the final season 11, appearing in a total of 114 episodes. Stults appeared in television and print ads for

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's fragrance "Bora Bora" in 2002. He has appeared in the "

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" music video by

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. He appeared in

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commercials with many other WB stars (2004). He starred in the film ''

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'' in 2007. He starred in the 2010 psychological thriller ''

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'' alongside

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and Tiffany. In the mid-2010s, Stults began starring in television movies, mostly as the male lead in romantic Christmas-themed films.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

*https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1169471/ *
George Stults cast bio on The CW
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