Sebastian Siegel

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name = Sebastian Siegel


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birthdate = March 6, 1974
birthplace = Oxford, England

Sebastian Siegel (born March 6, 1974) is a British-American film and television actor.

Biography

Siegel was born in Oxford, England. His father, Lee Siegel, is professor of comparative and Indian Religions and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his novel, "Love in a Dead Language". His grandfather, Leonard Thompson, was a lifelong opponent of apartheid, whose works on South Africa received praise from activists, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Siegel has played roles in television shows such as: "CSI Miami", "How I Met Your Mother", "Family Guy", "Baywatch Hawaii", "Rescue 77", "The Amanda Show", "Roswell", and in films: "Larceny", "Reign of Fire", "Atheist", the sequel to "Color of the Cross", and "The Family That Preys". He has appeared several times as himself on "Soap Talk".

Siegel is widely recognized for having appeared on nearly one hundred magazine covers and billboards, including "Men's Fitness", "Iron Man", and billboards in Los Angeles and Times Square. He has worked with photographers David La Chapelle and Steven Meisel.

Siegel played the front man and sang the lyrics for Diageo's Green Tea Partay parody hit music video, directed by Marc Klasfeld, which set the all-time record of most views in a single day on You Tube.

Siegel has served as a consultant for the US DHHS and published in the Medical Journal Consultant. He has produced two commercials and directed a documentary feature film. Siegel is an active supporter of The Smile Train founded by Charles Wang, and Best Buddies International, founded by Anthony Shriver. He is a reader for the Screen Actor's Guild's children's reading programs, Storyline and Bookpals.

Siegel is an autodidact, and student in the works of Ken Wilber, Alan Watts, Martin Luther King Jr., Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and mythologist Joseph Campbell. As a boy in 1983, Siegel met Campbell on Oahu, Hawaii.

External links

* [http://www.SebastianSiegel.com Official Website]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqgRoveWlI&feature=related You Tube]
* [http://www.celebritysociety.com/celebritysociety/FITNESS.html Celebrity Society "Interview with Sebastian Siegel"]
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