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Kevin Scott Richardson is an American singer, model, actor, composer, and member of the Backstreet Boys.

Richardson was born in Lexington, Kentucky on October 3, 1971. He is the youngest of three brothers. As a youth, he was a chess club member and acted in school plays such as "Bye, Bye Birdie" at Estill County High School in Kentucky. He was also a football quarterback. After finishing high school, he went to Florida to pursue a music career. In Florida, he first worked as a cast member in Walt Disney World. He was a backstage tour guide and costume characters, most notably as "Aladdin" and one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There he also met his future wife Kristin Willits, who was playing the character of "Belle" from "Beauty and the Beast." He worked at Walt Disney World until he joined the Backstreet Boys in 1993.

In 2006 he left the group to focus on his family and at the same time pursuing a career in acting. His first Broadway gig was in 2002, when he played the role of "Billy Flynn" in the Broadway production of Chicago. In 2006 he reprised the role, with many Chicago alumni for the 10th anniversary of the show. He also acted in several TV and independent movies and won an Independent Vision Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The Casserole Club" at Vision Fest in New York City in 2011. In 2012 he rejoined the Backstreet Boys.

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