Armond Kinard

Armond Kinard, born in Los Angeles, is an actor, writer and poet. He has been steadily working his way to artistic success since 2007, although his passion for creativity goes back to childhood. His first passion was acting, but that was immediately followed by writing during the first 12 years of his life. By 1996, at age 20, another interest spawned - his love of poetry. Hip hop and/or Rap music heavily influenced this new passion. While attending Los Angeles Trade Technical Community College, he began writing poetry. It was during this time that he wrote notes for many of his present film ideas. In 1999, Armond began working in the promotions department of Power 106.FM, a popular hip hop radio station in Los Angeles. After leaving Power 106 in 2007, he did some stand up comedy at the World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood (his poem "Homeless Intellectuals" was created from those routines). He also earned his first speaking role in a film titled "Color of the Cross part 2 : The Resurrection", where he played "Simon", one of the Disciples. By June of 2008, Armond created a YouTube channel and started using it to generate attention to his work, with very little success at the time. Then, thanks to motivation from his cousin Jonathan Picos and his mentor, Mike Sonksen, Armond began performing his poetry on stage for the first time in November of 2010. It was also during this time that he would develop a sensual poetry series titled, "The Book Of Sultry". In 2011, his poetry started to catch on in Los Angeles with performances in Hollywood, Watts, Santa Monica, Downtown L.A. and Boyle Heights. In January of 2012, Armond performed in a major Los Angeles poetry event, "Occupy This", which led to him being cast in a theatre production, "Occupy the Heart", produced by Miguel Garcia and Josefina Lopez. He also co-wrote a short film, "And Let God Do the Rest", which finished production in March of that year. Armond was also featured in a web series titled, "Failing Upwards", produced by Matt Crabtree and Michelle Bonilla. In 2014, Armond would join a writers group, which would connect him to new film director, Armin Siljkovic. Together they would work on three projects from 2015 to 2017, with one of them earning Armond his first best actor nomination for a short film titled, "Hard Money" (available on Youtube). Today, he continues to share poetry and write scripts. He uploads content to his Youtube channel every week. Recently, he played a supporting role in a short film titled, "I'm Not Special". Armond is also seeking investors for a feature film he wrote called, "L.A. Mayhem". His biggest plans are to re-package his sensual poetry series, "The Book of Sultry" for the public and also publish the actual book, with plans for a 2021 release.