{{short description|American actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = KenAppledorn3.jpg | image_size = | caption = Appledorn in 2020 | name = Ken Appledorn | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|20|df=y}} | birth_name = Kenneth James Appledorn | death_date = | spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Jorge Cadaval<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2007/10/14/agenda/1192312802_850215.html|title=Reportaje | Jorge Cadaval se casa con Ken|date=October 14, 2007|work=El País|last1=Pedrote|first1=Isabel|archive-date=December 9, 2019|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153322/https://elpais.com/diario/2007/10/14/agenda/1192312802_850215.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|2007}}}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = University of Michigan | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2009–present }} '''Kenneth James Appledorn''' is an American-Spanish actor based in Spain known for his work in European film and television. He gained recognition for roles in BBC/Atresmedia series ''The Refugees'' the Movistar+ series ''Arde Madrid'', directed by Paco Leon, and the Malaga Film Festival award-winning film Casting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasexta.com/series/refugiados/|title=SERIES I REFUGIADOS|website=LaSexta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vertele.com/todo-series/las-9-claves-de-refugiados-la-serie-espanola-que-intenta-romper-moldes/ |title=Vertele - 9 claves de 'Refugiados', la serie española apocalíptica que rompe moldes |access-date=2015-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919235427/http://www.vertele.com/todo-series/las-9-claves-de-refugiados-la-serie-espanola-que-intenta-romper-moldes/ |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.revistavanityfair.es/actualidad/television/articulos/arde-madrid-ava-gardner-serie-paco-leon-debi-mazar-inma-cuesta-anna-castillo/29649|title='Arde Madrid', cuando Ava Gardner reinaba en Madrid|date=2018-03-09|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=2018-04-03|language=es|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073006/http://www.revistavanityfair.es/actualidad/television/articulos/arde-madrid-ava-gardner-serie-paco-leon-debi-mazar-inma-cuesta-anna-castillo/29649|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Biography == Ken Appledorn grew up in Troy, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He is the youngest of four boys. He attended Troy High School where he participated in theatre and drama, however went on study business administration and Mathematics at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aisge.es/ken-appledorn |title=Ken Appledorn |website=aisge.es |date=24 June 2013 |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> Upon graduation he traveled to Sevilla, Spain and began studying Spanish and decided what better way than through theatre and began studying at Teatro Viento Sur and El Centro Andaluz de Teatro<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://us.hola.com/cine/2015060179084/ken-appledorn-proyectos-internacionales/ |title=Ken Appledorn, un actor estadounidense cien por cien andaluz |date=June 1, 2015 |magazine=Hola! |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128002523/http://us.hola.com/cine/2015060179084/ken-appledorn-proyectos-internacionales/ |archive-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> His first break came when David Fernández Sainz-Rozas, creator of the series Malviviendo<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2069074/0/david/sainz/malviviendo/ |title=David Sainz, aires renovados para el cine español |date=February 28, 2014 |newspaper=20minutos.es |first=Alberto |last=Úbeda-Portugués |access-date=10 May 2020 |language=es |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153322/https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2069074/0/david/sainz/malviviendo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> asked Appledorn to be the lead in a sketch comedy series "El viaje de Peter McDowell", centering on the adventures of an Englishman in the south of Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://malviviendo.com/el-viaje-de-peter-mcdowell/ |title=El viaje de Peter McDowell |access-date=10 May 2020 |language=es |work=Malviviendo |archive-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128051138/http://malviviendo.com/el-viaje-de-peter-mcdowell/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to its success (over 10 million views) Appledorn began appearing in several other Spanish television series and had a secondary character in the series "¡Qué buen puntito!" (2011), alongside two of Spain's best comedians, Los Morancos<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canalsur.es/que-buen-puntito/168957.html |title=Qué buen puntito |work=canalsur.es |publisher=Radio y Televisión de Andalucía |access-date=10 May 2020 |language=es |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153325/http://www.canalsur.es/que-buen-puntito/168957.