Kindred

"Kevin Franklin," portrayed by Micah Stock, is an LA waiter and musician who, despite struggles with his own personal demons, maintains his strong sense of humor and disarming wit. He is instantly drawn to Dana upon their first chance meeting. It’s an encounter that changes his life in unimaginable ways.

Career Highlights

Micah Stock, who took the industry by storm with his&nbsp;Tony-nominated&nbsp;Broadway&nbsp;debut&nbsp;in 2015, has emerged as an equally gifted&nbsp;screen actor—and one of the&nbsp;most&nbsp;exciting&nbsp;rising&nbsp;talents&nbsp;in Hollywood.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to his starring role in Kindred, Micah recently completed production on the feature film Maggie Moore(s) starring opposite Tina Fey and Jon Hamm, directed by John Slattery.&nbsp;Micah&nbsp;recently starred&nbsp;as a series regular&nbsp;in Netflix’s&nbsp;cult-hit dark&nbsp;comedy,&nbsp;Bonding,&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;Zoe Levin,&nbsp;Brendan Scannell,&nbsp;D’Arcy&nbsp;Carden,&nbsp;and more; as well as&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nat GEO/Disney+ historical&nbsp;drama&nbsp;series,&nbsp;The Right Stuff, executive produced by Leonardo&nbsp;DiCaprio&nbsp;and based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the bestselling novel&nbsp;of the same name&nbsp;by Tom Wolfe,&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;the classic 1983 Oscar-winning film, about&nbsp;NASA’s real-life Mercury Seven.&nbsp;His other recent television credits include the Apple+ anthology series, Amazing Stories, from executive producer Steven&nbsp;Spielberg; and Showtime’s award-winning limited series, Escape at Dannemora, from director-producer Ben Stiller. &nbsp;For&nbsp;film,&nbsp;Micah made a huge splash&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Sundance Audience Award winner,&nbsp;Brittany Runs a Marathon, which after its festival debut was&nbsp;distributed by Amazon Prime in&nbsp;August 2019. The film also&nbsp;stars&nbsp;Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins,&nbsp;Lil Rel&nbsp;Howery&nbsp;and&nbsp;Utkarsh&nbsp;Ambudkar&nbsp;in&nbsp;the story of a&nbsp;hard-partying woman&nbsp;(Bell)&nbsp;who&nbsp;receives a startling&nbsp;health&nbsp;wake-up call&nbsp;that leads her to train to run in the&nbsp;New York City Marathon.&nbsp;Micah’s performance&nbsp;as Brittany’s friend and running partner “Seth”&nbsp;was praised as “inspired&nbsp;and consistently funny” (Variety)&nbsp;and “quietly revelatory” (Washington Post).&nbsp;In 2015,&nbsp;Micah received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut in&nbsp;Terrence McNally’s It’s Only a Play alongside an&nbsp;all-star cast including&nbsp;Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullaly, Stockard Channing and F. Murray Abraham. For his performance as&nbsp;“Gus”&nbsp;he&nbsp;also&nbsp;won a Theatre World Award, honoring the best in NYC stage debuts,&nbsp;with&nbsp;critics hailing&nbsp;him as&nbsp;a&nbsp;“gifted newcomer” (Hollywood Reporter)&nbsp;with great “comic timing” (Entertainment&nbsp;Weekly)&nbsp;making “a really remarkable Broadway&nbsp;debut”&nbsp;(Associated Press).&nbsp;He reunited with Lane on Broadway in the 2016&nbsp;revival of the classic comedy The Front Page, directed by&nbsp;the&nbsp;legendary Jack O’Brien,&nbsp;and also&nbsp;starring John Slattery, John Goodman, Holland Taylor, Robert Morse&nbsp;and more.&nbsp;His additional theater credits include&nbsp;Terrence McNally’s And Away We Go,&nbsp;Waterwell’s&nbsp;Hamlet, and&nbsp;works&nbsp;at&nbsp;the Sundance Theater Lab, Long Wharf Theatre,&nbsp;Williamstown Theatre Festival,&nbsp;and&nbsp;many others.&nbsp;Micah currently resides in New York City and in his free time&nbsp;volunteers at&nbsp;The&nbsp;52nd Street Project, where&nbsp;he mentors young theater makers in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Playmaking program, guiding them through the process of&nbsp;writing and performing their own stage works.

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Kevin is instantly drawn to Dana upon their first chance meeting. It’s an encounter that changes his life in unimaginable ways.

Micah Stock headshot of side profile, standing in front of house window at night with soft peach light shining on top of face

Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin in Kindred | FX

Kindred

Micah Stock

Career Highlights

Ryan Kwanten
as Thomas Weylin

Gayle Rankin
as Margaret Weylin

Austin Smith
as Luke

Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin in Kindred | FX

Micah Stock

Gayle Rankinas Margaret Weylin

Austin Smithas Luke

Gayle Rankin
as Margaret Weylin

Austin Smith
as Luke