Age: 42
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A pharmacological lecturer and a former concert pianist. He was brought up in Alexandria, Virginia and studied History of Art at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. However he abandoned his studies to come to England and enroll at RADA, where he met his wife, actress Phoebe Fox, whom he married in 2010. Since graduating Kyle has garnered excellent reviews for his stage work in 'The Government Inspector' at the Young Vic, 'The Faith Machine' at the Royal Court and 'Long Day's Journey into Night' at the Apollo, as well as playing Gaveston in the National's controversial 'Edward II'. On television he contributed an excellent cameo in the sitcom 'Bad Education' as an all-American boy who was actually from Dudley in the Midlands and played sympathetic but troubled Francis in the BBC remake of 'Poldark'.
In the late 1950s, amid the paranoia of the Cold War, a giant metal robot crash-lands near the small town of Rockwell, Maine. A lonely and imaginative young boy named Hogarth Hughes stumbles upon the Iron Giant and, despite his initial fear, befriends the mechanical marvel. Hogarth names him "Giant" and discovers that he has a gentle and curious nature, As Hogarth teaches the Giant about life, humanity, and morality, the unlikely pair forms a deep bond. However, the Giant's arrival does not go unnoticed. A suspicious government agent named Kent Mansley arrives in Rockwell to investigate the strange occurrences and soon becomes determined to destroy the Giant, fearing it to be a weapon of mass destruction.
