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Cory McFarlane 
Cory McFarlaneBorn Cory Clint McFarlane
April 17, 1983
Brooklyn, New York,
United StatesOccupation Actor, Producer, Project Manager Years active 2006-present Spouse Single Cory McFarlane (born April 17, 1983) is an American actor [1] and American businessman. He is also the founder of Cory McFarlane, Inc, a luxury custom homebuilding company.[2] In his acting career he is quickly earning a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Underground President, Warrior Blood and The Gambler. He also is currently the Chief Visionary for Pinnacle/CSG a high tech construction company.
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Early life
Cory McFarlane was born in Brooklyn, New York raised by his mother who came to the states from Kingston, Jamaica. As a child who grew up with his mother and grandmother in Brooklyn before Moving to Miami, Florida. Cory found joy in acting, starring in many school plays before putting his acting career on hold after being kicked out of a drama magnet school. After graduating high school at North Miami Senior High School at age 19 McFarlane taught himself how to build and configure computer systems and opened his first business Unlimited Enterprise[3] to build and service computers. After leaving the computer industry after the internet collapse McFarlane attended college at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Business Administration. During his Junior year he found Aspirant Development,[4] a full service luxury home building company.
Luxury homebuilding career
Cory McFarlane Homes (formally Aspirant Homes) was founded in 2003 in Tallahassee, Florida.[5] McFarlane developed a solid reputation for creating elegant, superbly-crafted custom single-family and estate residences. Since that time, the company has expanded and is planning to open new divisions Panama City, Florida and Destin, Florida. He was elected to serve as the 2009 Treasurer of the Tallahassee Builders Association [6] and serves as on the National Association of Home Builders Board of Directors. In 2007, McFarlane was named the “Economic Development Champion of the Year” by the City of Tallahassee Minority Enterprise Development committee.[7] In November 2008 McFarlane was awarded the first ever Sage Software award for Best Use of Multiple Technology for his home building operation.[8] As of February 2010 Cory retired from the homebuilding business to focus strictly on his acting career.
Acting career
McFarlane scored his first leading role in the urban drama Underground President [9] playing the role of Sluggs. The film won the audience choice award at the 2007 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival and was shown at the Palm Beach film festival.[10] He was also tapped to play the role of Lump in the upcoming mixed-martial arts movie Warrior Blood.
Filmography
Year Title Role Other notes 2008 Underground President Sluggs Direct-to-DVD 2009 Warrior Blood Lump Release 2011 2011 The Gambler Dan Crane in post production Release early 2012 2011 The Straight jacket Johnny Maddox in production Release 2012 References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3103407/
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS253264+18-Nov-2008+MW20081118
- ^ http://www.graveline.com/nav99/060699.html
- ^ http://www.portfolio.com/resources/company-profiles/Aspirant-Homes-812743
- ^ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6601462_ITM
- ^ http://tallahassee.com/article/20081214/NEWS01/812140331/-1/ARCHIVE
- ^ http://www.floridasbdc.org/News/eSBDC/eSBDC-winter-2008/2007-MED-Week-Articl.htm
- ^ http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/11/18/3797207.htm
- ^ http://maverickentertainment.cc/filmdetail.php?ProductID=695
- ^ http://www.pbifilmfest.org/press/mar_26_2007/
External links
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- American actors
- American construction businesspeople
- People from Brooklyn
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