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Christian Kane 
Kane in Las Vegas, April 27, 2006Born June 27, 1974
Dallas, TexasOccupation Actor, singer/songwriter Years active 1997–present Website www.christiankane.com Christian Kane (born June 27, 1974) is an American actor and singer/songwriter of Native American descent. He currently stars as Eliot Spencer on the TNT series Leverage. He is best known for his roles in the television shows Angel and Into the West, and the movies Just Married and Secondhand Lions.
He is the lead singer of the country-southern rock band Kane. On December 7, 2010 they released The House Rules, their third album and their debut for record label Bigger Picture Group. The album reached #25 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The first single from the album, also titled "The House Rules", debuted at #54 on the Billboard Country Songs chart. The second single, “Let Me Go,” was released on July 11, 2011.
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Early life
Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. He is of Native American descent[1] and is a cousin of country singer Branden Hart.[2] His parents participated in, and met at, the rodeo. The family moved around the South and Midwest because his father was in the oil business and finally settled in Norman, Oklahoma, when Kane was in 8th grade. While growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Kane was a wrestler and played American Football (as a strong safety) .[3] He studied Art History at the University of Oklahoma but decided he wanted to be an actor and headed to Los Angeles before finishing the degree.[4] In LA, he worked at a talent management company where he delivered scripts in exchange for being sent on auditions.[5]
Career
Acting
Kane with Amy Acker at a signing in Santa Barbara.
Kane landed his first acting role in 1997 as one of the leads in MGM's television series Fame L.A.; in the series he played a country singer who moved to Los Angeles from Kansas. His television roles have included a recurring role in Joss Whedon’s Angel as the lawyer Lindsey MacDonald, the Jerry Bruckheimer produced series Close to Home on CBS, the TNT television film Crossfire Trail in which he appeared alongside Tom Selleck, and he played the role of Abe Wheeler in the Steven Spielberg produced miniseries Into the West.
Kane’s appearances on the big screen include the 20th Century Fox film Just Married and New Line Cinema's Secondhand Lions, as the younger version of Robert Duvall's Hub McCann, he has a scar on his upper lip from an injury he received while filming the movie.[6] He also appeared in Taxi, Life or Something Like It, the Peter Berg directed Friday Night Lights, and the Warner Bros. baseball film Summer Catch.
In 2007, Kane was featured in the Carrie Underwood music video, "So Small", playing the role of one of the three converging stories.
In 2009, he appeared in the psychological thriller, Hide,[7] in which he played the lead role of Billy, and The Donner Party which is based on the true story of the Donner Party.
In 2010, he starred in the romantic drama, Not Since You.[8][9]
Since late 2008, Kane appears on the TNT television series Leverage, which will return for its fifth season next summer.[10] Kane does his own stunts and fights[1] as Eliot Spencer, a retrieval specialist who teams up with four other specialists to undo the injustices perpetrated upon the helpless.
Music
In 1997, Christian Kane met Steve Carlson, who had taken over his old job. They started writing songs together, and in 1998, they formed the Southern rock band Kane. They have toured the U.S. as well as England and Germany. The band has self-released two albums, their self-titled debut, Kane, in 2000 and a recording of a live acoustic set, Acoustic Live In London! in 2004.[11]
The band consists of Christian Kane (lead vocals, guitar), Steve Carlson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jason Southard (lead guitar), Will Amend (bass guitar), and Ryan Baker (drums) and is signed to independent record label Bigger Picture Group (Zac Brown Band, Big Kenny, The Harters). Their label debut, The House Rules, was released December 7, 2010. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart and #25 on the Country Albums chart.[12] The album was produced by Bob Ezrin and Jimmie Lee Sloas.[13]
The first single from the album, also titled "The House Rules" debuted at #54 on the Billboard Country Songs chart[14] and was the 7th most added song on Mediabase Country stations on its official impact date.[13] The video for the single was directed by Timothy Hutton and premiered on CMT's Big New Music Weekend October 1, 2010.[15] The second single, Let Me Go, was released on July 11, 2011. The video for the single was directed by Roman White, it premiered on CMT August 8, 2011 and reached #1 on their Today's Top Videos chart .[16]
Christian Kane is also signed to a songwriting deal with EMI Music Publishing and writes much of his own material. Trace Adkins released a song written by Kane called "Happy Man" on his 2010 album, Cowboy's Back in Town.[17]
Kane's co-writing efforts include songs written with Blair Daly, Brett James, David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard, and Jerrod Niemann.[18] "Thinking of You", a song he co-wrote with Blair Daly, featured in episode 3X06, "The Studio Job", of Leverage.[4][19]
Filmography
Actor
