Full Name:Kerr Smith
Birthday:March 9, which makes this twentysomething a Pisces
Lovematches: Cancer, Scorpio, or fellow Pisces fish.
Status: Taken. Kerr's heart has belonged to actress Ali Hillis for almost a year and a half. "She's been on Law & Order, NYPD Blue," he boasts proudly.
First Movie Role: As an extra(along with his mother) in 12 Monkeys
Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld. Reruns every night at 7:30pm. "I never miss it."
Favorite Actress:"Meg Ryan. She's so quirky."
Favorite Actor:"John Travolta's great. He's the comeback king."
When Will He Be In The Opening Credits? "Next year," he smiles.
Who's Maxine? His boxer. "Meredith [Monroe, Andie] and I have sister dogs, Maxine and Jezebel."
Gig: Scene stealer. Kerr plays Jack Mcphee, newly moved into Dawson's Creek and also moving in on Dawson's girl.
It's In The Sauce: What's the one thing Kerr loves in Wilmington, N.C. (where Dawson is taped)? The chow. "We eat lots of southern barbecue," he says.
Beam Me Up, Cap'n: I'm a huge Trekkie, and when I met Patrick Stewart, it was a big thrill. I was just, Oh, my God-you're Captain Jean-Luc Picard!"
Long-Lasting Freshness: Kerr says he wasn't worried a bit when Jack and Joey had their first kiss-he was sucking down Altoids all day.
If KERR SMITH could SWITCH ROLES with anyone on the show,
he would pick... GRAMS!
Or you could read it like it's a story:
Within weeks of relocating from New York to Los Angeles to further pursue his acting career, Kerr Smith landed the role of Jack McPhee, a troubled teen whose mystery will unfold this season on "Dawson's Creek."
Smith grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Exton, Pa. During his senior year of high school, he made his first dramatic performance playing Sir Edward Ramsey in his school's production of "The King and I." His father, a financial advisor, urged Smith to get a degree in something sensible, which he did, graduating from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in finance and accounting. Smith returned to Exton to start a business marketing firm with his father. After he discovered that he enjoyed making the presentations more than the actual business, he decided to give acting a try. Shortly after moving to New York, he landed his first big role -- playing Ryder Hughes, Oakdale's resident bad boy, on "As the World Turns." His performance earned him the Best New Actor Award for 1996 from Soap Opera Magazine. On the big screen, Smith portrayed an arrogant womanizer in the improvisational comedy "Kiss and Tell," and appears in the romantic comedy "Hit and Runway," an independent film on the festival circuit. Offscreen, the self-taught pianist enjoys writing music, working on the computer and playing with his dog, a Boxer named Maxine. He resides in Los Angeles.
ANDIE & JACK MCPHEE -- New to Capeside in Season 2. They are a brother and sister duo whose "country club" life is not what it seems. An older brother's death, father's absence and mother's mental illness, Jack and Andie find solace in their new Capeside friends. Andie hooks up with Pacey. Jack kissed Joey because of the full moon, and then they go out for awhile. Andie fights mental illness. Jack reveals his homosexuality. After seeing visions of her deceased brother, Andie is sent to a sychiatric hospital. Not wanting to return to Rhode Island with his father, Jack moves in with Jen and Grams.
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