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My Take
Ken Foree is one of those actors who carved out a place in horror history with a single role and somehow made it feel absolutely timeless. His turn as Peter in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) is just magnetic — he brings this calm, unshakeable authority to the character that makes you root for him even when everything around him is falling apart, which in a Romero film is very much the point. What's fascinating is how his career took this wild detour into kids' television with Kenan & Kel, playing the long-suffering Roger Rockmore, and he nailed that too — totally different energy, totally convincing. Born on a leap day in 1948, Foree is genuinely one of the most quietly underrated genre actors of his generation, and his Dawn legacy alone earns him a permanent spot in the horror hall of fame.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ken Foree
- Name (Japanese)
- ケン・フォリー
- Reading
- けん・ふぉりー
- Born
- February 29, 1948 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film producer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.kenforee.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
Frequently asked questions
When was Ken Foree born?
Born February 29, 1948 (age 78).
Where is Ken Foree from?
Ken Foree is from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
What does Ken Foree do?
Ken Foree works as actor, television actor, film actor, film producer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.