Jamie Kennedy stars as brilliant but bizarre Dr. Callahan on NBC’s new drama “Heartbeat.”
An actor, producer and comedian, Kennedy’s recent work includes starring roles in the latest installment of the “Tremors” film franchise, Chris Carter’s “The X-Files” and Amazon’s drama pilot “The After.” He is also voicing multiple characters on the new Comedy Central animated series “Legends of Chamberlain Heights.”
Kennedy had a recurring role as a sleazy boxing manager on “Kingdom” for DirectTV and was a voice actor on Fox’s “The Cleveland Show.” In all, he can be seen in more than 190 hours of television under his belt on several broadcast and cable networks.
Kennedy landed his big break when he was cast in Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as a punked-out rival to John Leguizamo. His career soon kicked into high gear as he co-starred in Wes Craven’s “Scream” and its follow-up, “Scream 2.”
Kennedy has worked alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Steve Martin in “Bowfinger” and Jack Nicholson in the Oscar-nominated “As Good as It Gets.” In 2002 Kennedy created “The Jamie Kennedy Experiment,” which became the WB’s highest-rated show at the time. Kennedy portrayed a number of wacky characters, but the audience’s favorite was Brad Gluckman, the white rapper from Malibu. A year later Kennedy brought Gluckman to the big screen in “Malibu’s Most Wanted.”
Other film credits include “Three Kings,” directed by David O. Russell; “Enemy of the State,” directed by Tony Scott; and “Boiler Room,” opposite Vin Diesel.
Kennedy can also be seen performing his stand-up show around the country.
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“Heartbeat” is a character-driven medical series that follows the professional and personal life of world-renowned heart transplant surgeon Dr. Alex Panttiere (Melissa George, “The Slap”). There is nothing conventional about Dr. Panttiere, who is as cutting edge and unorthodox in the OR as she is with the two men in her life. Her approach to medicine is without boundaries, as is her approach to everything else in her world.
Between Dr. Panttiere’s hectic hospital life that includes a tumultuous love triangle with two brilliant but stubborn surgeons (Dave Annable and Don Hany) and her household of two kids and a homosexual rock star ex-husband (Joshua Leonard), Alex is constantly striving to overcome numerous daily obstacles and be the best mother and doctor possible.
Jamie Kennedy, D.L. Hughley, Shelley Conn, Maya Erskine and JLouis Mills also star.
Loosely inspired by the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, “Heartbeat” is executive produced by Jill Gordon, Amy Brenneman, Brad Silberling, Mark B. Perry, Jennifer Cecil and produced by Universal Television.
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