Michael Copon

Michael Copon
Michael Copon in competition with the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team in Claremont, California on January 30, 2010
Born	Michael Sowell Copon November 13, 1982 (1982-11-13) (age 29) Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, model, producer
Years active	2001-present

Michael Sowell Copon (born November 13, 1982^[1]) is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for his role of Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill, playing Vin Keahi in the television series Beyond the Break, and starring in Power Rangers: Time Force.

Early life

Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia to a Filipino father (from Rosario "Salinas", Cavite, Philippines) and a German-American mother.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 2001, Copon was cast by the Fox Kids Network as Blue Power Ranger, Lucas Kendall, on the Power Rangers: Time Force television series. He reprised this role in two episodes of Power Rangers: Wild Force.

In 2004, he appeared in a music video for the song "Backflip" by Raven Symone. The video was directed by Sanaa Hamri. Copon portrayed the recurring character Felix Taggaro on the television series One Tree Hill. From 2006 to 2009, Copon starred in the drama series Beyond the Break on The N network. In between that time (in 2005) he appeared (and subsequently won) the competition on VH1's "But Can They Sing?"^[2]

On September 8 of 2010, Copon released "Let's Get Nasty"^[3] on iTunes and in the same year he appeared on a TV commercial ad as a spokesperson for an Asian TV station foundation called Bantay Bata.^[4] Copon will star in the upcoming thriller Killer Holiday.^[5]

Copon is also a member of the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team which raises funds for various schools and charitable organizations in the Greater Los Angeles area.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Power Rangers Time Force: Photo Finish	Lucas Kendall	Blue Time Force Ranger
	Power Rangers Time Force - Quantum Ranger: Clash for Control	Lucas Kendall	Blue Time Force Ranger
2002	Power Rangers Time Force: Dawn of Destiny	Lucas Kendall	Blue Time Force Ranger
	Power Rangers Time Force: The End of Time	Lucas Kendall	Blue Time Force Ranger
2005	Dishdogz	Palmer	Straight-to-DVD
2006	Sideliners	Joey Ambrose	Made-For-Television
	All You've Got	Artie Sanchez	Made-For-Television
	Elevator	Hot Guy at Party	Short Film
2007	Bring It On: In It to Win It	Penn	Straight-to-DVD
2008	The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	Mathayus	Straight-to-DVD
2010	Night of the Demons	Dex Thrilby
	BoyBand	Brad	Post-Production
	A Forgotten Innocence	Andrew	In-Production
2011	Killer Holiday	Spider	In-Production
	247°F	Michael	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Power Rangers: Time Force	Luke Kendall / Blue Time Force Ranger	Season Regular
2002	Power Rangers: Wild Force	Luke Kendall / Blue Time Force Ranger	Episodes: "Reinforcements from the Future: Part 1", "Reinforcements from the Future: Part 2"
2003	Even Stevens	Boy at Beach	Episode: "Surf's Up"
2004–2005	One Tree Hill	Felix Taggaro	Appeared In 11 Episodes
2005	Scrubs	Pedro	Episode: "My Big Move"
	Reno 911!	Kane	Episode: "Dangle's Son"
	But Can They Sing?	Michael Copon - himself	Reality Competition, Contestant (Won)
2005, 2006	That's So Raven	Ricky	Episodes: "Boyz 'N Commotion", "Be Prepared"
2006–2009	Beyond the Break	Vin Keahi	Series Regular
2008	Greek	Shane	Episodes: "Barely Legal", "Mr. Purr-fect"
2009	CSI: Miami	Walter Leeson	Episode: "Head Case"
2010	Finding My Past	Louis Alfred Sunshine	Protagonist
	Hawaii Five-0	Junior Satele	Episode: "Malama Ka Aina"
2011	Kourtney and Kim Take New York	Michael Copon - himself	Series Premiere, Episode 1 (reality show)

References

1. ^ Michael Copon - IMDb
2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487237/
3. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Get-Nasty/dp/B0041XQD7Q
4. ^ http://www.abscbnfoundation.org/mediacenter/index.html Retrieved 01-26-2011
5. ^ Killer Holiday website
6. ^ http://www.hollywoodknights.com/the_celebrities.php

External links

• Michael Copon at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Copon's Official Myspace
• Michael Copon Twitter

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Name	Copon, Michael
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Date of birth	November 13, 1982
Place of birth	Chesapeake, Virginia
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