James Harvey Kennedy was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on May 25, 1970. He became interested in acting at the age of 15, and appeared in a movie for the first time at age 19, as an extra in Dead Poets Society (1989). His first role in a movie was as Brad in the film Road to Flin Flon (2000), which was filmed in the early 1990s but was not released until spring 2000. He is most popular for playing the role of the movie buff, geeky Randy Meeks, in Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000). In 1998, he won a Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actor in a horror movie for his role as Randy Meeks in Scream 2 (1997).

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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy in Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Jamie Kennedy and Ion Overman in Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Jamie Kennedy and Daphne Ashbrook in Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Jamie Kennedy and David Conrad in Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Jamie Kennedy, Jason Mewes, Jack Osbourne, and Ben Hansen in Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror: UFOs (2022)

Jamie Kennedy, Jason Mewes, and Jack Osbourne in Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror: UFOs (2022)

Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Traylor Howard, Jamie Kennedy, Bear, Liam Falconer, and Ryan Falconer in Son of the Mask (2005)

Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Jada Pinkett Smith, Courteney Cox, and Jerry O'Connell in Scream 2 (1997)

Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, and Harold Perrineau in Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Taye Diggs, Jamie Kennedy, and Anthony Anderson in Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)

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