Robert Kazinsky (born
Robert John
Appleby; 18 November 1983) is an
English actor and model. His best known for
his appearance as Casper Rose in
Sky One
Drama
Dream Team in 2006 and
Sean Slater in the
BBC
1 soap opera
EastEnders from 2006
to 2009.
Background
Kazinsky
was born in Haywards
Heath
, West
Sussex
, England
, the son of
Phyllis and Paul Appleby, and grew up in Brighton
. He
has an older brother, Michael.
Kazinsky is Jewish, descended from
immigrants from Poland
and Russia
"[290516]" He was educated at Hove Park School
in Hove, from 1995-2000. Kazinsky was expelled from both
Hove Park School and later, his college. He appeared in their
productions of
Bugsy Malone and
A Midsummer Night's
Dream. He achieved a grade B in his drama
GCSE in 2000.
Career
Kazinsky trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting from
September 2002 to July 2005. He took his grandfather's middle name
as his stage name.
He has appeared in Israeli
television
commercials. He made his acting debut in 2005 when he had a
guest role in an episode of the
CBBC children's
show
The Basil
Brush Show, playing a character named Sven Garley. He then
got a role in
Sky One's football drama
Dream Team where he
played
Casper Rose from late 2005 until
2006, when he was killed off towards the end of the ninth series
after Kazinsky announced his intention to leave.
It was announced on 18 May 2006 that he would be playing
Sean Slater in
EastEnders, and he made his first appearance
on 22 August 2006.
It was announced on 18 January 2008 that Kazinsky, after starring
in the soap since August 2006, will leave
EastEnders.
Speaking to
This
Morning on 31 July 2008, Kazinsky confirmed that he would
not be pursuing a career in Hollywood but would instead begin an
apprenticeship as a mechanic when he leaves EastEnders, saying:
'With the writers' strike and the newly confirmed actors' strike,
it's not the best time to go (To America)'.
Kazinsky has also been penning a new television series inspired by
Sex and the City which is
set to air sometime in
2010.George Lucas
offered him a part in new Second World War fighter film Red Tails.
Kazinsky plays a "pilot who has to adapt to being among
African-American comrades."
On
YouTube, Robert was featured as the
presenter in the EastEnders launch video since they had launched
their new video channel on Youtube.
Awards Table
Other accolades
- In 2008 was honored by All About
Soap on their annual list of 100 Sexiest Men in Soap. He
received the #3 spot.
Personal life
He is close friends with many of his
Dream Team co-stars,
including:
Jamie Lomas,
Kara Tointon,
Ricky
Whittle, Danny Husbands, Junior Nunoo,
Julie Healy, and
Lauren
Gold. In an interview, Rob stated that despite playing enemies
on
EastEnders, he is actually close friends with
Matt Di Angelo (
Deano
Wicks). He is also good friends with
Rita Simons (
Roxy
Mitchell). He is an avid supporter of both Brighton & Hove
Albion and Manchester United.
Filmography
References
- "[1]"
- "[2]"retrieved on 09/08/08
- " Jewish actor joins EastEnders",
TotallyJewish.com. URL last accessed 2006-01-08
- "[3]" Retrieved on 09/08/08
- " A new man in town" BBC. URL last
accessed 2006-09-24
- "[4]" Retrieved on[14/05/2009
- "[5]"
- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17LnKRLSRGk YouTube - Robert
Kazinsky on this morning
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