Title Role Fame L.A. (1997) TV series Ryan "Flyboy" Legget Rescue 77 (1999) TV series Wick Lobo EDtv (1999) P.A. Angel (1999–2001, 2003–2004) TV series Lindsey McDonald The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) Idaho Guy Love Song (2000) Billy Ryan Gallo Dawson's Creek (2001) TV series Nick Taylor Crossfire Trail (2001) John Thomas "J.T." Langston Summer Catch (2001) Dale Robin Life or Something Like It (2002) Cal Cooper The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003) Brian Cruver Just Married (2003) Peter Prentiss Secondhand Lions (2003) Young Hub The Plight of Clownana (2004) Christian Las Vegas (2004) TV series Bob Taxi (2004) Agent Mullins Friday Night Lights (2004) Brian Into the West (2005) TV mini-series Abe Wheeler Her Minor Thing (2005) Paul Keep Your Distance (2005) Sean Voight 24: The Game (2006) Video Game Peter Madsen Close to Home (2005–2006) TV series Jack Chase Four Sheets to the Wind (2006) David Hide (2008) Billy Leverage (2008–present) TV Series Eliot Spencer Not Since You (2008) Ryan Good Day For It (2010) Dale Acton Minuteman (2010) Peacemaker Soundtrack
Title Song(s) Featured Angel (2001) "L.A. Song" Life or Something Like It (2002) "Sweet Carolina Rain" (as KANE) The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron TV (2003) "More Than I Deserve" (as KANE) Just Married (2003) "The Chase" (as KANE) Leverage -- "The Two Horse Job" (2008) "More Than I Deserve" (as KANE) NASCAR 09 (2009) "The House Rules" (as Christian Kane) Keep Your Distance (2005) "Right In Front Of You" (as Sean Voight/KANE) Leverage -- "The Studio Job" (2010) "Thinking of You" Discography
Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country
[20]US
[21]US
Heat
[22]Kane - Release date: 2000
- Label: self-released
- Formats: CD
— — — The House Rules - Release date: December 7, 2010
- Label: Bigger Picture Music Group
- Formats: CD, music download
25 178 1 "—" denotes releases that did not chart Extended plays
Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country
[20]US
[23]US
Heat
[22]Christian Kane - Release date: March 9, 2010
- Label: Bigger Picture Music Group
- Formats: CD, music download
28 159 5 Live albums
Title Album details Acoustic Live In London! - Release date: 2004
- Label: self-released
- Formats: CD
Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album US Country
[24]2010 "The House Rules" 49 The House Rules 2011 "Let Me Go"A 58 - A Current single.
Music videos
Year Video Director 2010 "The House Rules" Timothy Hutton 2011 "Let Me Go" Roman White References
- ^ a b "Christian Kane Is a Lover and a Fighter on Leverage". http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b135115_christian_kane_lover_fighter_on_leverage.html.
- ^ "Branden Hart bio on IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035143/bio.
- ^ "CK discusses his Bad-Ass Character". http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/22/christian_kane_of_leverage_discusses_his.
- ^ a b "Christian Kane is singing a totally different tune on 'Leverage'". http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295118.
- ^ "Portrait of an artist: Christian Kane". http://www.intrepidmedia.com/column.asp?id=4138.
- ^ "Kane and Able". http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/mondo_extra/the_christian_kane_interview.php?page=3.
- ^ "Hide on IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0827181/.
- ^ "Not Since You on IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1072438/.
- ^ "Not Since You review". http://www.screenspotlight.com/movie-reviews-mainmenu-47/37-drama/707-not-since-you.
- ^ "TNT Orders New Seasons of Three Hit Series: The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and Leverage". http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5275.
- ^ "Return of the Spirit Boy". http://www.cityofangel.com/behindTheScenes/bts4/chrisSpot2.html.
- ^ "Billboard Heatseekers chart". http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums#/charts/heatseekers-albums?tag=chdrawer.
- ^ a b "AllAccess Artist profile: Christian Kane". http://www.allaccess.com/country/artist-info/q/id/1451/christian-kane.
- ^ "Billboard oct. 25th 2010 Chart Highlights". http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-alternative-country-songs-1004124105.story.
- ^ "CMT: Eight Videos Debuting During CMT Big New Music Weekend". http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1649107/eight-videos-debuting-during-cmt-big-new-music-weekend.jhtml.
- ^ "Let Me Go blazes to nr. 1". http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/christian-kanes-let-me-go-blazes-to-no-1-on-cmt-com/.
- ^ "Trace Adkins releases new album". http://newmusicreviews.net/trace-adkins-releases-highly-anticipated-new-album-cowboys-back-in-town/.
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- ^ "LEVERAGE #306 "The Studio Job" Post-Game'". http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2010/08/leverage-306-studio-job-post-game.html.
- ^ a b "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/christian-kane/chart-history/1407461?f=320&g=Albums. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/christian-kane/chart-history/1407461?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ a b "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/christian-kane/chart-history/1407461?f=324&g=Albums. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "Christian Kane EP Charts & Awards". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/christian-kane-ep-r1783395/charts-awards. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Christian Kane Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/christian-kane/chart-history/1407461?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
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Categories:- 1974 births
- Actors from Texas
- Living people
- American country singers
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Columbia Records artists
- People from Dallas, Texas
- People from Norman, Oklahoma
- American people of Cherokee descent
- Bigger Picture Music Group artists
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