Introduction
Kevin Downes (born September 21, 1972) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and co-founder and Chief of Production and Distribution of Kingdom Story Company. Downes grew up in Visalia, three hours north of Los Angeles. Many of the Christian films he participated in were shot there.
Life and career
He has over 15 years' writing, directing, acting and producing experience, much of it in the faith-based market. His vision is to produce high quality motion pictures to share strong messages of hope, faith and love that come through a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. The movie Mercy Streets which he produced was nominated for the Best Family Film Award.
Kevin lives in Visalia, California with his wife Catherine and dog Darby. Kevin Downes is the younger brother of producer Bobby Downes who is the founder and CEO of ChristianCinema.com. In 2003, Kevin wrote, produced, directed and starred in Six: The Mark Unleashed opposite Stephen Baldwin, Eric Roberts, David A. R. White and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The movie was released wide in June 2004.
In 2011, Kevin starred in the movie Courageous, directed by Alex Kendrick.
In 2018, he started Kingdom Story Company along with the Erwin Brothers.