KEVIN B. HARTLEY
ACTRA, CAEA, SAG/AFTRA
MEET KEVIN
Kevin B. Hartley is an actor, singer, writer, and entrepreneur living in Toronto; a member of SAG/AFTRA and ACTRA/CAEA. He was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, but grew up and spent much of his life in London, Ontario and area.
Kevin has worked on numerous TV productions throughout the years; his most recent credit is as pilot "Lou Beck" on the critically acclaimed TV series "Mayday: Air Crash Investigations". He was cast with a recurring role in season two of the Netflix series "The Umbrella Academy" as part of the "Majestic Twelve". Other TV appearances include "The Kennedys", "Nothing Personal", "Warehouse 13", and "Unnatural History".
His film credits include the Governor General of Canada Award-winning film "Travelling Alone" (aka in the USA as "Travelling Alone in America"), and the dramatic short film "Wilderness", winner of a Platinum Award for Independent Short Subject-Film & Video - Dramatic, at WorldFest Houston, 2012.
Kevin is often recognized for his many appearances in commercials for McDonald's, Rogers Phone/TV, Home Depot (multiple spots), KMart (multiple spots), and Nestlé, to name a few.
In addition to his film, TV and commercial work, he has appeared on stage in theaters across Canada, most notably in the premiere Canadian production of the pop/rock musical "Chess", playing "Anatoly Sergeivsky" (music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice). He also played in the first Canadian company production of "Forever Plaid" (Follows Latimer Productions), as "Smudge".
Kevin has studied and honed his craft at workshops and studios in Toronto, NYC, and LA, most notably at Second City, Toronto (Level E improv comedy graduate), and with The Australian Institute for Performing Arts (AIPA), Los Angeles.
Currently in transition and open to representation.
As CEO of OmniQuest Media Inc., a venture studio pushing forward a variety of passion projects including NaughtyLittleBlackTee.Shop and ImagiNarrative, where Kevin puts his creative work into narrative-driven lifestyle and culinary content development, commercial writing, ghostwriting, speech writing and speaker coaching, all natural extensions of his storytelling craft as an actor.
He is writer of the book for Romeo and Romeo, a rock opera musical in development and workshop, destined for the stage in the vein of Next to Normal, Moulin Rouge, Rent, and Jagged Little Pill.