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Tom Myers was born on 29 January 1983 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Tom Myers vs. the Rest of the World (2020), Capital Comedy Connection (2011) and Schizofriendia (2012).- Michael Fred Phelps II was born in Towson, Maryland, to Deborah Sue (Davisson), a middle school principal, and Michael Fred Phelps, a state trooper. Before the 2004 Olympics started, rumor had it that 19 year-old Phelps was thinking of trying to match or even surpass Mark Spitz's legendary seven gold medals record. By his fourth race with one gold and two bronze it was obvious he couldn't tie it but instead he could match Russian gymnast's Alexander Dityatin's record of eight medals in one Olympics. Every race after the two bronze he came away with gold. After his seventh race he did a truly noble thing by handing over his butterfly leg on the 4 x 200m Freestyle relay to Ian Crocker a temporary rival and now a friend. To everyone this was deemed the most selfless act of the games but to Michael it was just giving his team mate another chance. Throughout the entire week of competition he barely managed to sleep so when he finally got to rest he went to check out how the dominant women's teams were doing and enjoying the culture and atmosphere in Athens. The success in Athens was amazing. He surpassed fellow American, Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals, that were set in the 1972 Olympic Games, at Munich, Germany, 36 years earlier. In Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008), after record tying seventh gold medal, Mark Spitz personally called Michael Phelps and congratulated him for his historic feats and records, he achieved in Beijing, China, were well watched as Mark Spitz's record were tied and broken, by Phelps, as he and teammates were 8 for 8, in 2008. All are first place gold medals!
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David Lawson Jr. was born on 8 July 1981 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Something in the Dirt (2022), The Endless (2017) and She Dies Tomorrow (2020).- Thomas Roberts was born on 5 October 1972 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Iron Man 3 (2013), The Avengers (2012) and Thunder Force (2021). He has been married to Patrick D. Abner since 29 September 2012.
- Sunny Griffin was born on 17 November 1940 in Towson, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for John and Mary (1969), Flipping Out (2007) and Dinah! (1974).
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Todd J. Labarowski is a feature film producer, CEO/Founder of Dreambridge Films, and a member of the Director's Guild of America. Focusing primarily on innovative storytelling with premiere talent, Labarowski's films have received numerous awards around the globe premiering at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Venice, LA Film Festival, Tribeca, South By Southwest, BAFTA, the Gotham Awards, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Academy Awards. Labarowski was born October 13, 1969. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, received a college degree from the University of Georgia, and after years of extensive traveling he settled in North Carolina. It was in Wilmington, NC that he landed his first job in the film business as an actor and began working on the many feature films, movies-of-the- week, and television productions filming in the region. In 1992, he became a set production assistant and over the next decade he worked on film sets, became an Assistant Director, and was admitted into the Director's Guild of America. After spending many years in film production management, he then transitioned over to producer in 2005. After producing numerous television shows and independent feature films, he started the production company Dreambridge Films in 2008. In 2009 he produced 'The Kids Are All Right', an acclaimed film that was the 2010 Sundance darling directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson, which garnered 4 Academy Award nominations, 2 Golden Globe wins, as well as 4 BAFTA, and 5 Independent Spirit Award nominations. Focus Features/Universal purchased the film after a heated bidding war that resulted in the largest sale of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film was the highest grossing per screen opening of 2010 and grossed $30M worldwide. Other releases include the 2012 critically acclaimed, Golden Globe, Gotham, and Independent Spirit Award nominated film 'Bernie' (Millennium Entertainment, 2011 LA Film Festival and 2012 SXSW) directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, and Shirley MacLaine; 'Prince Avalanche' (Magnolia Pictures, Sundance 2013 and Berlin 2013 Silver Bear Award Winner) directed by David Gordon Green starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. David Gordon Green's 'Joe' starring Nicolas Cage, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, released by Lionsgate; 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby', directed by Ned Benson starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, William Hurt, Viola Davis, and Bill Hader which premiered in Toronto 2013, Cannes 2014, and released by The Weinstein Company in 2014; and 'Manglehorn', a David Gordon Green drama starring Al Pacino and Holly Hunter which premiers in 2014.- Actor
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Art grew up in Pasadena, Maryland, and began to exhibit an interest in storytelling at an early age. From writing short stories and drawing comics in school, to programming story-driven games in QBasic, he was always fascinated with stories and entertaining people. As Art entered middle school, he took the family VHS camera and began making stop-motion films with his toys and short films with his neighborhood friends playing the roles.
