Kanin Howell

{{short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Kanin Howell | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Kynen Josephus Howell | death_date =  | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| *stunt coordinator *stunt performer *stunt double *actor }} | years_active = 1988–present | known_for = | spouse = Shiva Howell | website = {{URL|kaninhowell.com}} }}

'''Kanin Howell''' (born June 20, 1981; Austin, Texas) is an American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, stunt double and actor based in Los Angeles. He has received nominations for Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on The Unit and CSI: NY.

== Early life == Howell was born on June 20, 1981, in Austin, Texas to stunt performer, Norman Howell.<ref>{{Cite web|author=T. H. R. Staff|date=2016-09-10|title=Creative Arts Emmys 2016: Winners List|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/creative-arts-emmys-2016-winners-926363/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Kanin Howell|url=https://stuntsunlimited.com/artist/kanin-howell/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Stunts Unlimited|language=en-US}}</ref> He began working in the film industry at an early age of 5,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stories|first=Local|title=Meet Kanin Howell of Drone 55 in Burbank – Voyage LA Magazine {{!}} LA City Guide|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-kanin-howell-drone-55-burbank/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=voyagela.com|date=19 June 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221234323/http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-kanin-howell-drone-55-burbank/|url-status=dead}}</ref> appearing in productions as a child performer in productions such as ''Dances with Wolves'' (1990),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lerner|first=Preston|date=2016-12-16|title=Abuzz in the Drone Age Los Angeles Magazine|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/drones-los-angeles/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Vice Versa'' (1988), ''Best of the Best II'' (1992), and ''Wyatt Earp'' (1994).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Rotten Tomatoes: Movies {{!}} TV Shows {{!}} Movie Trailers {{!}} Reviews – Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kanin_howell|access-date=2022-02-21|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Career == Howell has contributed to a range of film and television productions, including ''The Patriot'' (2000), ''The Last Castle'' (2001), ''Murder By Numbers'' (2002), ''American Wedding'' (2003), Victor Salva's ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' (2003), ''Hell Ride'' (2008)<ref name=":1" /> and the television series ''CSI: NY,'' and ''The Unit.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Call (2013) Cast and Crew – Cast Photos and Info|url=https://www.fandango.com/the-call-2013-161867/cast-and-crew|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Fandango|language=en}}</ref> ''His work has also included appearances in series such as'' ''New Girl'', ''Need for Speed'', ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.''D., ''Hollows Grove'' ''and Brooklyn Nine-Nine''.<ref name=":1" />

In addition to performance work, Howell has served as a stunt coordinator on projects including ''The Call'',<ref name="Kanin Howell - Box Office">{{Cite web|title=Kanin Howell – Box Office|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/467870401-Kanin-Howell|access-date=2022-02-21|website=The Numbers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Barker|first=Andrew|date=2013-03-12|title=Film Review: 'The Call'|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-the-call-1200006977/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Scream Queens'', ''Counterpart'', ''CSI: Cyber'', ''Arrested Development, Franklin & Bash and The Client List.''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-05-14|title=The Young and the Restless: Actor Kanin Howell Cast as Frank!|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/8919/the-young-and-the-restless-actor-kanin-howell-cast/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Soaps.com|language=en-US}}</ref> As an actor, he has appeared in films such as ''Need for Speed'', ''Death Sentence'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=By MARY ELLEN WRIGHT {{!}} Staff|title=Lancaster County celebrities have small degree of separation from Kevin Bacon|url=https://lancasteronline.com/entertainment/lancaster-county-celebrities-have-small-degree-of-separation-from-kevin-bacon/article_bf6943ae-b6b2-11e3-ac6c-001a4bcf6878.html|access-date=2022-02-21|website=LancasterOnline|date=28 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref> ''Hell Ride'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Kanin J. Howell|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/357112%7C0/Kanin-J.-Howell/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222114528/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/357112%7C0/Kanin-J.-Howell/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2022|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}}</ref> ''Priest'', ''Aces 'N' Eights'', ''Mr. Brooks'', ''Secondhand Lions'' and ''The Patriot''<ref name="Kanin Howell - Box Office" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gencarelli|first=Mike|date=2010-05-19|title=Interview with Kanin Howell|url=https://mediamikes.com/2010/05/interview-with-kanin-howell/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=MediaMikes|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kanin Howell|url=http://www.magweb.com/actors/kanin_howell|access-date=2022-02-21|website=magweb.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>, as well as television series including ''Grimm'', ''The Unit'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''True Blood'', ''CSI: NY'' and ''Criminal Minds''.<ref name=":2" />

