Background
Ken Appledorn grew up in Troy, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
Ken Appledorn grew up in Troy, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
He attended Troy High School where he participated in theatre and drama, however went on study business administration and Spanish at The University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
He is the youngest of four boys to Robert and Marlene Appledorn. Upon graduation he traveled to Sevilla, Spain and began studying theatre there at Teatro Viento Sur and El Centro Andaluz de Teatro (Centre for Alternative Technology). His first break came when David Fernández Sainz-Rozas, creator of the series Malviviendo asked Ken to be the lead in a sketch comedy series ¨El viaje de Peter McDowell¨, centering on the adventures of an Englishman in the south of Spain.
Due to its success Ken began appearing in several other Spanish television series and had a secondary character in the series ¡Qué buen puntito! (2011), alongside two of Spain"s best comedians, Los Morancos In 2007, Ken and Jorge Cadaval, one of the components of the Morancos were married in Sevilla, Spain.
That same year he also participated in the film ¨Obra 67¨, a film recorded in 13 hours that premiered at the Sevilla European Festival. Later that year he appeared in ¨The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table¨, his first film as a leading manitoba
He was nominated as best Spanish actor in the Andalucian Awards (ASECAN) as well as best actor at the Cardiff Festival. His most recent project was as a series regular in The Refugees, a joint production of British Broadcasting Corporation Worldwide and Atresmedia.
He is also known for his work in the film ¨Casting¨ where he won the best secondary actor award in the Festival de Málaga de Cine Español as well as the film ¨The Extraordinary Tale¨ in which he was nominated Best Andalucian Actor in the ASECAN awards. In 2013 Ken appreared in the film ¨Casting¨ which premiered at the Festival de Málaga de Cine Español, where he won the award for best secondary actor.
