Kett Turton

Birkett Turton
Born
Birkett Kealy Turton

(1982-04-04) April 4, 1982 (age 44)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
EducationRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present

Birkett Kealy "Kett" Turton (born April 4, 1982) is an American-Canadian actor. He starred in feature films such as Rollercoaster (1999), Gypsy 83 (2001), Heart of America (2003), A Simple Curve (2005), and Keeper (2025). On television, he had a starring role in the fantasy comedy-drama series Dead Last (2001), and recurring roles as Vampire Steve in the supernatural procedural drama series iZombie (2017), and as attorney Yannick Krol in the legal comedy-drama series Family Law (2021).

He was also featured in television series such as Millennium (1997), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (2001), Smallville (2002), Dark Angel (2002), The Dead Zone (2002), Dead Like Me (2003), 24 (2003), Supernatural (2005), Fringe (2012), Gotham (2014), The Flash (2015), Blue Bloods (2015), Deadbeat (2015), Jessica Jones (2015), The Magicians (2018), and Riverdale (2020) and The Good Doctor (2021).

Early life

Birkett Kealy Turton was born in Portland, Oregon, United States on April 4, 1982, and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He started acting in local theater performances when he was four years old.

In 2009, he earned a BA in Acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.

Career

Turton has had various roles in both television and film. Most notable are his major roles in the Canadian film Rollercoaster (1999) at the age of 15, which earned him a Leo Award nomination for Best Actor, in the television series Dead Last (2001), in the mini-series Kingdom Hospital, and the film Gypsy 83 (2001), in which he played the role of Clive, a gay, goth teen coming of age, alongside Sara Rue. This role earned him the Best Actor Award at Outfest, an LGBT film festival.

He has also appeared in the television series Millennium (1997), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (2001), Smallville (2002), Dark Angel (2002), The Dead Zone (2002), Dead Like Me (2003), 24 (2003), Supernatural (2005), Fringe (2012), Gotham (2014), The Flash (2015), Blue Bloods (2015), Deadbeat (2015), Jessica Jones (2015), iZombie (2017), The Magicians (2018), Riverdale (2020), The Good Doctor (2021), and Earth Abides (2024).

From 2021 to 2025, Turton had a recurring role as attorney Yannick Krol in television series Family Law.

In 2025, Turton appeared in Osgood Perkins's horror film Keeper (2025). Turton will also appear in Perkins' upcoming horror film The Young People (2026), and in Rob Willey's upcoming horror film Silver Creek.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 Rollercoaster Darrin
H-E Double Hockey Sticks Skid
2000 Ricky 6 Greg
2001 Gypsy 83 Clive Webb
2002 The Water Game Gavin
2003 Heart of America Daniel Lyne
Coming Down the Mountain Joe Short film
Falling Angels Tom
2004 Saved! Mitch
Walking Tall Kenner
My Old Man Young Hank Short film
Show Me Jackson
Blade: Trinity Dingo
2005 A Simple Curve Buck
2006 Firewall Vel
2012 Wrath of the Titans Elite Guard No. 2
2013 Cinemanovels Adam
2015 Eadweard Rondinella
2016 Curmudgeons Brant Short film
Wiener-Dog Film Director
Our Time Gabe
2017 Cut Shoot Kill Jason
2018 O.I. Chris Short film
20 Minutes to Life Officer Annesley Short film
Corporate Monster Robert Turner
2021 Chef's Kiss Short film
2023 Unnatural Causes
2024 Strange Events Sim Christ Segment "O.I."
2025 Keeper Darren Westbridge
2026 The Young People
TBA Silver Creek

Television film

Year Title Role Ref.
1998 Beauty Sean
1999 Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge John
2000 Secret Cutting Craig Crosetto
Deadlocked Ellis Moseley
2005 Ladies Night Zack Pavalek

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997 Millennium Ghost Storyteller Episode: "The Curse of Frank Black"
1998 Dead Man's Gun 'Little Boy' Dawkins Episode: "The Photographer"
The X Files Brit (uncredited) Episode: "The Pine Bluff Variant"
Da Vinci's Inquest Nate Gillis Episode: "Gabriel"
1999 The Net Kiss Shirt Episode: "Chem Lab"
First Wave Normal, Illinois Episode: "Robbie Harlock"
2000 Cold Squad Young Daniel Episode: "Life After Death"
So Weird Pete Episode: "Vampire"
Higher Ground David Ruxton 3 episodes
2001 Dead Last Vaughn Parrish Main role
Mentors Reggie Episode: "Nothing to Fear"
SK8 Kevin Episode: "All Skate"
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Manny Episode: "Honey, I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson"
Strange Frequency Toby Episode: "More Than a Feeling"
2002 Smallville Jeff Palmer Episode: "Shimmer"
Dark Angel Jonathan Episode: "Love in Vein"
The Dead Zone Goth Guy Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
2003 Dead Like Me Rich Guggenheim Episode: "Sunday Mornings"
24 Tim 2 episodes
2004 Kingdom Hospital Paul Morlock / Antubis Episode: "Series"
2005 Godiva's Eddie Episode: "Fast and Loose"
2005–2017 Supernatural Max Jaffe / Alton Morehead Episodes: "Phantom Traveler" and "The Raid"
2012 Fringe Briggs Episode: "The Human Kind"
2014 Gotham Benny Episode: "Viper"
2015 The Flash Eddie Slick / Sand Demon Episode: "Flash of Two Worlds"
Blue Bloods Lukas Gorski Episode: "Payback"
Deadbeat Dark Suit #2 Episode: "Good Will Haunting"
Jessica Jones Holden Episode: "AKA It's Called Whiskey"
2016 Motive Dr. Henry Price Episode: "The Scorpion and the Frog"
2017–2019 iZombie Vampire Steve 9 episodes
2018 The Magicians Vince Episode: "Poached Eggs"
You Me Her Tucker Episode: "Tourist Lesbians and Millennial Twats"
2020–2021 Riverdale David 3 Episodes
2021 Nancy Drew Aristotle 2 Episodes
The Good Doctor Benji Episode: "Dr. Ted"
2021–2025 Family Law Yannick Krol Recurring role
2024 Earth Abides Ezra 4 Episodes
2025 Murder in a Small Town Warren Episode: "The Fall of Holman"

Video games

Theatre

Year Title Role Playwright Company/Venue Ref.
2009 Molière, or The League of Hypocrites Zacharie Moirron / Father Bartholomew Mikhail Bulgakov Finborough Theatre

Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Kett Turton
Year Award / Festival Category Work Result Ref.
2000 Leo Awards Best Actor Rollercoaster Nominated
2001 Phoenix Film Festival Copper Wing Award - Best Ensemble Won
Outfest Grand Jury Award - Best Actor Gypsy 83 Won
2006 Leo Awards Best Supporting Actor A Simple Curve Nominated

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