It was not until he was cast in a high school production of "It's a Wonderful Life" that he discovered his love of theatre. After that show, Art went on to appear in nearly every production at Chesapeake High until his graduation. At the University of Maryland, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance and appeared in numerous Theatre Department productions including "The Crucible", "SubUrbia", "Our Town", "Scapin", and "Standing on My Knees".
During the summer of 2002 while on break from college, the 20-year-old Art co-wrote/produced/starred and directed the independent feature-length comedy The Money Shot (2005), which has come to be seen as a film that is so-bad-it's-good. It's available on Amazon Prime Video if you want to see for yourself.
After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the industry, Art continued to study performance at the Howard Fine Studio, and later completed the 2-year Meisner program with Neighborhood Playhouse veteran William Alderson. He also expanded his stage credits performing in productions with West Coast Ensemble, the Newport Theatre Arts Center, The Gallery Theatre in Anaheim, the LA One-Minute Play Festival, and the Open Fist Theatre Company.
As Art began to make a life for himself in Los Angeles, he took a strong interest in editing and audio. He co-created and hosted the podcast "That Was Disappointing..." and later began a second podcast, "Subversive Cinema", a show about off-the-beaten-path movies. He works for Disney Television Animation as a dialogue editor and when not working he spends time with his wife Ashley chasing their toddler son and two rescue dogs.- Timothy Stultz was born on 30 July 1988 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Max Magician and the Legend of the Rings (2002) and Swarm of the Snakehead (2006).
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Ryan Konig is an Executive Assistant and Independent Filmmaker originally from Baltimore, Maryland. As an Assistant, he has worked directly under A-list Actors, Directors, and Producers on big-budget feature films and television shows. When he's not shadowing industry professionals, he is pursuing his indie film career, most recently directing the sci-fi short film A.L.E.C. Ryan briefly worked in the Baltimore-DC area after graduating from Towson University in 2018, but he has spent most of his career based out of Atlanta, Georgia. He has been married to Hannah Hildebrandt since 2024.- Producer
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Molly McKinney was born in Towson, Maryland. Though she appeared in her first commercial at age 3, Molly kept a television career low on her list of priorities and spent the majority of her childhood waste-deep in creeks catching frogs and snakes.
At age 10, she decided to try her luck in the television business again and auditioned for a new children's show called "Aqua Kids". To her surprise, she was cast in the program and was flown to the Bahamas to film the pilot episode which entailed her swimming cageless with wild sharks. For the next 13 years, Molly worked off and on filming the television series throughout high school and college.
By the age of 21, Molly was co-producing and serving as the on-camera host of the two-time Emmy award winning show. In May of 2008, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Television and Digital Film Production from Fredonia University, State University of New York. That year she also received the Golden Key International Honor Societies Leadership award for her environmental work.
McKinney then moved to New York City in September of 2010 to take a break and step behind the camera full-time by helping to run the production side of a Broadcast Public Relations Firm. After a year, Molly was itching to get back in-front the camera and to be around nature again. She now happily resides in Charlotte, North Carolina where she works and travels as a free-lance producer, entertainment/television host, model, lecturer, and of course, scuba dives whenever she gets the chance.- Through a combination of plain-spoken evangelism and shrewd commercialization, Bill Kirkner has made a career of bringing new technologies to the marketplace. After graduation from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992, Mr. Kirkner worked as a consultant for the US Department of Energy's civilian technology transfer program through Walcoff, a Washington, DC-area high-tech firm. During his tenure at the DOE, Mr. Kirkner facilitated the negotiation of technology transfer agreements that helped US companies turn government sponsored technology into consumer products in the areas of high speed/high performance computing, communications software, biotechnology, automated testing, and advanced materials. During this period, Mr. Kirkner developed the AMTEX Master CRADA, a multi-billion dollar five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement involving DOE, The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), the Department of Commerce, the multi-program laboratories of the DOE and their contracted operators, and five trade associations representing the American Textile Industry.
