Kenny Baumann tells all
Kenny Baumann started acting at the age of 11 and moved to Hollywood at the age of 14, where he landed a lead a Fox pilot. He recently finished filming the independent feature Springbreak ’83 with Jamie Kennedy and Joe Pantoliano. Kenny landed a lead on ABC Family’s The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, playing Ben Boykewich, the know-it-all hopeless romantic, who falls for the lead, Amy. Ben has not yet learned that Amy is pregnant, but that may be coming up soon on the hit summer seires.
Kenny recently spoke to MediaBlvd Magazine about the role of Ben, and what we can expect for the rest of this season of the show.
Question: Can you tell us a little bit about how you got into acting?
Kenny Baumann: Originally, it all started at one of those small-town actor/model searches. I was ten and I was living in Abilene, Texas, and I happened to “qualify” at the small-town level and of course, pay $600 to go to that large convention in Dallas where I actually picked up a talent agent in New York. So I spent three months in New York auditioning for commercials and doing print work. From New York I came back home to Texas and did quite a bit of print work and commercials in Dallas. Then I said enough of this modeling stuff; acting is what I love and I want to pursue that. So we came to L.A. and gave pilot season a shot a few times. I started booking things and working and that’s how it all worked out.
Question: When did Ken become Kenny?
Kenny: I’ve been Kenny all my life, but I use Ken sometimes for other venues such as my writing and some other things. I try to keep some sort of separation between the two entities just for my own sake.
Question: Could you touch on what about this character appealed to you and how you this role?
Kenny: I was drawn to this role because Read the rest of this entry »
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