Kelby T Akin

AEA

Hair

Brown

Eyes

Blue

Height

6' 2"

Weight

180 lbs

Voice

Bass


Theater Credits
Romeo and Juliet	Mercutio	Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre	Anthony Estrella
Much Ado About Nothing	Don John	Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre	Fred Sullivan
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof	Brick Pollitt	Lyric Stage	Scott Edmiston
Take Me Out	Shane Mungitt	Foothills Theatre Company	Jason Southerland
As You Like It	Charles/William (u/s Orlando)	Commonwealth Shakespeare Company	Steven Maler
Richard III	Sir Richard Ratcliffe	Trinity Repertory Company	Kevin Moriarty
A Christmas Carol	Ghost of Christmas Present	Trinity Repertory Company	Fred Sullivan
All The King's Men	Dolph Pillsbury/Hugh Miller	Trinity Repertory Company	Brian McEleney
Skin Tight	Tom	Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium	Sarah Malkin
Hydriotaphia	Maccabbee	Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium	Liesl Tommy
The King Stag	Leander	Elemental Theatre	Peter Sampieri
Second Shepherds' Play	Gibb (Shepherd 2)	Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium	Sussanah Flood
Spoken Insects*	Eddy	Brown University New Play Festival	Peter Sampieri
Forever Never Comes*	Hunter	Brown University New Play Festival	Donya Washington
Cloud Nine	Mrs. Saunders/Soldier	Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium	Donya Washington
Measure for Measure	Lord Angelo	Guerrilla Shakespeare Project/Under St. Marks	Jacques Roy
Richard III	Lord Grey	Guerrilla Shakespeare Project/PCPC	Makaela Pollock
Life is a Dream	Astolfo	Umass Amherst Theatre Dept.	Kara-Lynn Vaeni

Film Credits
Torches Of Erin	lead	Last Minute Films	Tim O'Neil
Getting Lost	lead	Atavision Films	Ben Feuer
City of the Sun	lead	Wanderlust Pictures	Nikhil Melnechuk
Cheat Mountain Run**	supporting	Atavision Films	Ben Feuer

Other Credits
COMMERCIAL V/O- Medieval Manor Theatre Resteraunt	King	CBS-Boston Radio
Richard III	Fight Captain	Trinity Repertory Company	Kevin Moriarty
Hydriotaphia	Fight Choreographer	Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium	Liesl Tommy
A Midsummer Nights Dream	Fight Choreographer	UMTG

*world premier
**under "director" at http://www.atavisionfilms.com/

Education and Training

BFA in english- Umass Amherst, graduated Suma Cum Laude from the Commonwealth College (honors college at Umass)
Combat Training under Jeff Lord (SAFD)

Special Skills

Stage combat experience: Roman short sword, long spear, tower shield, battle shield, spanish rapier, grappling, extensive tumbling
Dialects: Middle English, Bostonian, R.P., Texan, Appalachian, Midwestern, Southern
Sports: wrestling(8 yrs.), football(5 yrs.), soccer(6 yrs.), boxing(8 yrs.), volleyball(6 yrs.), lacrosse(5 yrs.), ultimate frisbee

Awards and Recognition

Roif Award winner in film studies (directing)