Biography
James Harvey Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, stand-up comedian and television producer. He has played Randy Meeks in the Scream franchise (1996–2000) and a multitude of characters in The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002–2004) on The WB. His other film roles include Romeo + Juliet (1996), Bowfinger (1999), Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), Finding Bliss (2009), and Good Deeds (2012). He has starred in the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010), provided voice-work for The...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Don't Suck
2023
as Pete
A veteran comedian's last chance at stardom takes him on the road with a young comic whom reveals an unexpected past.

Don't Suck
2023
Producer
A veteran comedian's last chance at stardom takes him on the road with a young comic whom reveals an unexpected past.

Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror: UFOs
2022
as Self
It follows Jack, Jason, and Jamie as they venture out on a journey for answers behind the strange activity surrounding Utah's Uinta Basin.

Scream
2022
as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targetin...

Roe v. Wade
2021
as Larry Lader
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversia...

Last Call
2021
as Whitey
A real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar.

The Last Blockbuster
2020
as Self
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.

The Legend of Burt Gummer
2020
as self
Kevin Bacon, Jamie Kennedy, Ariana Richards, Ron Underwood, Don Michael Paul and many more talk about the actor behind the paranoid, passionate, gun-w...

Tremors: Making Perfection
2020
as Himself
A brand new documentary from Universal Pictures telling the fabulous story of one of the most unique films ever made - Tremors. Hear from Kevin Bacon,...

Jamie Kennedy: Stoopid Smart
2020
as Self
TV and film star Jamie Kennedy explores where he's at in his career, his life and his opinions on social issues, in this stand up special.

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self
All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.

Trick
2019
as Dr. Stevens
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.

Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell
2018
as Travis Welker
Burt Gummer and Travis Welker find themselves in a fight for survival after investigating deadly giant worm attacks in the Canadian arctic.

Spinning Man
2018
as Ross
Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished university. When a female student goes missing, police Detective Malloy has reaso...

Surviving The Wild
2018
as Kristopher
Against the wishes of his parents (who are in the midst of a messy divorce), a young boy steals the ashes of his dead Grandfather and runs away into t...

Walk of Fame
2017
as Hugo
A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel'le
2016
as Jerry Heller
Discovered at a young age, the shy, squeaky-voiced Michel'le was plucked straight from South Central, Los Angeles and catapulted into the spotlight wh...

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
2016
as Simon
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and gh...

Little Savages
2016
as Fritz
Visiting the charming lake town of Culver, a boy genius and his sister race against bullies to find a treasure hidden by an eccentric philanthropist.

Tremors 5: Bloodlines
2015
as Travis Welker
When Gummer is hired to capture a deadly creature terrorizing South Africa, he and his new sidekick, Travis Welker, engage in another battle of surviv...

The Sand
2015
as Beach Patrol Alex
After an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over students wakes up under the blazing sun to find their numbers somewhat depleted. An en...

Rivers 9
2015
as Rob
When a Native American casino controlled by the mob begins to destroy a close-knit rural town, a band of lovable low-tech misfits hatch a plan to beat...

Buddy Hutchins
2015
as Buddy Hutchins
With his business in shambles, a mounting criminal record, and a cheating wife, today is the day that Buddy Hutchins snaps.

Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. ...

Bro, What Happened?
2014
as MF Bob
Phil and his misfit friends score big when they are invited to the party of the century at Bob's house. Known for throwing the craziest drug, sex and ...

Nowhere Safe
2014
as Kevin Carlisle
After two girls cruelly impersonate her online in a "reverse cyber bullying" plot, Ashley's reputation is ruined and she and her mother flee a growing...

Mission Air
2014
as Galvez
Mother and son, Diane and Michael Ireland have just completed another successful medial mission trip to Mexico. Caring for children, delivering suppli...

Jackhammer
2014
as Lance Selmour
A shy struggling actor is dragged into the world of professional male stripping by his egotistical brother.

Bermuda Tentacles
2014
as Dr. Zimmern
After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the Presid...

The After
2014
as David
Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.

The Hungover Games
2014
as Justmitch / Willy Wanker / Tim Pistol
Each year, drunk people are selected to participate in torturous games the morning after a big night out. There's no sunglasses, no water, and no head...

The Hungover Games
2014
Producer, Story
Each year, drunk people are selected to participate in torturous games the morning after a big night out. There's no sunglasses, no water, and no head...

Other Plans
2014
as Nathan
Through a case of mistaken identity, a young executive falls for a man who doesn't fit the life plan she's followed since childhood.

Clean Guys of Comedy
2013
as Self
Providing big laughs for audiences who crave adult minded, clean stand-up comedy, NCM Fathom Events and Clean Guys(TM) Entertainment present the "Clea...

4Closed
2013
as Forrest Hayes
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at noth...

KDOC First Night 2013
2012
as Himself - Host
First Night 2013 with Jamie Kennedy is a New Year's Eve television special that was hosted by comedian and television producer Jamie Kennedy. Broadcas...

Lost and Found in Armenia
2012
as Bill
A US Senator's son who attempts to forget the break up of his fiancée is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friends. A para-sailing trip mishap ...

The Reef 2: High Tide
2012
as Ronny (voice)
Trained in the skills of sea power, Pi the fish can fight a shark, sink a squid or batter any random predator that ever threatens his friends and neig...

Cupid
2012
as Vernon Gart
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Eve Lovett, a workaholic TV talk show host with a string of failed relationships, is worried she will never find tru...

