Peter Kent
Actor

Peter Kent Net Worth

Peter Kent is a Canadian-American actor, stuntman, and miscellaneous crew member born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As a child, he was an adrenaline junkie, often risking injury to get a rush. After his parents divorced, he moved to New Jersey with his mother and then returned to Canada at age 11. He worked in various jobs and as a sound engineer for Canadian bands. In the early 1980s, he was nearly killed in a motor vehicle accident, and in 1984 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a film career. He quickly became one of the most celebrated and highly paid stuntmen in the business, working on 14 of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films. After nearly being killed on the set of Eraser (1996), he decided to pursue a less dangerous line of work and studied with various drama groups. He returned to Vancouver, BC, where he met his wife and is expecting twin boys in the fall of 2009. In June 2009, he was inducted into the Hollywood Stuntman's Hall of Fame.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew
Birth Day July 27, 1943
Birth Place  North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Age 80 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Cancer
Leader Andrew Scheer
Preceded by James Bezan
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Succeeded by Robert Nault
Minister Stephane Dion
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Cilla Kent
Children Trilby Kent
Residence Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Profession News editor

💰 Net worth

Peter Kent is a versatile Canadian entertainer whose net worth is projected to range from $100K to $1M by 2024. With diverse talent and a strong presence in the industry, Peter Kent has made a name for himself as an actor, stuntsman, and an important part of miscellaneous crew on various productions. Through his notable skills and contributions, he has earned recognition in the Canadian entertainment scene, demonstrating his commitment to his craft and ability to adapt to different roles.

Biography/Timeline

1960

Kent began his career as a radio Journalist in the early 1960s. He then moved to television, joining Calgary station CFCN-TV in 1965 and subsequently worked for CBC Television, CTV, Global, NBC and The Christian Science Monitor's television newscast.

1966

In 1966, he went to South East Asia to cover the Vietnam War as a freelance foreign correspondent. He stayed on to cover the final withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam in 1973 and covered the fall of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Kent returned to Canada and worked as a Producer for CBC's The National and, in 1976, he became the broadcast's anchorman after Lloyd Robertson moved to CTV News.

1978

In 1978 Kent agreed to step down as anchorman of The National after he submitted an intervention to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recommending that the Corporation's licence not be renewed until management created procedures and protocols to prevent political interference in the CBC's editorial decision-making. Kent's complaint involved messages conveyed through the then CBC President Al Johnson from the Prime Minister's Office that resulted in cancellation of a speech by Premier René Lévesque and coverage of a speech by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. As a result of his intervention and descent from The National anchor desk, Kent accepted assignment to the newly created African Bureau of the CBC, located in Johannesburg.

1982

Kent returned to Canada and the CBC in 1982 as a founding Producer, correspondent and occasional co-host of The Journal, hosted by Barbara Frum and Mary Lou Finlay.

1984

In 1984 Kent moved to NBC serving in Miami, Washington and New York bureaus and as the US network's senior European correspondent in the late 1980s, winning four Emmy nominations with the network. He then reported for and was back-up anchorman for John Hart and John Palmer at The Christian Science Monitor's World Monitor television news Service. One of Kent's feature report series - on challenges in American inner cities - was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Award.

1987

In 1987, Peter Kent was a reporter on the team that produced the documentary “Six Days Plus 20 Years: A Dream Is Dying” which was condemned by both the Israeli left and right, including Premier Yitzhak Shamir, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who were some of several Israeli government officials who refused to engage with NBC for a period of time afterwards. Kent returned to Canada to join Global News in 1992, and was the anchorman of its flagship news program First National until 2001. He then anchored the Business news show MoneyWise on Global and Prime.

1995

The CBC subsequently created protocols to govern Prime Ministerial access to the public broadcaster. They remain in effect today, and the most recent Example was the speech made to the country by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Kent returned briefly in 1978 to testify at a grievance hearing initiated by an unsuccessful anchor candidate who complained that Knowlton Nash, the vice-president of CBC News, had appointed himself to succeed Kent. In that testimony Kent—the first Journalist to anchor The National—supported Nash's credentials.

2006

In the 2006 federal election, Kent ran as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Toronto riding of St. Paul's. He placed second with 25.76% of the vote against the incumbent, Carolyn Bennett of the Liberals (50.25%), and ahead of Paul Summerville of the New Democratic Party (19.19%).

2008

Kent ran again for the Conservatives in the 2008 election, this time in the riding of Thornhill, and was elected, defeating incumbent Susan Kadis by 5200 votes.

2009

Kent was named to the junior cabinet post of Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas) several weeks after the election. In an interview with Journalist Steve Paikin on December 7, 2009, Kent acknowledged that as Minister, he is instructed to only use language vetted by the PMO, on occasion lifting Stephen Harper's statements from newspaper reports: "So when we're asked about the Israeli position on settlements, we never criticize Israel publicly. We say those settlements are 'unhelpful' in finding a comprehensive peace settlement. We've put on the record our position on nuclear power and India. We say 'it's no longer the 1970's, it's now 2009.' I saw the prime minister's quote in the newspapers to that effect yesterday, and so I used it today." Kent's comment that his government does not criticize Israel publicly was contradicted several months later by his senior minister, Lawrence Cannon, who went on record in the House of Commons "condemning" Israel's expansion of illegal settlements.

2011

While defending the withdrawal from Kyoto during the December 14, 2011 session of the Canadian House of Commons, Kent criticized NDP Environment Critic Megan Leslie for not being at the Durban Conference despite his ministry having banned participation from all opposition MPs. During the heckling from opposition MPs over this statement, Justin Trudeau shouted "You piece of shit!" at Kent, but later apologized for losing his temper over Kent's statements regarding opposition participation in Durban. In December 2012, Canada became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol.

2013

As a backbench MP, Kent has called on the government to fund HPV vaccinations for boys, in addition to current vaccination programs for girls, after he survived a bout with throat and tongue cancer at the end of 2013. He also criticized the Harper government for drawing up an "enemies list" of uncooperative bureaucrats and hostile stakeholders.

2014

Kent was born in Sussex, England in a Canadian Army hospital. Both his parents were serving with the Canadian Army. The family moved to Canada and, after a period in Ottawa, settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His parents were Aileen and Parker Kent (both now deceased). The elder Kent was a long-time employee of the Southam Newspaper Group who retired as associate Editor of the Calgary Herald. Peter Kent's younger brother, Arthur, is also a Journalist, known in the first Gulf War as the "scud stud". There were three sisters - Adele, Norma and Susan. Norma was a local news anchor at CBC Windsor for a number of years before becoming co-host of the CBC consumer affairs programme Marketplace. She continues to work as a Journalist. Susan Kent Davidson died of cancer in 2014. She was a Writer and book Editor, a committed member of the New Democratic Party, and the widow of the UTP Editor Rik Davidson.

2015

Prior to his demotion from cabinet, Kent stated his intention of running in the 2015 federal election. During the election campaign, Kent tweeted a photo that falsely shows an ISIS fighter posing as a refugee to bolster his argument for "refugee screening". After the claim was debunked, Kent retracted and deleted the tweet.

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