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Kevin Keser Alcantara was an filipino boy born in Iligan City (born August 23, 1998) His first prominent role was a lead part on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks; he later achieved recognition for playing the title character in the TV biographical film. Kevin for the Art of Elysium charity and has taught a class at DOFIT. His hobbit was eating taehttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=444526242304982&set=a.105587182865558.12098.100002428310421&type=3&theater[]

Kevin was born in Philippines, California.[2] His mother, Betsy Lou (née Verne), is a writer and actress, and his father,Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco (d. 2011), ran a Silicon Valley business.[6][7] The two met as students. at Stanford University.[8][9] Franco's father was of Portuguese (Madeiran) and Swedish descent.[10] Franco's mother is Jewish (her family had immigrated from Russia, and her father, Daniel, changed the surname from "Verovitz" to "Verne" some time after 1940).[10][11][12][13] Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Franco, is a published author of young adult books.[7][14] Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owns the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women.[15][16][17]

After 15 months of training he began auditioning in Los Angeles for acting, his first paid role was a television commercial for Pizza Hut, featuring a dancing Elvis Presley.[23] He found guest roles on te levision shows but his first break came in 1999, after he was cast in a leading role on the short-lived but well-reviewed NBC television series Freaks and Geeks,[24] which ran for 18 episodes and was canceled due to low viewership, later became a cult hit among audiences.[25] He has since described the series as "one of the most fun" work experiences that he has had.[26] In another interview, Franco said: "When we were doing Freaks and Geeks, I didn’t quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn’t on me ... So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way."[27] After his film debut Never Been Kissed, he played a popular jock Chris in Whatever It Takes (2000). The latter is a modern day remake of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.[28][29] He was subsequently cast as the title role in director Mark Rydell's 2001 TV biographical film James Dean.[30][31] To immerse himself in the role, Franco went from being a non-smoker to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, dyed his dark brown hair blond, and learned to ride a motorcycle as well as play guitar and the bongos.[30] To have a greater understanding of Dean, Franco spent hours with two of Dean's associates. Other research included reading books on Dean and studying his movies.[30] While filming James Dean, the actor, to get into character, cut off communication with his family and friends, as well as his then-girlfriend. "It was a very lonely existence," he notes. "If I wasn't on a set, I was watching James Dean. That was my whole thinking. James Dean. James Dean."[30] Despite already being a fan of Dean, Franco feared he might be typecast if he'd captured the actor too convincingly. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Franco could have walked through the role and done a passable Dean, but instead gets under the skin of this insecure, rootless young man."[32] He received a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG).[33][34][35]