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Kevin Shinick is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 19 march 1969 at Merrick (USA)

Kevin Shinick

Kevin Shinick
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Birth name Kevin Thomas Shinick
Nationality USA
Birth 19 march 1969 (55 years) at Merrick (USA)

Kevin Thomas Shinick is an American writer, actor, producer, director and voice artist, as well as a comic book creator. He played a role as the ACME Time Net Squadron Leader of the PBS series Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? and was the creator, head writer and producer of the Cartoon Network animated sketch comedy series MAD for its entire four seasons, consisting of 104 episodes. He served as Creative Director of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, and continues to serve as a writer, co-producer and voice talent for the show's DC Comics specials. He won a 2010 Emmy award for writing on the show's "Full-Assed Christmas Special.

Biography

Early life
Shinick was born in the Long Island suburb of Merrick, New York. He attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School, and continued onto nearby Hofstra University where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in both theatre and communication.


Career
A year after graduating college, Shinick received his first big job when legendary actor Tony Randall cast him in his Broadway production of The Seagull opposite Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney, Tyne Daly, Jon Voight and Tony Roberts. Subsequent Broadway plays followed, including Night Must Fall with Matthew Broderick, The School For Scandal with Tony Randall, The Government Inspector with Lainie Kazan and the Tony nominated productions of Timon of Athens and Saint Joan.

In 1996, Shinick began entertaining television audiences as the host and Squadron Leader of the Emmy award winning television series Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, a popular PBS show which launched him into Teen Magazines, onto trading cards and into his own action figure. In 1998, Shinick appeared in Kenan & Kel as the Bugman on "Attack of The Bugman".

In 2002, Shinick served as writer and director for the multi-million dollar production of Spider-Man Live!, a Broadway-style adaptation of the famed comic book hero that played to large venues such as Radio City Music Hall. The show embarked on a 40 city U.S. tour and has the distinction of being the country's first full length live-action stage show based on the Marvel comic book character.

In 2004, Shinick wrote, directed and starred in the feature film, It's About Time, an award winning romantic comedy in which Tony Randall makes his final appearance.

Shinick has appeared on numerous television shows and also spent two years as Head Writer for Nickelodeon's On Air Promo division. He has written and performed for shows on E!, Spike TV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Adult Swim, where he is a writer and voice actor for the Emmy-winning animated sketch show - Robot Chicken. The August 31, 2008 episode of Robot Chicken, "Tubba-Bubba's Now Hubba-Hubba" features a "Where in Time" storyline. And in season four, Shinick is credited with being Creative Director in addition to writing. He was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for his work as a writer on Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II, and won a 2008 Annie Award for the same. In 2010, he won an Emmy award for writing on Robot Chicken's "Full-Assed Christmas Special."

In 2010 he created the animated sketch series, MAD, based on the iconic comedy magazine with fellow producer Mark Marek, which premiered on Cartoon Network on September 6, 2010. Shinick is credited as head writer, producer, and is one of the voice actors on the show.

Since 2009, Shinick has written comics for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, beginning with DC's annual Batman 80-Page Giant and continuing on to DC's "Joker's Asylum II: Clayface," Marvel Comics' "Avenging Spider-Man," "Superior Carnage," "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up and "AXIS: Hobgoblin.

Usually with

Seth Green
Seth Green
(2 films)
Breckin Meyer
Breckin Meyer
(1 films)
Clare Grant
Clare Grant
(2 films)
Larry David
Larry David
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kevin Shinick (5 films)

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Actor

Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2h12
Directed by Michael Dougherty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Vera Farmiga, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford
Roles Weather Man
Rating60% 3.0096353.0096353.0096353.0096353.009635
L'agence crypto-zoologique Monarch déploie de nombreux moyens pour combattre des créatures de tailles divines, appelées Titans. Ces derniers réapparaissent petit à petit des entrailles de la terre. La paléobiologiste Emma Russell, travaillant pour Monarch, a été traumatisée par la mort de son fils Andrew en 2014. Elle a mis au point l'Orca, jadis imaginé avec son ex-mari Mark, une machine qui permet de capter et reproduire les signaux émis par les Titans. Son invention attire des convoitises. Emma entraine avec elle sa fille Madison. Son père, Mark va tout faire pour retrouver sa fille, tout en tentant de survivre dans un monde envahi de monstres. Godzilla va ainsi devoir compter sur une alliée, le papillon géant Mothra pour affronter les 2 menaces que représentent le ptérosaure super-rapide Rodan, ainsi que son pire ennemi, le dragon à trois têtes King Ghidorah, qui est l'Alpha des Titans. Ces anciennes super-espèces veulent toutes la suprématie et mettent en danger la survie de l'humanité. Alors qu'un combat apocalyptique se prépare, Godzilla, seul prétendant au titre capable de rivaliser avec l'Alpha, aidé des humains, devra s'imposer et ainsi affirmer sa place en tant que roi des monstres.
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, 43minutes
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Kate Micucci, Edward Asnere, Max Charles, Rachael MacFarlane
Roles Fake Santa #4 (voice)
Rating54% 2.7059052.7059052.7059052.7059052.705905
Santa narrates the story of Buddy's travels to New York City to meet his father. Along the way, his unrelenting cheer transforms the lives of everyone he meets and opens his father's eyes to the magic of the holiday.
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Directed by Seth Green
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Superhero films
Actors Seth Green, Abraham Benrubi, Paul Reubens, Neil Patrick Harris, Alex Borstein, Alex Borstein
Roles Narrator / Captain Cold (voice)
Rating76% 3.842523.842523.842523.842523.84252
RCDC - Robot Chicken joins forces with DC Comics supeheroes and supervillains. You Can't Fly - Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman have a laugh at Aquaman's expense.
Sour Grapes, 1h31
Directed by Larry David
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Viola Harris, Karen Sillas, Matt Keeslar, Orlando Jones
Roles Conner
Rating57% 2.850712.850712.850712.850712.85071
Richie Maxwell is down to his last quarter at a slot machine in Atlantic City, so he asks cousin Evan for two more coins for one more spin — a spin that wins a $400,000 jackpot.

Scriptwriter

Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery, 1h10
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about dogs, Musical films, Comedy horror films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Matthew Lillard, Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, Jason Mewes, Mindy Cohn, Gene Simmons
Roles Teleplay
Rating67% 3.351483.351483.351483.351483.35148
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are traveling to an amusement park called Kiss World to see Kiss at their big Halloween concert and solve a mystery, mostly because Daphne has a crush on Paul Stanley (Starchild), much to Fred's jealousy.
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Directed by Seth Green
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Superhero films
Actors Seth Green, Abraham Benrubi, Paul Reubens, Neil Patrick Harris, Alex Borstein, Alex Borstein
Rating76% 3.842523.842523.842523.842523.84252
RCDC - Robot Chicken joins forces with DC Comics supeheroes and supervillains. You Can't Fly - Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman have a laugh at Aquaman's expense.