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Kourtney Eugene Brown (born February 9, 1984) is a Bahamian-
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,
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and
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. He is best known for starring in
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's My Network TV game show, '' My Games Fever''.


Biography

Kourtney Brown was born in Miami, Florida and raised in New Providence,
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, in the capital city of
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. He is the youngest of four sons to a Bahamian father and a mother of African, Bahamian and Native American descent. He is a first cousin to the first Bahamian Olympic Medalist,
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and second cousin to Academy Award Winner, Sidney Poitier. Brown received a scholarship to the
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summer fine arts program at age 10. He made his film debut at age 11 when auditioning and landing a minor, one lined role in '' Flipper'', starring
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, released summer of 1996. Shortly thereafter, his father fell ill and died. He graduated from St. Andrew's International School of the Bahamas in 2002, where he studied drama and fine art. Brown returned to South Florida with plans to enroll in a University for the arts. These were postponed, upon being discovered by a model and talent scout. In 2003, at age 19, Brown was selected as the face of MTV's "TRL" summer campaign. He has participated in an array of film, TV and commercial projects, including being a martial arts stuntman on the
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television show, '' South Beach''. Since, Brown has starred in commercials for MTV,
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and Kentucky Fried Chicken, became the face of Sean Jean's "Unforgivable" cologne spray
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campaign and starred in '' My Games Fever'', a tea hour, commercial daytime TV gameshow on Fox affiliated My Network TV stations. Throughout his career, he has starred in national and international campaign advertisements for "Kentucky Fried Chicken", "KFC Wrap Star", "Nokia", "Vehix", "Days Inn", "MTV", "Office Depot", "Jamba Juice", "Lilt U.K.: Fruit Crush", "El Dorado Furniture", "Sean Jean: Unforgivable", "Optimum Wifi", "Tobacco Free" and "William Rast" by Justin Timberlake. He received a role in Italian foreign film, ''Fidanzata di Papà, La'' (Daddy's Girlfriend). Brown currently signed with
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, has appeared on the runway at
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and in several print campaigns for international designers. He received a
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in Visual Arts and Entertainment from
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in 2009 and specializes in figurative ceramic sculpture. Brown was selected as the face of the renown French cognac, "Hennessy" for the company's 2011 national print ad campaign. The ad appeared on billboards, nationally and in various high end magazines, including "GQ", "ESPN", "Maxim" and "Uptown". In 2011 Started his own philanthropic design company, Kreosart by Kourtney Eugene Brown, also known as Kreosart LLC.


Filmography


Actor

If You Only Knew


Fine art career

Kourtney is an acclaimed visual artist and achieved fame in South Florida from the permanent, public installation of his monumental work "Creos Aetas", a 20 ft x 20 ft permanent clock tower installation on the Historic Borinquen Medical Healthcare Center and "Rainforest" Mural at Parrot Jungle Island Park's Serpentarium, Miami Beach, Florida


References


Official WebsiteKourtney Brown Wilhelmina ProfileKourtney Eugene Brown South Florida TimesKourtney Brown - VH1 CelebrityKourtney Struts His Stuff - The Nassau Guardian Article 1st HalfKourtney Struts His Stuff - The Nassau Guardian Article 2nd Half
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Kourtney 1984 births Living people American people of Bahamian descent Bahamian male film actors 21st-century American male actors Male models from Florida Male actors from Miami American television hosts American women television presenters People from Nassau, Bahamas