Kevin Chamberlin (born November 25, 1963) is an American actor who played Bertram Winkle on Disney Channel's JESSIE (TV series).
Biography[]
Chamberlin was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, moving there as a 15-year old. Chamberlin graduated from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.
Chamberlin has been nominated for Drama Desk and Tony Awards for Dirty Blonde (as Charlie), Seussical (as Horton), and The Addams Family (as Uncle Fester). Additional Broadway theatre credits include My Favorite Year, Triumph of Love, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Chicago, and The Ritz. He also appeared in the 1999 gay-themed movie Trick.
He also appeared in Die Hard with a Vengeance as an enthusiastic NYPD bomb defusal expert. In Lucky Number Slevin, he again had a supporting role as a New York police officer. Chamberlin's most recent work includes the role of Aron Malsky in the NBC primetime series Heroes.
Chamberlin previously appeared as Uncle Fester in the musical The Addams Family, a role for which he won a Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Performance by a Featured Actor In a Broadway Musical.[2] Brad Oscar replaced him in the role of Uncle Fester on March 8, 2011.[3]
In Fall 2011 Chamberlin starred in the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie as a mean and lazy butler, Bertram.
In the Summer 2013 Chamberlin starred along with Ross Lynch and Maia Michell in the Disney Channel Original Movie Teen Beach Movie as Dr. Fusion.
In Spring 2016, Chamberlin starred in the short-lived musical Disaster and played The Wizard in the Broadway production of Wicked in 2018 alongside Jessie guest star Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda.
He also plays Flip in The Really Loud House and It's A Really Haunted Loud House.
References[]
- ^ Gardner, Amanda. "THEATER; Tony Awards' New Jersey Ties", The New York Times, July 23, 2008.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (2009-07-22). "Addams Family Musical Finds a Broadway Home". Playbill. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Brad Oscar Will Play Uncle Fester in Addams Family; Blickenstaff, Grupper, Potter Join Cast" playbill.com, February 4, 2011
External links[]
● Official website
● Twitter page
● YouTube channel
● Facebook page
● Kevin Chamberlin at