Career

Kenneth Jezek is best known for starring in the TV Soap Opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 The Days of Our Lives, playing Lars Englund, in 1986 and 1987.

Prior to transitioning into acting, he was a professional dancer, often touring and teaching master jazz and tap classes in the United States, Europe, and Canada. Jezek's dancing credits include the Los Angeles companies of the award-winning Broadway musicals Cats

Cats (musical)

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...

and 42nd Street

42nd Street (musical)

42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit...

. He was also a regular series dancer in Fame

Fame (1982 TV series)

Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...

, and a featured dancer in the movies Pretty In Pink

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. It is one of a group of John Hughes films starring Molly Ringwald, and is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film...

and Fast Forward

Fast Forward (1985 film)

Fast Forward is a 1985 dance film directed by Sidney Poitier. In the film, a dance troup from Ohio comes to New York to compete in a national talent competition.-Plot synopsis:...

.

Jezek has numerous national and local commercial, music video and industrial credits as well.

Often credited as "Kenny" (due to the fact his middle initial is "E"), Jezek's movie career resurrected in 2009 with the Advent Film Group

Advent Film Group

Advent Film Group is an independent Christian film production and distribution company founded in 2007 by George Escobar. The company trains young Christians to be filmmakers, and it created the 2009 drama film, Come What May, with talent like Kenneth Jezek and his wife Karen Kelly...

 production Come What May

Come What May (film)

Come What May is an American direct-to-video drama film released on March 17, 2009 by Advent Film Group. The filmmakers intentionally released it on DVD and not to theaters. George Escobar said, "Going straight to DVD will allow church groups to become the distributor." The film tells the story of...

with his wife Karen.

Personal life

Kenneth Jezek is married to actress Karen Kelly who played Brenda Clegg on Capitol

Capitol (TV series)

Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people whose lives intertwined in Washington D.C....

.

After leaving Hollywood, the couple (who met at a Hollywood party in 1986), were married in 1989 and became heavily involved in the theatrical arts ministry of a large local church where they acted, directed, and choreographed skits and musical productions. They have also starred in three independent Christian films, including Karla Faye Tucker: Forevermore in which Karen played the title role. In addition to Come What May, the Jezeks can be seen together in A Father's Heart.

They moved to Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

 in 1988 and have two daughters, Savanna and Shiloh. In 1999, the pair appeared on the 700 Club to talk about their new life as born again Christians.

Jezek holds black belts and full instructor certifications in several martial arts disciplines, founded Christian Freestyle Karate, and owned and operated a successful martial arts school.

They reside in Chandler

Chandler, Arizona

-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1985	Fast Forward Fast Forward (1985 film) Fast Forward is a 1985 dance film directed by Sidney Poitier. In the film, a dance troup from Ohio comes to New York to compete in a national talent competition.-Plot synopsis:...	Caesar's Gang Member
2004	Karla Faye Tucker: Forevermore	Dana Brown
2009	Come What May Come What May (film) Come What May is an American direct-to-video drama film released on March 17, 2009 by Advent Film Group. The filmmakers intentionally released it on DVD and not to theaters. George Escobar said, "Going straight to DVD will allow church groups to become the distributor." The film tells the story of...	Don Hogan
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Fame Fame (1982 TV series) Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...	Cats Cats (musical) Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot... dancer	Episode: A Place to Belong
1986-87	The Days of Our Lives	Lars Englund	Episodes: Unknown
1987	St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...	Jack Devlin	Episode: You Again?

External links

• Kenny Jezek Commentary and Photo on Come What May Website