Kenneth Wayne Bradley, Sam Houston

Playing the Texas icon is both an honor and a privilege for Ken who has long studied and deeply admired the legendary historical figure. Ken was last seen as Claudius in HAMLET at The Mary Moody Northen Theatre, and in A STEADY RAIN at for a chick & a dude theatre as Denny. In MEN OF TORTUGA for Street Corner Arts, he was honored with the B. Iden Payne Award for his performance as Taggart.  Ken played the title role in KILLER JOE for Capitol T Theatre in 2009, and Ariel for Hyde Park Theatre in THE PILLOWMAN, which earned him an Austin Critics Table Award.  He originated Abner in his one man show WICKER CHAIRS and also penned WIND CHIMES AND VARICOSE CREAM which was published in the Texas Theatre Journal.  His one-woman show SEAMSTRESS, which was directed by Ellie McBride and starred Melanie Dean was honored as Best of Fest at FronteraFest 2010. Ken has appeared on television with either featured, co-starring or reoccurring roles in LONGMIRE (A&E), REVOLUTION (NBC), FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (NBC), DALLAS (TNT), KILLER WOMEN (ABC), CHASE (NBC), PRISON BREAK (FOX) and WALKER TEXAS RANGER.  He has also been featured and co-starred in OYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Morgan Freeman, DRIVE ANGRY 3D with Nicolas Cage, ROOM––which ran at the Sundance and Cannes film Festivals, and will be the upcoming feature THE DOO-DAH MAN. Ken came to Austin in 1992, lives in Leander with his wife Cathy, and is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at (where else!) Sam Houston State University.