Zeke Kinski is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Matthew Werkmeister.
His storylines have included the death of his father, being trapped in the warehouse collapse, developing an anxiety disorder, joining Pirate Net and forming many romantic relationships.
The three-strong family consisted of widower Alex Kinski (Andrew Clarke) and his two teenage children; Rachel (Caitlin Stasey) and Zeke.
[2] In his fictional backstory, Zeke is the intelligent son of Francesca and Alex and the younger brother of Katya (Dichen Lachman) and Rachel.
Of the plot Werkmeister stated: "I'm glad that story is over, it was annoying trying to find those damn cards with words!
"[4] Zeke was initially portrayed as being anti-social and clever, leading fans to believe he could have the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome, of this Werkmeister explained: "It wasn't really written at first, so me and the writers made up his quirks.
[7] Werkmeister said "When I started on Neighbours I was only thirteen, I didn't shave or drive a car so I really have grown up on the show.
[10][11] Werkmeister's on-screen step mother and father, Jackie Woodburne and Alan Fletcher said it was good to have him back for their 20th year with Neighbours and Woodburne commented, "It seems like yesterday that Matt walked on set as a young boy still at primary school, and suddenly now he's a grown man!
When Zeke discovers that Rachel has made friends with Bree Timmins (Sianoa Smit-McPhee), he lets himself be introduced to TV, junk food and other items of popular culture.
Zeke then dates Lolly Allen (Adelaide Kane) and is upset when she moves back home to be with her father and siblings.
Zeke is held hostage along with Katya, Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney), Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner) and Charlie Hoyland (Jacob Britio) by Guy Sykes (Fletcher Humphrys).
Katya soon leaves for a nursing job and Susan remarries her former husband Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher).
Karl gets into the warehouse and helps his daughter Libby (Kym Valentine) first, which upsets Zeke as he believes no one would choose him first in an emergency because he has very little biological family left.
It later emerges that Phil Andrews (Robert Mammone) found Zeke and took him to live with him, believing he was his deceased son.
Harry Ramsay (Will Moore) notices Zeke behaving oddly and raises it to Karl through the column he has in a newspaper.
Zeke becomes a DJ called Lost Boy at the local radio station Pirate Net.
During schoolies week, Zeke meets Mia Zannis (Alicia Bonnadio) and learns that she is involved in an animal activist group.
Mia tries to set him up as the ring leader of the animal activist group, but Zeke finds out about her plan and plants the evidence on her.
Zeke feels left out of Donna and Ringo's wedding preparations and Declan allows him to take over the planning of the bucks night.
Zeke tries to flirt with new neighbour Jade Mitchell (Gemma Pranita) and she tells him that Sophie Ramsay (Kaiya Jones) has a crush on him and that he needs to talk to her about it because she is younger than he is.
Three years later, Zeke returns to Erinsborough to catch up with Susan and Karl, and surprise Kate Ramsay (Ashleigh Brewer) on her birthday.
His fiancée, Victoria (Sophie Emberson-Bain), arrives to meet with Karl and Susan, who give the pair their blessing.
[14] FremantleMedia Enterprises vice-president of licensing Ben Liebmann said, "We thought it was a really great way to continue or allow the audience to engage with the Neighbours world off-screen".
[16] Ruth Deller from entertainment website Lowculture profiled Zeke in one of her monthly columns featuring popular and unpopular soap opera characters.
After all, losing both parents at a young age and having Katya, Rachel and Libby for sisters seem fairly good reasons for him acting like an arse.