- Kaine Bennett Charleston
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website = http://www.kainecharleston.comKaine Bennett Charleston (born
January 15 ,1983 ) is an Australian film producer, film and stage actor, known for playing the Sydney News Director in the filmFrost/Nixon , also Aussie Alex and Paramedic Brad on TLC'sUntold Stories of the ER . Charleston has also been seen in numerous sports commercials, print ads, movies and television shows.Early life
Charleston was born in
Paddington, New South Wales ,Australia . The middle of five children to Australian-born parents Trevor Charleston, a sports complex manager, and Gail Shoemaker an OBGYNnurse . His mother remarried Robert Shoemaker and moved Kaine toAnaheim ,California at age 4. Charleston attendedBetsy Ross G.A.T.E. (Gifted And Talented Education) elementary school inAnaheim before the family relocated toHawaii in order to be half way toAustralia and theUnited States . While living inAustralia for primary school, Kaine attendedKai Ora Public School outside Gympie,Queensland . Living with his father in Australia half the year and then his mother in Hawaii the remaining portion, Kaine attendedChristian Liberty Academy outsideHilo ,Hawaii .In high school, Charleston left the private school system and attended
Hilo High School were he played only Varsity sports his four years (Baseball ,Football ,Soccer , Track, and Cross Country). He was selected first team all-state inBaseball ,Football andSoccer his senior year. Opting to reject a professional baseball contract, Charleston played baseball atSaddleback College for two years until he was plagued with two major injuries, a broken back and a reconstructed wrist. Kaine decided to focus on school and now volunteers with youth leagues worldwide.Charleston's introduction to acting was by accident, as he had to take an acting class as part of the requirements for his college degree. He became interested in the craft and used a thousand dollars gifted from his family to shoot a feature film in his hometown of
Hilo . CalledHawaiian Summer , the film honors Kaine's two close friends, Sheldon and Kailani, who died while he was in high school.Career
Kaine impressed
Academy Award winning directorRon Howard and landed the role of Sydney News Director J. Glenn, in Universal's upcoming filmFrost/Nixon .Kaine played Det. Fisk on the Showtime series Dexter alongside
James Remar , whom he worked with on the movieSharpshooter starringMario Van Peebles .While working on preproduction for the film
We Are Marshall , Charleston was offered a small part on the football team by the films' producers Mary Viola and Basil Iwanyk.On stage, Charleston had parts in high school plays while still in Jr. high school. It wasn't until college he began to stage act under the close teaching of former
University of Southern California theatre Dean, Ron Elisson. Kaine has been seen in episodes of the Fox hit show "House" and "Without a Trace ", and a co-staring part on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno ".He also had two staring roles on TLC's
Untold Stories of the ER . In the 2006 season opening episode, Kaine played paramedic search and rescue officer "Brad" and then in the season ending episode played Aussie golfer "Alex".Personal life
A native of
Sydney , Kaine continues to split time between the United States andAustralia . While inLos Angeles working, Kaine retreats toSan Diego to be with family most weekends. Charleston is anAirstream and old car fanatic. He owns a customAirstream travel trailer from the 1960s and a 1958Corvette passed down from his father. Never married, no children, Kaine has a Shepard/Lab mix named "Latte". After the loss of his grandfather Ken Bennett toAlzheimer’s Disease , Charleston has become an advocate for theAlzheimer’s Association worldwide.In 2002, Charleston joined with longtime friend Kim Lacroix to form a production company,Aussie Boy Films , whose first project wasHawaiian Summer in 2004. Now a part ofBleu Bubble Productions , the joined companies write, develop and edit feature films, documentary films, short films, and music videos.References
* http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Feb/17/217sports1.html
* http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/29/sports/reardon.htmlExternal links
*www.myspace.com/kainecharleston
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