Casey Morton Cott (born August 8, 1992) is an American actor, known
for his role as Kevin Keller on The CW series Riverdale.Cott was born
in 1992, the middle of three children of Rick Cott, an investment
manager and former fighter pilot in the Air Force, and Lori Cott (née
Morton). Cott grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with his younger sister
and older brother, actor Corey Cott, and graduated from Chagrin Falls
High School. He attended Boston University for two years before
deciding to study acting, transferring to the Carnegie Mellon School
of Drama, where he graduated in 2016.Cott began his acting career
performing in local Ohio theater, appearing in productions of Bloody
Bloody Andrew Jackson and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Upon moving
to Pittsburgh for school, he got involved in the area's regional
theater scene while performing in university theater productions
concurrently. He appeared in a 2014 production of the play Parade at
the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, where he starred alongside
several of his Carnegie Mellon classmates, as well as a production of
Small Engine Repair at Barebone Productions. In August 2016, he played
Moses in the premiere concert reading of Stephen Schwartz's musical
project, a stage production of The Prince of Egypt, at the Bay Street
Theater in Sag Harbor, New York, opposite Shuler Hensley and John
Cariani.
for his role as Kevin Keller on The CW series Riverdale.Cott was born
in 1992, the middle of three children of Rick Cott, an investment
manager and former fighter pilot in the Air Force, and Lori Cott (née
Morton). Cott grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with his younger sister
and older brother, actor Corey Cott, and graduated from Chagrin Falls
High School. He attended Boston University for two years before
deciding to study acting, transferring to the Carnegie Mellon School
of Drama, where he graduated in 2016.Cott began his acting career
performing in local Ohio theater, appearing in productions of Bloody
Bloody Andrew Jackson and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Upon moving
to Pittsburgh for school, he got involved in the area's regional
theater scene while performing in university theater productions
concurrently. He appeared in a 2014 production of the play Parade at
the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, where he starred alongside
several of his Carnegie Mellon classmates, as well as a production of
Small Engine Repair at Barebone Productions. In August 2016, he played
Moses in the premiere concert reading of Stephen Schwartz's musical
project, a stage production of The Prince of Egypt, at the Bay Street
Theater in Sag Harbor, New York, opposite Shuler Hensley and John
Cariani.
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