Richard Brody of The New Yorker has praised his "thrilling, demanding, unsparing performances in BAD FEVER, SUN DON’T SHINE, CHRISTMAS, AGAIN and elsewhere.” "One of American independent cinema’s most vital figures," says Paste Magazine. LA Weekly calls him "maybe the most fascinating actor in current American penny-budgeted cinema." He has directed films such as OPEN FIVE, named "One of the Top 25 Films of 2010" by The New Yorker and Open Fire 2. He also runs NoBudge.com, an online screening venue for new indie films, named by NoFilmSchool.com as one of “the premier destinations for ‘true' independent movies.” Most recently, Kentucker co-stars in QUEEN OF EARTH, directed by Alex Ross Perry.