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Kevin Allison
Kevin Allison
Born	February 16, 1970 (age 39); Cincinnati, Ohio
Occupation	Film actor, comedian

Kevin Allison (born February 16, 1970, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a comedic writer and actor. He is perhaps best known as a writing and performing member of The State on MTV. Popular sketches on the show starring Allison include "Taco Man," "Mr. Magina", "Dreamboy" and "The Jew, the Italian and the Redhead Gay." Allison came out as openly gay to the national media at 24 when The State began airing in 1994.

Allison hosts the free audio podcast RISK! on iTunes. He is the creator of this storytelling show "where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share." RISK! is also a live show in New York City. The live show debuted in August of 2009 at Arlene's Grocery and moved to Joe's Pub in October with guests like Margaret Cho, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ian Black, Andy Borowitz and Janeane Garofalo dropping their usual material for a night to tell true and often embarrassing stories. The show's home base online is www.risk-show.com.

Allison's most recent film and TV appearances include Reno 911!: Miami, The Ten, Wedding Daze, VH1's Best Week Ever and HBO's Flight of the Conchords. He writes for TV and for production companies like JibJab and Blue Man Group. Allison teaches sketch comedy and storytelling classes at New York University and at the People's Improv Theater in New York City, where he also served as the theater's artistic director. He is currently developing a new TV series and working on a memoir and a How-To book on creating sketch comedy.

Allison married husband Ariel Estrada in California in 2008.

He is a 1988 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "TX has big presence in Big Apple". St. Xavier High School. 2008-08-01. http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=4645. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

[edit] External links

Kevin Allison at the Internet Movie Database
Kevin Allison at Allmovie

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[Big_Apple-0] "TX has big presence in Big Apple". St. Xavier High School. 2008-08-01. http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=4645. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

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