Andrew Keegan Heying (born January 29, 1979) is an American actor best
known for his roles in television shows including Moesha, Party of
Five and 7th Heaven and in films such as 10 Things I Hate about You
(1999), The Broken Hearts Club (2000) and O (2001).Keegan was born
Andrew Keegan Heying in Los Angeles, California, the older son of Lana
(Ocampo), a hairdresser, and Larry Heying, a voice-over actor.
Keegan's mother is Colombian and his father is from Nebraska.He was
first recognized for his performance of teen rebel Zack Dell in the
film Camp Nowhere (1994). Keegan was cast in a minor role in the 1996
film Independence Day. He also played a love interest for Stephanie
Tanner in the television series Full House for an episode. He had
guest parts on numerous television shows before being cast on the TV
drama Party of Five (1994). That same year, he landed another
recurring role on 7th Heaven (1996), where he played a single teenaged
father in love with Jessica Biel's character Mary. Keegan was then
cast in two modern-day Shakespearean film adaptations: as the
antagonist of Heath Ledger in the 1999 comedy 10 Things I Hate About
You (adapted from The Taming of the Shrew) and as Mekhi Phifer's best
friend in O, adapted from Othello.Keegan then took a role in Greg
Berlanti's The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), which won
Best Picture that year at the GLAAD Awards. In 2009, Keegan made his
theatrical stage debut in the play He Asked For It, playing Rigby, a
character tackling the emotional issues of being HIV-positive in
modern-day society. In 2010, Keegan played Strayger, a drug-smuggling
pilot in the 2010 action film Kill Speed. Keegan took on a role as a
sadistic and sociopathic vampire named Blake in the film Living Among
Us (2015).
known for his roles in television shows including Moesha, Party of
Five and 7th Heaven and in films such as 10 Things I Hate about You
(1999), The Broken Hearts Club (2000) and O (2001).Keegan was born
Andrew Keegan Heying in Los Angeles, California, the older son of Lana
(Ocampo), a hairdresser, and Larry Heying, a voice-over actor.
Keegan's mother is Colombian and his father is from Nebraska.He was
first recognized for his performance of teen rebel Zack Dell in the
film Camp Nowhere (1994). Keegan was cast in a minor role in the 1996
film Independence Day. He also played a love interest for Stephanie
Tanner in the television series Full House for an episode. He had
guest parts on numerous television shows before being cast on the TV
drama Party of Five (1994). That same year, he landed another
recurring role on 7th Heaven (1996), where he played a single teenaged
father in love with Jessica Biel's character Mary. Keegan was then
cast in two modern-day Shakespearean film adaptations: as the
antagonist of Heath Ledger in the 1999 comedy 10 Things I Hate About
You (adapted from The Taming of the Shrew) and as Mekhi Phifer's best
friend in O, adapted from Othello.Keegan then took a role in Greg
Berlanti's The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), which won
Best Picture that year at the GLAAD Awards. In 2009, Keegan made his
theatrical stage debut in the play He Asked For It, playing Rigby, a
character tackling the emotional issues of being HIV-positive in
modern-day society. In 2010, Keegan played Strayger, a drug-smuggling
pilot in the 2010 action film Kill Speed. Keegan took on a role as a
sadistic and sociopathic vampire named Blake in the film Living Among
Us (2015).
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