Kevin Kilner (born May 3, 1958) is an American television and film actor.

Life and career

Kilner was born in

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, the son of Dorothea, a kindergarten teacher, and Edward Kilner, who worked in advertising sales and insurance. He went to Dulaney High School in Baltimore County. He made his first television appearance on an episode of ''

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'' in 1989. He is perhaps best known for playing the protagonist in the first season of '' Earth: Final Conflict'', and Officer Dean in

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. In 1995-96, Kilner starred in ''

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'' as the romantic interest of

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, who played a screenwriter, but Kilner was written out of the show in the second-season premiere. In 2009, he appeared on two episodes of the

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show ''

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''. Kilner is an alumnus of

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and the

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in Baltimore. While attending Johns Hopkins he was a member of the National Champion lacrosse team. From June 30 to July 16, 2006, he appeared on stage in the

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production of ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * * 1958 births Living people Male actors from Baltimore American male film actors American male television actors Johns Hopkins University alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male stage actors {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub