Early life

Kern was born in Kentucky and was raised in northern Kentucky in the towns of Florence and Independence. In 1995, he graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, and subsequently studied at New York University, earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in drama. While at NYU he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He started acting on stage with various companies such as Atlantic Theater Company, New Group Theater and Theatre for a New Audience, where he played the title role of Troilus in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida directed by Sir Peter Hall.

Career

His feature film debut came in 1999 with the film Die Jungfrau (The Virgin), an Austrian film shot in Austria, Greece and Egypt that cast Kern out of New York City. He had a guest appearance on the HBO series Sex and the City followed by a role in the Broken Lizards 2001 movie Super Troopers as one of the stoners. He had a few more roles in some indie films but his career picked up a little in 2002 with the movie Cabin Fever and then in 2003 when Grind was released. At one point, he had 5 movies in post-production, including The Sasquatch Gang (released in 2007), All the Days Before Tomorrow, and One Part Sugar.

Kern co-hosted a week of Attack of the Show on G4.

He is working on a television pilot, Playing with Guns, which also stars Danny Masterson.

Personal life

He began dating Ginnifer Goodwin in April 2009. The couple announced their engagement December 24, 2010. They broke up on May 20, 2011.

Stage

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Mojo by Jez Butterworth	Silver Johnny	Atlantic Theater Company dir. Neil Pepe with Clark Gregg and Matt Ross
1998	The Fastest Clock in the Universe by Philip Ridley	Foxtrot Darling	The New Group dir. Jo Bonney
2001	Saved (play) by Edward Bond	Mike	TFANA dir. Robert Woodruff with Amy Ryan and Norbert Leo Butz
2001	Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare	Troilus	TFANA dir. Sir Peter Hall with Idris Elba
2002	Spanish Girl by Hunt Holman	Bucky	Second Stage Theater dir. Erica Schmidt with Ari Graynor

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Die Jungfrau	Konrad	aka The Virgin
2001	Super Troopers	College Boy 2	aka Broken Lizard's Super Troopers
	Love the Hard Way	Fitzgerald
2002	XX/XY	Tommy
	Garmento	Tye	aka Threads
	Cabin Fever	Jeff
2003	Grind	Sweet Lou
2004	A Funny Thing Happened at the Quick Mart	Jay
2005	Lovewrecked	Milo Dinsdale
	Pizza	Jon
2006	The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang	Shirts
2007	All the Days Before Tomorrow	Wes
	Lucky You	Billie's Admirer
2008	Just Add Water	Scotty
2009	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Ricky Big Ups!
	The Ballad of G.I. Joe	Tomax and Xamot	Video short
	Easy Rider: The Ride Back	Young wes coast
	Wiffler: The Ted Whitfield Story	Willie 'High-Sox' Hamilton	Post-production
	Breast Picture	Ryan	Post-production
	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead	Hamlet	Post-production
	Southern Baptist Sissies	Mark	In-production
2010	Complacent	Robert
	Pete Smalls Is Dead	Sven	Post-production
2012	Alter Egos	C-Thru
	The Caterpillar's Kimono	Charlie	Post-production		2015	Bloodsucking Bastards	Tim

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Sex & The City	Garth	1 episode, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl
2006	Totally Awesome	Kipp Vanderhoff	Television movie
2008	The Middleman	Cecil Rogers	1 episode, The Cursed Tuba Contingency
	Gaytown	Lance	1 episode, Small & Bald
	Numb3rs	Kevin Warshaw	1 episode, Charlie Don't Surf
2009	Celebrities Anonymous	Jake Williams	Television movie
	Ghosts/Aliens	Trey Hamburger	Television movie
2012	Electric City	Frank Deetleman	Web series
2014	"Workaholics"	Todd	1 episode, "Timechair"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]