Kain O'Keeffe (born 22 October 1987) is an Australian actor, known for his appearances in Australian television dramas and minor roles in films.

Career

O'Keeffe was born in

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, Australia, on 22 October 1987. Between 2003 and 2005 O'Keefe filmed two guest appearances in the

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television series '' All Saints''. In 2005, O'Keeffe made his film debut aged fourteen in '' Swimming Upstream'', starring as a Harold Jr. O'Keeffe then secured a regular role ''Blue Water High'' as Guy Spender, after previously appearing in a guest role as another character called Ryan. O'Keeffe said that he did not mind filming more than one role in the same series, because he felt the industry was "quite small". He said that he hoped to gain more acting roles from starring in the programme. O'Keeffe also starred in the television pilot of television series ''Resistance'', working alongside

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and

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. In 2009, it was announced that O'Keeffe had joined the cast of ''

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'' playing the role of Brendan Austin as part of the serial's new family. O'Keeffe was working alongside his former ''Blue Water High'' colleague,

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. He also starred in the film ''I Wish I Were Stephanie V'', which went on to win "Best Feature Film" at ''INDIE FEST USA'' and gained further distribution in 2011. ABC later picked up the rights to ''Resistance'' and went the programme went into pre-production in 2011, with a planned airdate of late 2012.

Filmography

References

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