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, Appledorn and Jorge Cadaval, one-half of the comedy duo Los Morancos, were married in Sevilla, Spain.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/01/18/52d91403e2704e4d248b4572.html |title=El marido actor de Jorge Cadaval |newspaper=El Mundo |first=Eduardo |last=Verbo |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=10 May 2020 |language=es |publisher=Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153325/https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/01/18/52d91403e2704e4d248b4572.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2013 Appledorn appeared in the film "Casting" which premiered at the Festival de Málaga de Cine Español, where he won the award for best secondary actor. That same year he also participated in the film "Obra 67", a film recorded in 13 hours that premiered at the Sevilla European Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://festivalcinesevilla.eu/en/2013-edition/special-screening |title=Obra 67 |access-date=10 May 2020 |work=Festival de Cine de Sevilla |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406140433/http://festivalcinesevilla.eu/en/previous-editions/2013-edition/film/obra-67 |archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> Later that year he appeared in "The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table", his first film as a leading man. He was nominated as best Spanish actor in the Andalucian Film Awards (ASECAN)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://asecan.org/noticia.php?ppn=97 |work=ASECAN - Cine Andaluz |title=The Extraordinary Tale, Ali, A Puerta Fría, La Herida y Caníbal encabezan la carrera por los Premios del Cine Andaluz - ASECAN 2014 |date=21 December 2013 |access-date=10 May 2020 |language=es |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125184108/https://asecan.org/noticia.php?ppn=97 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as best actor at the Cardiff Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ciff.webs.com/schedule |title=Schedule |work=Cardiff Independent Film Festival |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221155216/http://ciff.webs.com/schedule |archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> In 2015 was as a series regular in The Refugees, a joint production of BBC Worldwide and Atresmedia and in 2016 a series regular in "La Brigada de Fenómenos" shown on Canal Sur TV and ¨Entertainment¨ a web series seen by over 5 million viewers. In 2018, Appledorn filmed the series "Arde Madrid" as a series regular in the role of Bill Gallagher, Ava Gardner´s secretary. The series is produced by Movistar+ and directed by Paco Leon. In 2019, Appledorn filmed the thriller Malnazidos, produced by Sony Pictures and Mediaset directed by Javier Ruíz Caldera and Alberto del Toro and La Lista de Los Deseos directed by Alvaro Díaz Lorenzo. In 2021 he recorded the film Official Competition, starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas and is working as a journalist in the show Como Sapiens.
== Film == * 2024: ''El Hoyo 2'' * 2023: ''Un hombre de acción'' * 2022: ''El universo de Óliver'' * 2022: ''Héroes de barrio'' * 2020: ''Malnazidos'' * 2020: ''Rifkin's Festival'' * 2019: ''Bears love me!'' * 2019: ''La lista'' * 2018: ''Fishbone'' * 2017: ''Lugares'' * 2016: ''Todo es de color'' * 2014: ''La ignorancia de la sangre'' * 2014: ''Anochece en la India'' * 2014: ''La tristeza de Kevin Brownie'' (Short) * 2013: ''The Extraordinary Tale'' * 2013: ''Obra 67'' * 2013: ''Casting'' * 2012: ''The Impostor'' * 2009: ''Brain Drain'' * 2009: ''Madre amadísima''
== Television == * 2025: El Centro (6 episodes) * 2024: En Fin (2 episodes) * 2023: Dias Mejores Temporada 2 * 2021: Now and Then * 2021: Como Sapiens * 2020: El último show * 2019: Élite * 2018: Arde Madrid (6 episodes) * 2018: Allí abajo * 2016: Brigada de Fenómenos * 2015: The Refugees (8 episodes) * 2015: Entertainment * 2009-2014: Malviviendo (4 episodes) * 2013: Museo Coconut * 2013: The Avatars * 2013: Flaman (12 episodes) * 2011: ¡Qué buen puntito! (20 episodes) * 2011: Bandolera * 2010: Aída * 2009: Yo soy Bea
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|3240775}} * [http://www.KenAppledorn.com Official Website of Ken Appledorn]
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