Kevin Connolly

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Kevin Connolly (born March 5, 1974) is an American actor and director. Connolly is known for his role on the HBO original series "Entourage" as Eric Murphy (also known as "E").

Biography

Career

Born on Long Island, Connolly began his career at age six, appearing in television commercials including the popular "Betcha bite a chip" campaign for Chips Ahoy. In 1990, he landed his first film role, as Chickie, in "Rocky V". Two years later, Connolly was cast as Shaun Kelly in the film adaptation of Myron Levoy's novel "Alan & Naomi", and co-starred in the short lived Fox sitcom "Great Scott!". His appearance in the show later earned him a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Television Series. He portrayed Dabney Coleman's son in the 1993 movie ""The Beverly Hillbillies"". Connolly continued guest starring in television shows like ""Wings"", "Getting By" and the medical drama ""ER"". [http://www.superiorpics.com/kevin_connolly/ Kevin Connolly Bio] ]

From 1995 to 1996, Connolly filmed "Don's Plum", alongside friends and future collaborators, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio. Later that year, he landed the role of Ryan Malloy on the sitcom "Unhappily Ever After". The show also marked Connolly's directorial debut when he directed six episodes in its fourth season. In 2007, Connolly made his full length movie directorial debut with the film "Gardener of Eden", which premiered in April 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival. [ [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huffpost-coverage/dicaprio-the-gardene_b_47045.html "DiCaprio, The Gardener of Eden Premiere And The Real Entourage", The Huffington Post, April 27, 2007, Retrieved on August 16, 2007] ]

In addition to television work, Connolly has starred in several major motion pictures including, "Antwone Fisher", "John Q", and "The Notebook". In August 2007, he signed on to play a supporting character in Drew Barrymore's new comedy "He's Just Not that Into You". [ [http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-hesjustnotthatintoyoucooperconnollycasting,0,323791.story "Alias", "Entourage" Stars "Into" Dating Comedy", Zap2it.com, August 7, 2007] ] Most recently, Connolly has reportedly been cast as jazz musician Benny Goodman in an upcoming movie. The film, set in the 1930s, will focus on one of the first interracial bands of the era. Nick Cannon, Brandon Routh and rapper Ludacris will co-star. [Huver, Scott, [http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/n12978.htm "Q&A with Kevin Connolly: E's Creating His Own Hollywood Adventures on Entourage", NYPost.com] ]

Personal life

Connolly was linked with his "Unhappily Ever After" co-star Nikki Cox. [cite news |last=Rosen | first = Alison | title =Kevin Connolly: The "Entourage" wingman turns indie auteur | publisher =Time Out New York| url =http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/hot-seat/5123/kevin-connolly |accessdate = 2008-02-11] He also dated heiress and designer Nicky Hilton from January 2005 to October 2006.

In 2007, he was romantically linked with actress Haylie Duff [Malkin, Marc, [http://www.eonline.com/print/index.jsp;jsessionid=4F6F8B8BCB420009496D79EF4DA4E89D?uuid=3ba52e33-483e-4f6f-988e-e57e67fad96f&contentType=planetGossip "Kevin Connolly & Haylie Duff's Night in Hollywood", E! Online: Planet Gossip, April 6, 2007, Retrieved on August 16, 2007] ] and "Dancing with the Stars" dancer, Julianne Hough. [cite news| last=Rizzo |first=Monica |coauthors=Oh, Eunice|title =Kevin Connolly Gives a Ring to Julianne Hough| publisher ="People" | date =2007-11-14 | url =http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20160007,00.html | accessdate =2007-11-21]

In June 2007, Connolly was named one of "People" magazine's hottest bachelors of 2007 along with cast mate Adrian Grenier. [ [http://www.people.com/people/package/0,,20040542,00.html "Hottest Bachelors 2007", People.com] ]

Connolly is a die-hard New York Islanders fan. He showed his support for the team by wearing an Islanders hat in the "Entourage" episode "Welcome to the Jungle". [ [http://www.islandersarmy.com/blog/2007/06/20/islanders-join-the-entourage/ "Islanders Join the Entourage", Islanders Army Blog, June 20, 2007, Retrieved on September 13, 2007] ]

Filmography

Award nominations

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0175305|name=Kevin Connolly
*tv.com person|372610|Kevin Connolly
* [http://www.hbo.com/entourage/cast/actor/kevin_connolly.html Profile on HBO.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-b4R2xHKgQ Youtube clip of Kevin Connolly in a Chips Ahoy commercial]

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