User:Worldwithoutmg/Micah Gideon

Micah Gideon (born November 25, 1986) is an American actor and former model who is best known for his Oscar nominated role in the 2010 film The Flats of Angola as well as his roles in Boys of the Bay, Finding Georgia, and the television series Faux.

It is known that Gideon prefers to be in the public eye and he makes a point of allowing his fans some sort of access to him, whether it be on the web or through celebrity gossip sources.

Early Life
Gideon was born in Foxfire, North Carolina as Micaleb Gidden Jr. to father Micaleb Gidden Sr., an electrical engineer for Duke Power, and mother Helena Fields Gidden. He graduated from Pinecrest High School, where he states his theater career began, in 2005 and attended the Yale School of Drama, until dropping out.

Career
After dropping out of the Yale School of Drama, Gideon moved to New York, NY to pursue a modelling career, but then decided that "it wasn't the right move for [him]." Gideon then got a part in a soup commercial in 2007 for Monty's Finest Soup, a "gourmet" soup that has since become exceedingly popular. 2007 also saw Gideon in a recurring role on the television sitcom Faux as Burton Steiner, the brother of the main character, Shane Steiner. Gideon also made appearances in other less well known programs and he makes it known that he prefers appearances on more obscure television shows as it "feels less like work and more like hiding Easter eggs for [his] fans."

In 2008, Gideon portrayed one of four young men trying to make a life for themselves in the streets of the Chicago Bay area in the film Boys of the Bay. Gideon played the lead role of Marcus Cambridge in 2009 for the romantic comedy Finding Georgia. The role was an extreme change from the gritty style of 2008's Boys of the Bay, but was a huge hit at the box office for it's Valentine's weekend release, making $56,260,708 in its opening weekend. The box office prowess of Finding Georgia was surpassed in 2010 by The Flats of Angola, which Gideon has received an Academy Award nomination for best actor. According to Gideon, filming The Flats of Angola was one of the most grueling, albeit most rewarding, experiences of his life.