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Andrew Keegan (born January 29, 1979) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his roles in in television shows including Party of Five and 7th Heaven and in films such as 10 Things I Hate about You, The Broken Hearts Club (2000) and O (2001). He has production credits for three feature films and one short film.

Life

Keegan was born Andrew Keegan Heying in Los Angeles, California, the older son of Lana (Ocampo), a hairdresser, and Larry Heying, a voice-over actor. Keegan's mother is Colombian and his father is from Nebraska. Keegan has a younger brother, Casey (born June 12, 1980), who is also an actor.

In addition to being an actor, Keegan is known for his community and political activism. In 2011, Keegan became involved with the Occupy Movement and was an organizer affiliated with Occupy Venice. He is scheduled to be a speaking at the 2015 United We Stand Festival in Colorado, hosted by Free and Equal].

In 2014, Keegan co-founded Full Circle Venice, a spiritual community center based out of Venice Beach, California that offers regular yoga and meditation classes as well as other spiritually-centered programs.

Career

He was first recognized for his performance of teen rebel Zack Dell in the cult-classic film Camp Nowhere (1994). Keegan was cast in a minor role in the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. He guest-starred on many hit television shows before being cast on the TV drama Party of Five (1994). That same year, he landed another recurring role on 7th Heaven (1996), the WB's longest-running hit series, on which he played a single teenaged father in love with Jessica Biel's character Mary. Keegan was then cast in two modern-day Shakespearean film adaptations: as the antagonist of Heath Ledger in the comedy 10 Things I Hate About You adapted from The Taming of the Shrew (1999) and as Mekhi Phifer's best friend in O adapted from Othello (2001).

Keegan then took the lead role in Greg Berlanti's critically acclaimed The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), which won best picture that year at the GLAAD Awards. In 2009, Keegan made his theatrical stage debut in the award winning play "He Asked For It", playing Rigby, a character tackling the emotional issues of being HIV-positive in modern-day society. In 2010, Keegan played Strayger, a drug-smuggling pilot in the 2010 action film Kill Speed. Keegan took on a role as a sadistic and sociopathic vampire named Blake in the film Living Among Us (2015), which is scheduled for release in early 2015.

Filmography

References

1. imdb.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005080/#producer. Retrieved 16 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Andrew Keegan Biography (1979-)". Filmreference.com. 1979-01-29. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
3. "Andrew Keegan - Yahoo! TV". Tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
4. Casey Keegan at IMDb
5. Keegan describes the center as a place "where people of all beliefs and backgrounds come together to meditate, practice yoga, and engage artistically." They have a weekly yoga and meditation program and also host a variety of what Keegan calls "high vibe, spiritually-centered events."

External links

• Andrew Keegan at IMDb

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