 This article is about an actor in Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight.
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Stephen Sean Ford (né Lunsford) is a American actor and filmmaker who portrayed Kit Taylor/Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (Rider)/Kamen Rider Onyx and Adam Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (Rider) in Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight.
Biography[]
He moved around a lot in his childhood; growing up in California, Alaska, Kansas, Alabama and Florida. At 8 years old he began acting in commercials for Disneyworld and Universal Studios. His first role was on the Disney sitcom Even Stevens and jokes that he was "on every TV kids sitcom ever made." After co-starring in shows like Zoey 101, Bratz, and Victorious, he landed his first lead role as Kit in Dragon Knight, which was met with critical acclaim and won an Emmy.
Post Kamen Rider[]
Ford later found roles in a few horror films alongside actor Dennis Quaid. He later starred in Teen Wolf, which is now regarded as his most successful and notable role.
In 2018, he appeared at Power Morphicon where he sat at the Forever Red Panel. In 2019, he was a guest at Japan World Heroes II, where he had a panel about Dragon Knight.[1]
Since 2019, Ford began directing. Since then he has created 50+ short films, joined AGBO's Storyteller Collective and won over two dozen international film festival awards. He continues to produce independent films through his production company Ascender Productions (aka ASCNDR). He continues to work with multiple Power Rangers actors, specifically Power Rangers Dino Charge actor Brennan Mejia
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Notes[]
- Ford had met Danny Trejo once during casting, as Trejo was trying to get his daughter an audition for the role of Maya.
- Ford had only worn his Rider suit once and had to research Kamen Rider Ryuki through bootleg DVDs.
- Ford wasn't allowed to do the stunts on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, they used a stuntman for most of his fight scenes.
- Due to the 12-14 hour workdays on the set of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Ford would typically sleep on moving blankets on set in between set-ups.
- Ford has encouraged fans to pirate Dragon Knight due to the show's lack of legal release in the United States and poor treatment by the CW network.
- Ford had expressed interest in reprising his role for the Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary, and loves the idea of the television show’s multiverse.
- According to him, Dragon Knight was shopped to the Sci-Fi Channel before being picked up by the CW.
External Links[]
- Stephen Ford at Wikipedia