We recently connected with Kevin Porter and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Kevin, thanks for joining us today. Have you signed with an agent or manager? Why or why not?

I was very fortunate to have gotten an agent within the first month of landing in Los Angeles. I signed with Ray Cavalieri and he was very instrumental in navigating the early waters of my career. My dear friend, Steve Filice recommended me, and I will always be grateful and appreciative without Steve introducing me to Ray. I would not have gotten into the union so quickly.

Kevin, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

It’s so interesting as everyone has their own path. I remember I caught the acting bug at a young age. Elementary school. I played Abraham Lincoln in a school play, and I loved how it felt up there. I loved, pretending and getting immediate response from the audience. it wasn’t until much later in college that I had the opportunity to do it on a larger scale. I was approached at registration by the head of the theater department, and I guess he must’ve been looking for. Tall guys for his class, but he asked if I would be interested. Immediately accepted, knowing that my life was changing at that moment. Though I was a football player, theater quickly took priority. I auditioned for every play that came my way, and had built up quite a résumé by the time I graduated. I then moved onto the real world with the real job, real mortgage, real car payments. Theater became a thing of the past until it wasn’t. I had a life-changing incident that woke me up and made me realize that I need to be pursuing my passion in my dream. I moved out to Los Angeles and began my pursuit. I was blessed to have seen early success and booked a coasting role on the X-Files. in between bookings, I worked at Disneyland as Tarzan and I toured the world for Warner Brothers as there live appearance Batman . it was the ladder that led to the wonderful opportunities that I had portrayed Batman over and over again for the past 20 years in the popular YouTube series.
Reinvention and awareness is in this industry. You have to know what you bring to the table. You have to know your type and you have to know your strengths. You also constantly have to work on your craft. And in this industry, your craft is honesty and listening. Authenticity.
In 2005 I moved back to Florida to be with my family. A couple of family members were not doing well and I knew that these were very special times that I did not want to miss. 2013 I felt the pole of Los Angeles again. I knew that like Rocky, I had one more round. Did I know that my second act in this industry would be exponentially more than my first. I was older. Wiser. Little more beaten down but much more honest. my work was my therapy. Finally comfortable in my own skin, and lived for the moment to be onset in a scene with someone at the same honesty.. it was magic.
In the old days, I relied agreed deal on my physicality and specific looks. Now it just comes down to honesty and being able to convey that on screen. There gets a point in your life when you let the BS go and you feel comfortable in the silence, this is where I was and it was a good place to be.
I was touring the convention circuit, making appearances for the incredible people that appreciate my work as Batman. And working more than ever.
Like all acts, there is a time when the curtain comes down. And I felt that my second run in Los Angeles was coming to a close and it was time to transition back possibly for good to home. Florida will always be my home.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

When I treasure most about being an artist is my interpretation. Mine may differ from yours as it should. We all have stories to tell. I love meeting people. I love talking to people. Every person brings their own story and their own authenticity. I sometimes just get wrapped up into listening to people stories. admittedly I sometimes borrow from them and they will show up in my work down the road. Life is beautiful life is tragic, but either way life is real and compelling. What I love about our craft is all we have to do is just live. And empower others to do the same. we are all works in preprocess. Finding new mistakes to make learning and bouncing off each other. In my industry, we just have cameras, capturing it all.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

When I started out, I did a lot of fitness work. I knew that I had to offer and basically I was cast before I walked in. It was based on a certain look, and whether I could string a sentence together or not rarely had much to do with the casting. as we grow mature, and yes… age. Our skill sets change. There was a point in my mid 30s to where I was no longer being cast or considered for the roles or jobs that just five years earlier I dominated. That was an ego check. But I didn’t realize at the time was I was getting wiser. I was becoming more patient. And I was studying my craft constantly. I was no longer as insecure in my abilities as I was starting off. I realized that I belonged. That I earned the right to be where I was. I was patient. And I came to appreciate the human being that I was inside. I was finally secure. And that was a great place to be. My performances had more authenticity and realism to them, because they were real and authentic. It was my interpretation of the truth, and I refuse to be anything less than honest and present and that in itself is Art?

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