Howell has also worked as a stunt double for actors, including, Ewan McGregor, Elijah Wood, Skeet Ulrich, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Browning, Michael Eklund, Jason Gerhardt, David Hoflin, Matt Cohen and Seth Adkins.<ref>{{Citation|title=Westworld 1x03 Der Streuner (The Stray) mit Episodenkritik|url=https://www.serienjunkies.de/westworld/1x03-the-stray.html|language=de|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref> In 2013, Howell founded Drone 55, a Los Angeles based aerial photography firm.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-10|title=Drones take on the great indoors|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-drone-videos-20160611-snap-story.html|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-23|title=Meet Kanin Howell {{!}} Lead Pilot|url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-kanin-howell-ceo-lead-pilot/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=SHOUTOUT LA|language=en-US}}</ref> He has been a member of the stunt organization Stunts Unlimited since 2007.<ref name=":3" />

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Work !Role |- |1990 |''Dances with Wolves'' |stuntman |- |1991 |''Stone Cold'' |stunts |- | rowspan="2" |1992 |''Radio Flyer'' |stunts |- |''When No One Would Listen'' |Boy No. 2 |- | rowspan="3" |1994 |''Ed Wood'' |stunts |- |''Wyatt Earp'' |stunts |- |''The Pagemaster'' |as: Canan J. Howell |- |1997 |''The Postman'' |stunts |- |1998 |''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'' |stunts |- |2000 |''The Patriot'' |stunts actor: Postrider |- | rowspan="3" |2001 |''Pearl Harbor'' |stunts |- |''The Last Castle'' |stunts |- |''3000 Miles to Graceland'' |stunt performer |- | rowspan="4" |2002 |''Spider-man'' |stunt performer |- |''Murder by Numbers'' |stunts |- |''24'' |stunts |- |''Angel'' |stunts |- | rowspan="3" |2003 |''Secondhand Lions'' |stunts actor: Hood |- |''American Wedding'' |stunt performer |- |''The Agency'' |stunts |- |2004 |''Silver Lake'' |stunt driver |- |2005 |''Hostage'' |stunts |- | rowspan="3" |2006 |''Peaceful Warrior'' |stunt double: Scott Mechlowicz |- |''Gilmore Girls'' |stunts |- |''Flicka'' |stunt performer |- | rowspan="5" |2007 |''Beowulf'' |stunt performer |- |''Death Sentence'' |As: Baggy – stunts |- |''Mr. Brooks'' |stunt double: Dane Cook – Pick-Up Driver |- |''The Man'' |stunts |- |''The Shield'' |stunts |- | rowspan="3" |2008 |''Henry Poole Is Here'' |stunt double – stunts |- |''Aces 'N' Eights'' |stunts – actor |- |''Leverage'' |stunt double: Christian Kane – stunts |- | rowspan="3" |2010 |''Takers'' |stunts |- |''Day One'' |stunt double: Jamie Thomas King – stunts |- |''Terriers'' |stunt double: Zack Silva |- | rowspan="4" |2011 |''Southland'' |stunts |- |''Columbus Circle'' |co-stunt coordinator – stunt double: Jason Antoon |- |''Justified'' |stunt double: Billy Miller |- |''Love's Christmas Journey'' |as: Kanin J. Howell |- | rowspan="3" |2012 |''Django Unchained'' |stunts |- |''How I Met Your Mother'' |co-stunt coordinator |- |''Least Among Saints'' |Police Officer |- | rowspan="3" |2013 |''The Call'' |stunt coordinator – stunt double: Michael Eklund |- |''Ray Donovan'' |actor |- |''Call Me Crazy: A Five Film'' |stunt coordinator |- | rowspan="2" |2014 |''Need For Speed'' |CHP No. 1 – stunt driver |- |''Masters of Sex'' |stunts |- |2016 |''Westworld'' |stunts – stunt double: James Marsden / actor: Chris Browning |- |2018 |''Three Rivers'' |stunt coordinator |- |2003–2004 |''Collateral'' |stunts |- |2003–2005 |''The O.C.'' |stunt double: Chris Carmack – stunts |- |2004–2013 |''CSI: NY'' |stunts – actor – co-stunt coordinator – stunt double |- |2005–2011 |''House'' |stunts |- |2005–2013 |''Arrested Development'' |stunt coordinator – stunt double |- |2006–2007 |''The Unit'' |stunts – stunt double: Scott Foley |- |2009–2013 |''Sons of Anarchy'' |stunt double: Charlie Hunnam – stunts |- |2013–2017 |''Nathan for You'' |stunts |- |2014–2020 |''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' |drone pilot – stunt coordinator – stunts |- |2017–2018 |''Counterpart'' |stunt coordinator |}

== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Award !Category !Work !Result |- |2007 | rowspan="2" |Screen Actors Guild Awards | rowspan="2" |Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series |''The Unit'' | {{nom}} |- |2011 |''CSI: NY'' | {{nom}} |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.kaninhowell.com/ Official website] * {{IMDb name|id=nm0397940}}

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