In 1993, Mr. Kirkner recommended that the Kennedy Center forgo their plans of creating a proprietary dial-up bulletin board system for arts educators in favor of moving the information to the new and then little-known multi-media, open-standards based graphical interface for the Internet being proposed by CERN and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Before long, the ARTSEDGE Website became a standard for showing how government agencies could more effectively use the Internet and the Web to communicate with constituents. Mr. Kirkner thereafter designed and implemented websites for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the DOE.
In 1994, Mr. Kirkner created a practice group within Walcoff focused on the emerging Internet and Online Services area, and soon became its Technical and Creative Director. In two years, this practice grew to an estimated $2M yearly revenue, with a client list including Marriott International, Sprint International (and later Global One with Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom), Booz Allen Hamilton, Communications Workers of America, Micrografx, the International City/County Management Association and InterAction. Mr. Kirkner created a portal site called WebWise during this period, and oversaw the development of an online commerce application called "Country Store" based on Netscape's secure server. A tireless advocate of the Web, Mr. Kirkner began writing for QUE, and contributed to 10 books over the next two years, including the QUE Special Edition publications Using the Internet, Using Netscape 2, Using CompuServe, and Using Visual InterDev, which became top sellers for QUE. Running a Perfect Website became QUE's all-time best selling book; and Netscape bundled its sequel, Running A Perfect Netscape Server, with their FastTrack server software. Mr. Kirkner found a warm reception in Nashville for his plans to create entertainment websites aimed at home users. After a series of hugely successful online chats during the 1996 Country Radio Seminar, Mr. Kirkner's client list grew to include Vince Gill, Reba McEntire (and her management company Starstruck), and the Country Music Association.
In 1996, Mr. Kirkner left Walcoff and joined MCI as the Product Architect of their then newly launched consumer dial-up Internet service. Under his leadership, the messaging systems (email, USENET) were completely overhauled, Personal Web Page service was launched, and MCI became the first national ISP to offer ubiquitous 56K coverage. MCI's dialup network performance was rated among the best for national ISPs in the Spring of 1998 by Boardwatch magazine and Inverse Network Technologies. Mr. Kirkner played a critical role in both the buildup of MCI's systems to support the launch of Yahoo! Online and in the divestiture of MCI's consumer dial-up Internet assets to Cable & Wireless during the merger of MCI and Worldcom. Since the merger, he has worked on the development of platforms for a new MCI Worldcom dialup Internet service.
Since 1999, Mr. Kirkner has server as the Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Prodigy Communications, one of the nation's largest Internet Service Providers. During his tenure, Prodigy experienced a tremendous amount of transition, beginning with an IPO in 1999, and including the wholesale acquisition of internet customer bases from Cable and Wireless and WebAmerica, as well as the outright acquisition of two other companies, BizOnThe.Net, a web hosting company, and Flashnet, a regional ISP. Under Mr. Kirkner's leadership, Prodigy's technology organization had a number of significant accomplishments, including three major software releases and three major portal redesigns. Teams under Mr. Kirkner's supervision also created the first multi- platform internet Instant Messaging system as well as the first end-to-end bilingual English/Spanish consumer Internet experience in the U.S. In 2001, Prodigy was itself acquired by SBC (Southwestern Bell Corporation), and after the transition of Prodigy to its new ownership, Mr. Kirkner left to become President of Independent Artists, a production company specializing in independent films and documentaries. - Actress
Jane Biddix Smith was born on 12 October 1968 in Towson, Maryland, USA. She is an actress.- Chidumebi Njoku-Browne was born on 22 April 1991 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Of Sense and Soul and Agonal Dreams Podcast (2021).
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Kara Lipski was born on 7 August 1975 in Towson, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Life 101 (1995).- Jack Loizeaux was born on 1 May 1915 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He was married to Betty Burman and Freddie Hill. He died on 28 November 2000 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Robert Zorella was born on 28 September 1976 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is known for Cloverfield (2008), The Adam Project (2022) and Remember Me (2010).- Animation Department
Ted Newtonborough was born on 18 April 1988 in Towson, Maryland, USA. Ted is known for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Counterfeit Cat (2016) and Toys in the Attic (2009).- Actor
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Zachary Hamilton was born on 29 August 1985 in Towson, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and Clouded Billy Cuff (2008).- Kimmie Meissner was born on 4 October 1989 in Towson, Maryland, USA. She has been married to Josh Heyne since 24 August 2019. They have one child.