Kevin Navayne
American actor and fashion model

Kevin Navayne

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American actor and fashion model
Gender:
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Birth:
20 August 1977(Spanish Town, Jamaica)
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Kevin Niviaen (Navayne) Brown is a Jamaican-born fashion model, American actor and producer. He acts and models under the stage name which also happens to be his middle name of, Navayne.

Early life

Kevin was born on August 20, 1977, in the city of Spanish Town, on the island of Jamaica. He arrived to the states with his family at the age of 6 years old and grew up in the town of East Hartford, Connecticut. He is the middle child of 3 and was raised by his parents who have been married for over 40 years. Navayne is also father of Kevyn Brown.

Career

He first appeared in the film Disappearing Acts as an extra. He then was discovered by a modeling agent and started modeling for designers 

, Lacoste, Nautica, Sean John, Burberry, Versace, Givenchy, Hunter, John Varvatos, Ray Ban and Roberto Cavalli for print, editorial and commercial. He currently is represented by Ford Models, Group Model Management in Spain and models for MCQ Eyewear for Alexander McQueen.

In 2008 he appeared in the film, Days of Wrath, and modeled for the BET show Rip the Runway, and appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

2009, saw Kevin appear in a series arch for the Lifetime Network hit show Army Wives.

In 2010 he obtained a recurring role as Detective Ray Jackson on CSI: NY. Kevin also played Donovan in the Off Broadway play Foursome, as well as shows: Law & Order SVU, One Life to Live, and, The Cleveland Show. Kevin's next feature film will see will also star in another biopic while using his Jamaican background to play the civil rights hero Marcus Garvey. Kevin stars in the upcoming film "The Onyx of Wall Street" in which Kevin will play an inner city drug dealer who eventually becomes one of Wall Street's most successful Hedge Fund Managers. Kevin has also produced films, Swim, The Big Heavy, and the just announced film based on the true story "No Name Gang."

Filmography

YearNameTypeDirectorsWritersStars
2008Rip the Runway '08TV Movie  Brandon DeShazerMissy Elliott
2015TransportTV Movie   
2013/ISwimassociate producer   
2014The Big HeavyShort   
 The No Name Gangexecutive producer  Jennifer FlavinRachel Riley
2008Days of WrathMovie Mitchell KapnerAmber VallettaWilmer Valderrama
2008Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV Series  Mariska HargitayChristopher MeloniIce-T
2010UndercoversTV Series  Gugu Mbatha-RawBoris KodjoeBen Schwartz
2010-2011One Life to LiveTV Series  Erika SlezakMichael EastonKristen Alderson
2011Da BrickTV MovieSpike Lee  
2010-2012CSI: NYTV Series  Gary SiniseCarmine GiovinazzoHill Harper
2012The Cleveland ShowTV Series  Mike HenrySanaa LathanKevin Michael Richardson
2018The Onyx of Wall Streetcompleted  Eric Lloyd
2019The Marcus Garvey Storycompleted  Ross PartridgeDan GauthierRhashan Stone
2018-2019Gods of MedicineTV Series  Theo Stevenson
 5 Pounds of Pressurepre-production   
 The No Name Gangannounced  Jennifer FlavinRachel Riley