Langley McArol

Biography

Date of Birth 19 January 1976, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Birth Name Michael Shawn Langley Nickname Langley Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Biography Raised most of his life in South Eastern Ohio by his mother, Artist & Poet, Carol Sue Langley (deceased). After graduating high school, Langley attended Ohio University for one year to study Social Sciences. He then transferred to a smaller University with a new & budding Performing Arts Program. 1995-1997, Langley studied the Arts, emphasizing on Theatre and Music (Voice & Theory). One of his many talented professors was Shirly Crothers, Vocal Director and original voice coach for world renown Opera Singer, Kathleen Battle. 1998, Langley received a National Scholarship Award to the American Musical & Dramatic Academy of NYC (AMDA). However, anxious to put his education to the test, he decided to gain some basic experience in front of, as well as behind, the camera. Langley chose to relocate to North Carolina, home of Screen Gem Studios (Dawson's Creek, Surface, Fire Starter). There, he would soon find his first SAG paycheck on the short lived TV series, Going To California, directed by DJ Caruso (The Shield, Eagle Eye). Since 1999, Langley has earned over a dozen Film/TV credits, several Theatrical performances, and Animation Voice overs, including work for the Cartoon Network. October 2007 - Nominated for Best Actor, for "Love Letter" - Final Cut Film Festival 2008 - Langley played a recovering drug addict, opposite Barbara Allyn Woods, on an episode of One Tree Hill. 2009 - Guest Star role in a TV pilot titled, Rag & Bone, by writer/Director, Richard Leder. 2009 - As a writer, Langley is the creator of a new series, One of the Girls, placing as a Quarter Finalist at Scriptapalooza in Hollywood. Langley continues pitching this, and other projects, to interested investors, and network producers.