Kelvin Hale

Auditioned for the roles of Muhammad Ali and Don King for the feature film Chuck (2016) before being cast in a supporting role of the real-life boxer and training partner Charlie Polite.

Pebble in Your Shoe (2010) was a short film in which Kelvin portrayed a pro-boxer named Raymond. One of his lines for that character portrayal in that film was, "boxing gave me direction, sh't it saved my life!" That excerpt in so many ways reflected on Kelvin's personal life experience. It was during the fall of 1988 when Kelvin first stepped into Times Square Boxing Gym and it is without a doubt that this sacred (yet harsh) sport saved Kelvin's life which was headed down a dark, murky and life-ending road. It not only saved his life, but it also provided him with a positive life-direction and a great role model by way of Willie Dunne Sr. (his 1st boxing trainer).

In 2004 he told his 8 year old daughter that he was poet. She didn't believe him and told him to prove it by writing something for her. Ten minutes later he presented her with a newly written poem, "That Sparkle in Your Eye" (it was published in 2005).

Notable sparring partners during Kelvin's professional boxing career were heavyweights Monte Barrett, Jameel McCline and Oleg Maskaev. His trainer, Willie Dunne, was once contacted by (now deceased) trainer Emanuel Steward regarding sparring work. Steward was hoping to contract Kelvin to spar with Lennox Lewis in preparation for Lewis' upcoming bout with Mike Tyson in 2002. Willie Dunne declined this proposal.

Boxing brought him a life saving family friend, Stephan Feder. He met Stephan, a partner at a New York law firm, at the Blue Velvet Boxing gym in Manhattan (1998). Even today Stephan is still a big part of Kelvin's life and is like a big brother to him.

Kelvin Hale is an American actor born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He fought as a professional boxer from 1997-2006. He also worked in the administrative arena of higher education in combination firstly with his amateur boxing beginning, and later throughout his entire professional boxing career.

Met Daniel Day-Lewis at the once existing Blue Velvet Boxing gym on 24th St in New York, NY in 1996. Daniel had just enjoyed watching one of Kelvin's sparring sessions and they spoke for a brief moment afterward.

Fought in the 1992 U.S. Eastern Olympic trials in Marquette, Michigan with hopes of qualifying for the '92 U.S. Olympic boxing team, but he didn't make it beyond the quarter-finals of that event.

As an amateur boxer he made it to four (4) NY Golden Gloves championships at Madison Square Garden (1990, 1992, 1993 & 1995). Crowned champion in both 1990 and 1995.

Willie Dunne Sr. was Kelvin's first boxing trainer 1988-2000.