Ronnie Kerr (born Ronald George Smith III, 30 March 1974) is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Romeo in ''

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'' and the movie ''Shut Up and Kiss Me'' in 2010. He has also starred in many other films and been a personal trainer to several celebrity clients. His first TV role was in '' NYPD Blue'' in 2001.

Early and personal life

He was born as Ronald George Smith III in

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. He went to Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a full tennis scholarship but then injured his ankle. While rehabilitating, he started using the gym more frequently and carried on with fitness training. He was then publicly outed in July 2007 when he was spotted in a Chicago gay bar with newly out basketball player

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Career

He moved to Los Angeles in 1996, to act in his first action film '' Absolute Aggression'' (also starring

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), which led to other film roles. In 2006, he appeared on the cover of the book '' The Superhero's Closet'' by H. Andrew Lynch. He was still acting, and appeared in the third and final series of ''

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'', when he started working on a web series called ''Flab2Fab!'' in which he trained gym clients. In 2008, he wrote a fitness column for the Canadian magazine ''

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'' before it ceased operations in 2011. In 2011, he moved to San Diego, as many of his friends had already moved there and formed his own production company, Kerrdog Productions. In 2015, he wrote a film titled ''Please Don't Eat the Pansies''. In 2016, an Indiegogo campaign was launched to help raise $35,000 to fund the movie. The cast included Mary Wilson of

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, singer/actor Tom Goss and

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. He was voted one of the top three trainers in Denver, Colorado by ''Mile High Sports Magazine'' and one of the top two trainers in Dallas, Texas by the ''Dallas Voice''.

Filmography

Films

Television series

As a producer

Other work

Kerr also had a bit part in the music video for

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's song "

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", filmed in 2000.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Ronnie 1974 births Living people Film producers from New Jersey American male film actors American male television actors American gay actors American gay writers LGBT producers LGBT people from New Jersey Male actors from New Jersey People from Pequannock Township, New Jersey