Michael Copon

Michael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for playing Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill, Vin Keahi in the television series Beyond the Break, and Lucas Kendall in Power Rangers Time Force.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Video Game 3.4 Producer 4 References 5 External links

Early life
Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia on 13th November 1982. He went to Deep Creek High School.

Career
In 2001, Copon was cast by the Fox Kids Network as the Blue Power Ranger, Lucas Kendall, on the Power Rangers Time Force television series. He reprised this role in two episodes of Power Rangers Wild Force. In 2004, he appeared in a music video for the song "Backflip" by Raven-Symoné which was directed by Sanaa Hamri. Copon portrayed the recurring character Felix Taggaro on the television series One Tree Hill. From 2006 to 2009, Copon recurred on the drama series Beyond the Break on The N network.[2] In between that time (in 2005) he appeared (and subsequently won) the competition on VH1's "But Can They Sing?"[3][4]

In 2008, Copon played the love interest of Ashley Benson in straight-to-video movie Bring It On: In It to Win It.[5] Copon followed this up in 2008 playing the titular role in straight-to-video movie The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior.[2][6]

On September 8, 2010, Copon released "Let's Get Nasty"[7] on iTunes and in the same year he appeared on a TV commercial ad as a spokesperson for an Asian TV station foundation called Bantay Bata.[8] Copon starred in the thriller Killer Holiday in which he also produced the film and did stunts as well.[9] Copon is also a member of the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team which raises funds for various schools and charitable organizations in the Greater Los Angeles area.[10]

In the summer of 2012, Copon started co-hosting a weekend radio show on Positive Hit Radio the Current, WJLZ 88.5 FM, in Virginia with Trina Olson called "Saturday Night with Trina & Mike."[11] The show airs Saturday nights from 5PM – 10PM ET and features Christian rock and hip hop music. The show is streamed live on the station's webpage.

Copon is Executive Producer of Michael Copon Studios.[12]

Filmography
Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2005 Dishdogz Palmer 2006 All You've Got Artie Sanchez 2006 Elevator Hot guy at party 2007 Bring It On: In It to Win It Penn Direct-to-video 2008 The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior Mathayus Direct-to-video 2009 Dark House Greg [13] 2010 Night of the Demons Dex Thrilby 2010 BoyBand Brad 2010 A Forgotten Innocence Andrew 2011 Killer Holiday Spider 2011 247 °F Michael 2012 Music High Tommy 2013 Project Fear Rob 2013 Blood on the Border Sancho

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2001 Power Rangers Time Force Lucas Kendall/Blue Time Force Ranger Lead role; 40 episodes 2002 Power Rangers Wild Force Lucas Kendall/Blue Time Force Ranger Episodes: "Reinforcements from the Future: Part 1 and Part 2" 2003 Even Stevens Boy at beach Episode: "Surf's Up" 2004–05 One Tree Hill Felix Taggaro Recurring role (Season 2); 11 episodes 2005 Scrubs Pedro Episode: "My Big Move" 2005 Reno 911! Kane Episode: "Dangle's Son" 2005 But Can They Sing? Himself Won competition 2005 That's So Raven Ricky Episode: "Boyz 'N Commotion" 2006 That's So Raven Ricky Episode: "Be Prepared" 2006 Sideliners Joey Ambrose 2006–09 Beyond the Break Vin Keahi Main role; 21 episodes 2008 Greek Shane Episodes: "Barely Legal" and "Mr. Purr-fect" 2009 CSI: Miami Walter Leeson Episode: "Head Case" 2010 Finding My Past Louis Alfred Sunshine 2010 Hawaii Five-0 Junior Satele Episode: "Malama Ka Aina" 2011 Kourtney and Kim Take New York Himself 1 episode[14] 2015 Dystopia Nicholai Upcoming series

Video Game

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2001 Power Rangers Time Force (video game) Blue Ranger

=Producer Lakeland (2015) (pre-production) – Executive Producer Dystopia (2015) – Producer, Co-creator Fearless (2015) – Producer Killer Holiday (2013) – Producer