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Civil War lecture at GCC: Man who played Lincoln's valet in big Hollywood movie talks about acting

By Billie Owens
Event Date and Time
2013-03-13T19:00:00 - 2013-03-13T20:00:00

Civil War lecture at GCC's Batavia Campus Rom T102, free and open to the public. Takes place at 7 p.m.

On March 13 -- Stephen McKinley Henderson will speak about "Story-Line Acting" and his experiences as an actor in both film and on stage. The audience will be particularly interested in his role as Abraham Lincoln's personal valet in the film "Lincoln," which was recently nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor.

Henderson is a professor of theater and dance at the University of Buffalo. He was nominated for the Tony Award in 2010 for his work on the Broadway production of "Fences" with Denzel Washington, and he has appeared in Steven Spielberg's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." He also appeared in the comedy "Tower Heist" and the HBO series "The Newsroom."

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