‏Kelcey Watson‏

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Kelcey Watson is a highly skilled, classically trained stage actor, who has made his way to Hollywood and is becoming quickly sought after for his talents. He attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in New York City in 2001.In 2004 he received a scholarship to attend "The School" at Steppenwolf in Chicago where he trained with Tony nominated actress Amy Morton, (August Osage County, Up in the Air (2009), and Chicago P.D.), Molly Regan, (Pollock (2000), New York Stories (1989) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994), and Toni Award winning actress Rondi Reed, (August Osage County Mike & Molly (2010), The Astronaut's Wife (1999). As well as Jeff Perry, ( Nash Bridges (1996), Scandal (2012) and Wild Things (1998), Laurie Metcalf, (Roseanne (1988), Big Bang Theory (2007), Toy Story (1995) and Sheldon Patinkin, SCTV (1976), The Magician of Lublin (1979) and The Monitors (1969).And for 10 years has worked with John Beasley, ( Everwood (2002) The Soul Man (2012) Sum Of All Fears (2002) The Purge: Anarchy (2014) at the John Beasley Theater and Workshop specializing in African American plays or adaptions of other popular plays with African American casts. He has received numerous accolades for his work in theater for Piano Lesson,' Take Me Out', and 'Minstrel Show! or The Lynching Of William Brown', which his performance was highly acclaimed in the New York Times and Variety in 2007. Also 'Six Degrees Of Separation' at the Bluebarn Theatre where he was honored with playwright John Guare, Six (Degrees of Separation (1993), Atlantic City (1980) and Taking Off (1971) was in attendance, who gave a glowing review of his work.He has also done voice work with two Cartoon shows for CBS's Kewlopolis (2006 - 2008) Horseland (2006) as Aztec and Dino Squad (2007) as the voice of Roger. He just recently voiced BBQ the Bulldog in Timber the Treasure Dog (2014) with Kix BrooksThough he had done a number of independent films before, he got his break in movies when writer/director Paul Schuering, creator of Fox's Prison Break (2005) and Klondike (2014), personally chose him to be featured in 'The Experiment (2010) with Oscar Award Winners Adrien Brody, The Pianist (2002) Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) King Kong (2005) and Forest Whittaker, Last King of Scotland (2006), Lee Daniel's The Butler (2013) Platoon (1986).He has since worked on numerous films and two pilots with the prestigious USC Cinematic Arts School, 'In Brotherhood' (2012) which was granted a scholarship at the Caucus Awards in 2012 and 'Boots'(2013) which made the Burbank film festival in 2013. He recently finished working on the film 'Winter's Dream' as super soldier El-Hatta for writer/director Joey Curtis, co-writer of the screenplay 'Blue Valentine', starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. And recently had another film he starred in A Meeting Of The Minds (2016) premiere at LA's Pan African Film Festival.Since doing movies Kelcey has worked with such stars as Forest Whitaker, Adrien Brody, John Beasley, Ted Lange, Clifton Collins Jr., Cam Gigandet, Travis Fimmel, David Banner, Eric Roberts, Vernon Wells, Maggie Grace, Kix Brooks, Mickey Rourke, Wyclef Jean, and Akon