Bending The Rules
2012
as Theo Gold
Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind b...

Good Deeds
2012
as Mark
For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begin...

Café
2011
as Dealer / Glenn
When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are.

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
as Self
A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story...

Scream: The Inside Story
2011
as Self
In 1996, the horror master Wes Craven unleashed Scream, a slasher movie aimed at a whole new generation of teenage movie-goers.

Jamie Kennedy: Uncomfortable
2010
as Himself
Jamie Kennedy is hilarious as he reveals his life observations including his dating Jennifer Love Hewitt. He tells it all in this stand-up comedy spec...

Jamie Kennedy: Uncomfortable
2010
Writer
Jamie Kennedy is hilarious as he reveals his life observations including his dating Jennifer Love Hewitt. He tells it all in this stand-up comedy spec...

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009
as "Danno" Wolfe (voice)
The film chronicles George's adventures as he befriends Kayla, a baby elephant, at a magic circus show and helps her travel across the country to be r...

Finding Bliss
2009
as Richard 'Dick' Harder
Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where...

Extreme Movie
2008
as Mateus
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular
2007
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular is a one-hour variety sketch-comedy show. You'll see a hilarious roast of Santa Claus; a politically corre...

Heckler
2007
as Self
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Ja...

Heckler
2007
Producer
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Ja...

Kickin' It Old Skool
2007
as Justin Schumacher
In 1986, a young breakdancer falls into a coma after hitting his head in a talent show. 20 years later, he awakens and attempts to revive his dance te...

Kickin' It Old Skool
2007
Producer
In 1986, a young breakdancer falls into a coma after hitting his head in a talent show. 20 years later, he awakens and attempts to revive his dance te...

Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Jamie (voice)
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...

Jamie Kennedy: Unwashed
2006
as Himself
TV and film star Jamie Kennedy (Scream, Malibu's Most Wanted, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, MTV's Blowin' Up) performs his first stand-up concert spec...

Jamie Kennedy: Unwashed
2006
Writer
TV and film star Jamie Kennedy (Scream, Malibu's Most Wanted, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, MTV's Blowin' Up) performs his first stand-up concert spec...

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
2005
as Spazz (voice)
An Orphaned Boy sets out in search of adventure, but when a shipwreck lands him on an island where Dinosaurs and Humans coexist, he finds not only adv...

Son of the Mask
2005
as Tim Avery
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "bo...

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
as Creepy Guy (uncredited)
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for ...
Searching for Angela Shelton
2004
Executive Producer
In the uplifting and multiple award-winning documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton, filmmaker Angela Shelton drives around the United States survey...

Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
as B-Rad
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to ...

Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
Writer
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to ...

Sol Goode
2003
as Justin Sax
Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run...

Bug
2002
as Dwight
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bende...

Max Keeble's Big Move
2001
as Evil Ice Cream Man
Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
as Chaka's Production Assistant
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that l...

Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
as Bandit / Forest Animal / Animal Groupie #1 (voice)
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...

Pretty When You Cry
2001
as Albert Straka
A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.

The Specials
2000
as Amok
America's seventh best superhero team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. Lifelong fan Nightbird joins the group just in time for the gr...

The Specials
2000
Co-Producer
America's seventh best superhero team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. Lifelong fan Nightbird joins the group just in time for the gr...

Bait
2000
as Agent Blum
Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...

The Road to Flin Flon
2000
as Brad
Joe Kasko, a dejected L.A. musician, is just about to make a life change and move to Flin Flon, Canada to do social work with the Eskimos; however, a ...

Boiler Room
2000
as Adam
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as ...

Scream 3
2000
as Randy Meeks
While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises...

Three Kings
1999
as Walter Wogaman
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...

Bowfinger
1999
as Dave
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie....

Enemy of the State
1998
as Jamie
The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert 'Bobby' Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday ...

The Pass
1998
as Deputy Jim Banks
A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes ...

Bongwater
1998
as Tommy
David is an artist and a pothead. He's fallen in love with the beautiful and sexy Serena, and things are going simply splendidly until poor David's ho...

Starstruck
1998
as George Gordon Flynn
An aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles befriends a washed up, former teen idol and develops an unhealthy relationship with him.

Stricken
1998
as Banyon
In their final semester of school, a group of six college friends get together to pull the ultimate prank on a fellow classmate. The joke goes awry, r...

As Good as It Gets
1997
as Street Hustler
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. Aft...

Scream 2
1997
as Randy Meeks
Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string ...

Sparkler
1997
as Trent
Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys - Trent, Brad and Joel ...

Clockwatchers
1997
as Eddie
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent...

On the Edge of Innocence
1997
as Luke Canby
Teenage Zoe Tyler suffers from manic-depression. With a musician father who is never around life seems hard. Zoe eventually lands up in a psychiatric ...

Scream
1996
as Randy Meeks
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part o...

Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Sampson
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the...

Cybertron
1994
as Elmo
Original unaired pilot episode for what would later become VR Troopers.
Wingman
N/A
as Eddie
After losing his fiancée to a wealthy rival, Bob hires the Wing Man to help him get her back. Subsequently, though, the Wing Man faces off against his...
Namaka
N/A
as Guy Torino
A musician on a tropical vacation meets an extraordinary young woman who may be much more than she appears.
Portal in the Pines
N/A
as Herby
A rural fireman discovers that a secret particle collider has opened a portal to hell.