125: Chris Akers, You May Have Seen Him In Troy Polamalu's Featured Commercial. Chris Is A Former Professional Basketball Player - Currently Taking The Film Industry By Storm - a podcast by Featuring Paul DePodesta, Jon Ogden, Nancy Lieberman, Rick Barry, George Wi

Chris Akers grew up in Washington, DC as two-sport high school athlete in both track and basketball. He then headed north to attend Amherst College to pursue both sports, but ended up staying with basketball.

After college, Chris played professionally for the now-defunct National Rookie League, and then on a pro team in Dublin, Ireland. After a successful basketball career, Chris began working as an advertising executive and has also been an actor for commercials, Television and Film, and then worked for a successful film production company in LA. Chris lives with his new bride, Angela in Santa Monica, CA. and works mostly from home (and on set) as a commercial and film director building up his portfolio.

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