Christian Kane (born June 27, 1972) is an American actor and
singer-songwriter. He is known for his roles in the television shows
Angel, Leverage, The Librarians and Into the West, and the movies Just
Married, Taxi, and Secondhand Lions.Kane is the lead singer of the
country-southern rock band Kane. On December 7, 2010, they released
The House Rules, their third album and their debut for record label
Bigger Picture Music Group. The album reached no. 25 on the Billboard
Country Albums chart. The first single from the album, also titled
"The House Rules", debuted at no. 54 on the Billboard Country Songs
chart. The second single, “Let Me Go†, was released on July 11,
2011.Kane was born Christopher Michael Short in Dallas, Texas to Billy
Michael and Pamela Ann [Frazier] Short. He claims Cherokee Native
American ancestry - he has no documented evidence, but it is part of
his family's oral history. His parents participated in, and met at,
the rodeo. The family moved around the South and the Midwest because
his father was in the oil business, and they finally settled in
Norman, Oklahoma, when Kane was in eighth grade. While growing up in
Texas and Oklahoma, Kane was a collegiate-style wrestler and played
football (as a strong safety). He studied art history at the
University of Oklahoma, but decided he wanted to be an actor and
headed to Los Angeles before finishing the degree. In Los Angeles, he
worked at a talent management company, where he delivered scripts in
exchange for getting acting jobs.Kane landed his first acting role in
1997 as one of the leads in MGM's television series Fame L.A. playing
a country singer who moved to Los Angeles from Kansas. His television
roles have included a recurring role in Joss Whedon’s Angel as the
lawyer Lindsey MacDonald, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced series Close
to Home on CBS, the TNT television film Crossfire Trail in which he
appeared alongside Tom Selleck, and the role of Abe Wheeler in the
Steven Spielberg-produced 2005 miniseries Into the West. He starred
with singer Monica, as Billy Ryan in MTV movie Love Song in 2000.
singer-songwriter. He is known for his roles in the television shows
Angel, Leverage, The Librarians and Into the West, and the movies Just
Married, Taxi, and Secondhand Lions.Kane is the lead singer of the
country-southern rock band Kane. On December 7, 2010, they released
The House Rules, their third album and their debut for record label
Bigger Picture Music Group. The album reached no. 25 on the Billboard
Country Albums chart. The first single from the album, also titled
"The House Rules", debuted at no. 54 on the Billboard Country Songs
chart. The second single, “Let Me Go†, was released on July 11,
2011.Kane was born Christopher Michael Short in Dallas, Texas to Billy
Michael and Pamela Ann [Frazier] Short. He claims Cherokee Native
American ancestry - he has no documented evidence, but it is part of
his family's oral history. His parents participated in, and met at,
the rodeo. The family moved around the South and the Midwest because
his father was in the oil business, and they finally settled in
Norman, Oklahoma, when Kane was in eighth grade. While growing up in
Texas and Oklahoma, Kane was a collegiate-style wrestler and played
football (as a strong safety). He studied art history at the
University of Oklahoma, but decided he wanted to be an actor and
headed to Los Angeles before finishing the degree. In Los Angeles, he
worked at a talent management company, where he delivered scripts in
exchange for getting acting jobs.Kane landed his first acting role in
1997 as one of the leads in MGM's television series Fame L.A. playing
a country singer who moved to Los Angeles from Kansas. His television
roles have included a recurring role in Joss Whedon’s Angel as the
lawyer Lindsey MacDonald, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced series Close
to Home on CBS, the TNT television film Crossfire Trail in which he
appeared alongside Tom Selleck, and the role of Abe Wheeler in the
Steven Spielberg-produced 2005 miniseries Into the West. He starred
with singer Monica, as Billy Ryan in MTV movie Love Song in 2000.
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