Michael Kenworthy is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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.

Career

Younger brother of Michelle Kenworthy, who appeared with him on the game show I'm Telling!.

Kenworthy was offered one of the five male leads on the debut season of Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

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(1990). He declined because his family was urging him to attend college. Producer Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling

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 was uncharacteristically flustered by this; he warned Kenworthy that "You walk out now, and you'll never work in Hollywood again!" Michael took numerous theater/film-production courses at two separate universities...but even after getting his second degree, "I felt like I still didn't know anything. On the other hand, should Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

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 call me in, I'm there." His best known role is that of "Jesse," from 1988's horror-spoof

Comedy horror

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 Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II is an American zombie horror comedy film that was released in 1988. It was written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film was released by Lorimar Motion Pictures on January 8, 1988, and was a minor box office success, making over $9 million at the box office in...

; Kenworthy also appeared in a series of toy commercials for "Mad Scientist (TOO GROSS!)".

Michael cites Shawnee Smith

Shawnee Smith

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, with whom he co-starred in the 1988 movie The Blob

The Blob (1988 film)

The Blob is a 1988 American monster horror film distributed by Tristar Pictures. It is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name, which starred Steve McQueen. The film was written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont and directed by Russell. The shooting took place in Abbeville, Louisiana.-Plot:A...

, as his first crush. "She and I hit it off pretty well. Whenever she went to hug me, I'd give her the hug plus a kiss. That always made her blush!"

Personal

Kenworthy graduated from:

• Crespi Carmelite High School (Class of 1993);
• Loyola Marymount University (Class of 1996); and
• California State University, Northridge (Class of 1997).

Michael holds degrees in theater arts, telecommunications and broadcasting. Currently self-employed, he works with Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

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 on developing novelty items for young people...including books and non-electronic gaming systems. Also, in more recent years, he has been nursing his elder sister Michelle through cancer treatments.

Feature filmography

• The Blob
  The Blob (1988 film)
  The Blob is a 1988 American monster horror film distributed by Tristar Pictures. It is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name, which starred Steve McQueen. The film was written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont and directed by Russell. The shooting took place in Abbeville, Louisiana.-Plot:A...
  
  (1988)
• Just the Ten of Us
  Just the Ten of Us
  Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...
  
  (1988)
• First Day at School (1988)
• Return of the Living Dead Part II
  Return of the Living Dead Part II
  Return of the Living Dead Part II is an American zombie horror comedy film that was released in 1988. It was written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film was released by Lorimar Motion Pictures on January 8, 1988, and was a minor box office success, making over $9 million at the box office in...
  
  (1988)
• I'm Telling! (1987)
• Growing Pains
  Growing Pains
  Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...
  
  (1986)
• 'night Mother
  'night, Mother (film)
  'night, Mother is a 1986 American drama film written by Marsha Norman. The film, which stars Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft, is based on Norman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival....
  
  (1986)

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