Kenny Wormald
Biography
Kenny Wormald is an American dancer and actor who grew up in Stoughton, Massachusetts and began dancing at six. He won dance titles as a teenager and took gold at the 2002 World Dance Championships in Riesa, Germany. He was a regular on MTV's Dancelife in 2007. He has also danced in videos for Madonna, Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera and toured as a backup dancer with Justin Timberlake and the Pussycat Dolls. He made his acting debut in Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008), then played Ren McCormack in Footloose (2011). His later credits include Cavemen (2013), Kid Cannabis (2014), The Living (2014), By the Gun (2014), Love & Mercy (2015), The Girl in the Photographs (2015), Center Stage: On Pointe (2016), Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016) and Happy Hunting (2017).
42years old
Turns 43 on July 27in 296 days
- Born Boston
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Kenneth Edgar Wormald (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 14 years2008 to 2022
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Big break
In June 2010, Paramount Pictures said Wormald would play the lead in its planned remake of the dance drama Footloose. Zac Efron and Chace Crawford had both been attached to the part of Ren McCormack but dropped out.
First role
Wormald's acting debut came in the Oxygen made-for-television film Center Stage: Turn It Up, in which he played the male lead.
A first
At 15, Wormald was named Teen Mr. Dance of New England, one of several dance titles he collected as a teenager.
A first
Wormald won gold at the 2002 World Dance Championships in Riesa, Germany. He earned it for a tap dance routine that he performed.
A first
Wormald was picked in 1996 to perform a dance at the White House for President Bill Clinton, as part of that year's Easter celebration.
Behind the camera
Wormald directed the music video for the song After Hours by Mike Stud, and he also appeared in that video.
Kenny Wormald movies on Netflix
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