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- Wilson Cleveland was born on July 4, 1974 in Binghamton, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for creating and starring in the Hulu series "Leap Year." He has appeared in television shows and films, including the Lifetime anthology series "Suite 7," Felicia Day's hit web series "The Guild" and the long-running horror anthology BlackBoxTV, for which he earned a Streamy Award nomination for Best Actor. Behind the camera Cleveland develops independent, studio and brand projects through his production company Unboxd Media, which produced the award-winning films "SPiN" and "Kept Man," the Vox documentary series "Courageous Leaders" and the television pilot, "Intricate Vengeance" for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's New Form digital studio.- IMDb Mini Biography By: unboxd
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Comedic timing
- Creates and plays strong gay characters
- He grew up in Darien, Connecticut acting in local and school productions with classmates Chloe Sevigny and Topher Grace.
- He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelors degree in Film from B.U.'s esteemed College of Communication.
- Wilson Cleveland is related to former U.S. President, Grover Cleveland.
- His experiences working on Wall Street after college inspired him to write the script for SPiN (2015).
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