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Christian Kane was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 27th, 1974.
Most of his early years were spent moving around a lot in the Southern
States, due to his father's career in the oil business. But soon, Christian
and his family settled in the small town of Norman, Oklahoma - where
Christian spent most of his formative years. Christian Kane attended the
University of Oklahoma, where he majored in Art History. However, he found
that his artistic vision and that of the University's did not jive, and he
soon dropped out.
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With a new dream Christian Kane said good-bye to University life, packed up
his truck, took his life savings - a meager $300 - and headed to Los Angeles,
in hopes of kick starting an acting career. Overnight success is not the
norm in the acting biz and despite his ample talent, Christian's career was
to be no different. So, Christian Kane paid his bills by working as a
production assistant and mailroom clerk for a talent management agency -
while barely squeezing time in for auditions.
Christian's his first big break came in 1997 when he was cast for the lead
role in a new TV series. MGM was trying to re-invent an old show with new
faces and talent. In Fame LA, based on the hit movie and the 80s cult show,
Christian Kane was cast as Ryan 'Flyboy' Legget. Not only did this role
allow Christian to showcase his skill as an actor, but his singing talents
as well (which he now exercises regularly with his band, Kane). Airing from
October 1997 to March 1998, Fame LA did not pull the numbers that MGM hoped
for and was cancelled after 22 episodes.
Christian Kane perservered. He jumped back on the proverbial horse,
returning to the grueling process of auditioning, and once again, found
himself offered yet another male lead in a one hour TV drama. Inspired by
the success of such shows as ER and Chicago Hope, media tycoon Aaron
Spelling launched the TV show, Rescue 77, a real-to-life drama about Los
Angeles Firefighters, co-starring Christian Kane, Richard Roundtree and
Robia La Morte.
Christian Kane's character was Wick Lobo, a wildly brazen, but heroic
character. Unfortunately, this show was not meant to be and suffered the
same fate as Fame LA only quicker. Rescue 77 only lasted two months before
being pulled from the WB's line-up. Despite two cancellations, Christian did
not pack up and head back to Oklahoma. Instead, Christian immediately
plunged deeper into auditions. He landed a small part as a production
assistant for The Tonight Show in EDTV (starring Matthew McConaughey) as
well as a role in Crossfire Trail, a TV western based on a book by author
Louis L'Amour, starring Tom Selleck and Wilfred Brimley, which aired on TNT.
Christian Kane auditioned for the role of Riley on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
but his friend and fellow actor, Marc Blucas got it instead. Obviously show
creator (and all-round creative genius) Joss Whedon thought that Christian
Kane had something. He went on to cast Christian as evil lawyer Lindsey
McDonald in the Buffy spin-off Angel. The role was only reoccuring (meaning
Kane wasn't a permanent part of the cast,) but it was extremely popular. As
Lindsey, Christian Kane was able to show the world how good he is at being
bad. It must have paid off because Christian Kane was also cast as a
Gretchen's two-timing ex-boyfriend, Nick Taylor in another WB hit, Dawson's
Creek.
Christian Kane's career was really starting to take off. He landed another
big screen role, although small, in the film Broken Hearts Club. Christian
then won the lead in the original MTV movie, Love Song, after Justin
Timberlake had to drop out. The network needed someone who could both sing
and act. Christian Kane, who is also lead singer in the LA band, Kane, fit
the bill.
Premiering on MTV in December, 2000, Love Song was a break-through role for
Christian Kane. It was through his role as blues singer, Billy Ryan, that a
more eclectic and demographically larger fan-base was formed. In fact, in
the month of December 2000 alone, ChristianKane.Net received over 12,000
hits - with interest in him growing almost on a daily basis.
After being written out of Angel, fans worried they might lose track of the
budding superstar, but his big screen career was just taking off. Christian
hit the baseball field in 2001 with Summer Catch (co-starring Freddie Prinze
Jr.) and again in 2002 in Life or Something Like It as Angelina Jolie's big
league fiance. He has also played Peter Prentis, Brittany Murphy's
ex-boyfriend in the 2003 release, Just Married. Other film roles include a
part in Second Hand Lions and Christian is currently (Dec. '03) filming Taxi
with Queen Latifah.
In November 2003 Angel fans across North America were pleasantly surprised
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