Kenny Yates is a half-Italian, half-Filipino actor, voice actor, feature film producer, and director based in Los Angeles. Kenny grew up south of Boston in Quincy & Hanson, MA. He began working in the entertainment industry in 1999 as a child actor on the Daytime Emmy winning PBSkids show ZOOM - appearing on 80 episodes over two seasons.

Kenny has continued his acting career to this day and recently appeared as Bob in ‘Hunt Club’ with Mickey Rourke, Mena Suvari & Casper Van Dien. He also appeared as Floyd in ‘Reboot Camp’, a mockumentary comedy with Eric Roberts, Ed Begley Jr. & David Koechner. He also co-stars in ‘Wolf Mountain’ alongside scene partner Danny Trejo. He stars as Peter Pan in the upcoming indie film, ‘Before Never’ - currently in post production.

Kenny continues his studies in Meisner Technique at Playhouse West in North Hollywood. He was also a member of the sketch comedy group ‘The Neighbors’, directed by Sean Whalen [Twister] at the same repertory.

Kenny got his first behind-the-camera gig in 2005 on the 20th Century Fox/Regency film ‘Date Movie’. He continued as directors Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer's assistant on ‘Epic Movie’, ‘Meet the Spartans’ & ‘Vampires Suck’. He was promoted to Associate Producer on their film ‘Disaster Movie’, and then bumped again to Co-Producer/VFX Supervisor on their films ‘The Starving Games’ & ‘Superfast!’ 

Kenny is also the Founder & President of KAYJ Entertainment. He has helped produce NINE feature films in the last three years and directed TWO features in that same amount of time. His most recent feature film as a director, ‘FINAL WAGER’, stars Michael Madsen & Tom Arnold.

Find out more about the projects Kenny is producing/directing by visiting the KAYJ Entertainment website…