Kevin Federline

Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21, 1978), often referred to, and also known as K-Fed, is an American dancer, actor and DJ.

He is known for his two-year marriage to American singer Britney Spears, for whom he was previously a backup dancer, and the child custody battle that followed, which earned significant media coverage.

Kevin Earl Federline was born on March 21, 1978, in Fresno, California, to parents Mike and Julie (née Story), a car mechanic and former bank teller from Oregon, respectively.

Federline's parents divorced when he was eight years old; then he moved to Carson City, Nevada, with his mother, but returned to Fresno when he was 11, when he and his brother Chris moved to his father's house.

In the ninth grade, Federline dropped out of high school (later earning a certificate of General Educational Development), and delivered pizzas for work.

In 1996, Federline moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in dance and began dancing with a nonprofit organization called Dance Empowerment.

Federline lived in a one-bedroom apartment with six roommates.

For a number of years, Federline worked as a backup dancer for Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Destiny's Child, Pink, and LFO.

He appeared as a Dirt Track Dancer in two episodes of the television sitcom Nikki (2001–2002) and as a dancer on The Drew Carey Show (2001).

Federline has appeared in several music videos as a dancer, including Christina Milian's "AM to PM" (2001), Pink's "Get the Party Started" (2001) and Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You" (2002).

He also had an uncredited role as an Angel Dancer for Cher on the sitcom Will & Grace (2002).

He appeared as a dancer in a commercial for department store chain Target.

He also appeared as a dancer in the dance drama film You Got Served (2004).

Federline has said that dancers often don't get enough credit for their work, telling People magazine: "There's nobody that gets less credit than somebody dancing."

Federline and his then-wife Britney Spears starred in UPN's reality television series Britney & Kevin: Chaotic (2005), which consisted of their home videos.

The series chronicles the couple's relationship from their courtship, engagement and wedding.

He was nominated for a Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star award for his role on Britney & Kevin: Chaotic at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.

He portrayed a hunter in a commercial for Britney Spears's fragrance "Fantasy".

Federline appeared on the cover and a 12-page shoot for L'uomo Vogue, an Italian version of Men's Vogue, shot by Steven Meisel.

His popularity led to him releasing his critically panned debut album Playing with Fire in 2006, which is commonly considered to be one of the worst albums ever released.

He has since made a number of television and film appearances, and also worked as a DJ.

He subsequently guest-starred as Cole "Pig" Tritt, an arrogant teenager who harasses investigators on a job, in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006).

He also appeared on NBC's game show 1 vs. 100 (2006), along with the cast of Las Vegas.

In June 2006, he teamed up with Richard Branson to launch a "Pennies for a Purpose" campaign, which aimed to save the U.S. penny from annihilation.

Federline initially released a download-only song, "Y'all Ain't Ready", and a physical single, "PopoZão" in 2006, shortly after his marriage to Spears.

Following poor critical reaction, neither song was included on his debut album.

Instead, the first official single was "Lose Control", which he premiered on the Teen Choice Awards show on the Fox network in late summer 2006.

He released his debut album, Playing with Fire, on October 31, 2006, with the album being panned by critics.

Federline has been signed to model for the Five Star Vintage line by the San Francisco-based Blue Marlin clothing company.

The initial series of ads ran in August 2006 and was subsequently extended for Christmas 2006.

The line he modeled for the fall 2006 was the top-selling line in Macy's, Kitson, and Lord & Taylor.

Federline appeared on WWE programming to promote his album, Playing with Fire, and participate in an angle.

He first appeared on the October 16, and October 23, 2006, editions of WWE Raw, in which he got into physical altercations with WWE Champion John Cena.

The following week, he came to the ring to aid Johnny Nitro in his match against John Cena.

After Cena got in Federline's face, Federline slapped him hard.

Federline appeared again during the November 5, 2006, pay-per-view event Cyber Sunday, hitting Cena with King Booker's World Heavyweight Championship belt and helping Booker win the Champion of Champions match that was organized between Cena, Booker, and Big Show.

The next night, November 6, 2006, he challenged Cena to a match at the New Year's Day edition of Raw, which Cena accepted.

He went on to win this no-disqualification match thanks to interference from Johnny Nitro and Umaga.

Later in the night, after John Cena's main event match, Cena went after Federline and brought him into the ring and delivered his FU finishing move twice before cameras stopped rolling.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Federline was well-received backstage.