Kennedy was born in
Houston, Texas and raised in
Plano, Texas. He graduated from
Southern Methodist University in
Dallas. He played college football and was named to an All Southwest Conference Football Team and was a player of interest to both the
Dallas Cowboys and the
Oakland Raiders until a motorcycle accident ended his football career. He then moved to
Los Angeles where he worked regularly as an actor until the nightlife industry. He moved to Las Vegas in 2002 and continued to expand his career in nightlife as a Vice President for the Light Group and ran FOH for Bellagio's Light Nightclub, Caramel Lounge, Fix Restaurant, Mirage's Jet Nightclub, Stack Restaurant, Bare Pool and Director of Tao Groups’ Tao Beach before launching his career as a film and television producer. He resides in
Dallas, TX with his wife, Actress and Model Carey Lessard, and their two children, Barbeque and Queso.
Professional life Kennedy, was a producer for the
History Channel's award-winning miniseries
Texas Rising in 2015 and appeared in one episode of the series as Texas Ranger, Zacharias Coffey. He is the owner and executive producer of In Your Face Productions and is the creator and executive producer of several series including
Showtime's
Gigolos which he produced with
Richard Grieco, FYI Networks
Late Nite Chef Fight Lifetime's
Postmortem in Vegas and FOX TV's
Labor of Love. Kennedy has been a recurring character on
Pawn Stars, and appeared in
Melrose Place, and
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He appeared on Lifetime’s series
Vivica A. Fox’s
Black Magic, which premiered in January 2017. Kennedy, in addition to being a Producer, is an Ordained Universal Life Church Minister, who officiated the wedding ceremony of actor
Corey Feldman and wife Courtney Anne in November 2016. Kennedy conducted the ceremony at
Elton John's Fizz champagne lounge at
Caesars Palace in
Las Vegas. Kennedy, who appears in and produced the movie
Cops & Robbers released in 2016, produced the movie
Female Fight Club appeared and produced the movie
Fright Fest and produced the film
Bruja in
Mexico with MMA legend turned actor
Randy Couture. In addition to his hit series
Gigolos, Kennedy has produced
Late Night Chef Fight and
Trailer Park Housewives. Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top is his son's Godfather. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Billy Gibbons, made a surprise appearance inside a Texas elementary classroom to read for a stunned group of 2nd-graders. ==Filmography==