James Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, television producer, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He came to prominence in the late 1990s for playing Randy Meeks in the "Scream" movie series. Kennedy formed a production company called Wannabe Producers, alongside Josh Etting, through which he has produced the shows "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment", "Blowin' Up", "The Starlet", and "Living with Fran". Following "Malibu's Most Wanted", in which he both wrote and acted, Kennedy co-wrote the MTV show "Blowin' Up" (2006) featuring his friend Stu Stone. In 2008, Kennedy released the documentary "Heckler," about the plight of stand-up comics versus their often-aggressive audiences.