{"id":364,"date":"2023-05-11T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2024-03-18T19:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T23:48:19","slug":"adetokumboh-mcormack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/adetokumboh-mcormack\/","title":{"rendered":"Adetokumboh M&#8217;Cormack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ll54s-6c02cadc4793dc4fb7813810e88d7fb7\">\n.avia-section.av-ll54s-6c02cadc4793dc4fb7813810e88d7fb7 .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nfC7O_ng.jpeg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-ll54s-6c02cadc4793dc4fb7813810e88d7fb7 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-ll54s-6c02cadc4793dc4fb7813810e88d7fb7 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  title-row av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax av-section-color-overlay-active av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color avia-full-stretch'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-364'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-djn2c-606951f8dabb888cdcb496f3a93026a9 sc-av_one_full av-equal-height-column-flextable'><div  class='flex_column av-djn2c-606951f8dabb888cdcb496f3a93026a9 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-bottom  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lgft4wjh-eaedd4c852a2f18709ffa0c85f297f00\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lgft4wjh-eaedd4c852a2f18709ffa0c85f297f00{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lgft4wjh-eaedd4c852a2f18709ffa0c85f297f00 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lgft4wjh-eaedd4c852a2f18709ffa0c85f297f00 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lgft4wjh-eaedd4c852a2f18709ffa0c85f297f00 av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Adetokumboh M\u2019Cormack <\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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He is a graduate of the prestigious Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film at SUNY Purchase College where he studied Acting. His acting credits include leading roles in movies like Columbia Pictures\u2019 Blockbuster Battle Los Angeles, Blood Diamond alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, and Captain America: Winter Soldier. He has also starred in hit TV shows such as Lost, (where he played Father Yemi) Heroes, 24 and NCIS. He currently voices the character \u2018Isaac\u2019 on the Netflix animated tv series Castlevania and can also be seen on the new season of The OA.<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to tell more stories about people underrepresented in main stream media, M&#8217;Cormack also writes, produces and directs. He wrote and directed the award winning short film \u2018IRISH GOODBYE\u2019 about a young gay Syrian man who flees to America to escape persecution. In addition to winning best short film at various film festivals, the film is a 2019 finalist at the American Pavillion Emerging Filmmaker showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed OCTOBER 96, a music video by Koby D which won Best Music Video at the 2018 Columbus Black International Film Festival and scored a nomination for Best Music Video at the Motion Picture International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Ade will be signing autographs, taking selfies and sitting for interviews and talks during the Blerdcon weekend at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington Va<\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,1],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-scaled.jpg",2048,2560,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-scaled.jpg",2048,2560,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-scaled.jpg",2048,2560,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"medium":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-240x300.jpg",240,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-824x1030.jpg",824,1030,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-1229x1536.jpg",1229,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-1638x2048.jpg",1638,2048,true],"widget":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-36x36.jpg",36,36,true],"square":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-180x180.jpg",180,180,true],"featured":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-1500x430.jpg",1500,430,true],"featured_large":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-1500x630.jpg",1500,630,true],"extra_large":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-1200x1500.jpg",1200,1500,true],"portfolio":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-495x400.jpg",495,400,true],"portfolio_small":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-260x185.jpg",260,185,true],"gallery":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-845x684.jpg",845,684,true],"magazine":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-710x375.jpg",710,375,true],"masonry":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-564x705.jpg",564,705,true],"entry_with_sidebar":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-845x321.jpg",845,321,true],"entry_without_sidebar":["https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Adetokumboh_MCormack-1210x423.jpg",1210,423,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Stephencartwright","author_link":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/author\/stephencartwright\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/category\/archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Archive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/category\/guests\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerdcon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}