Zephaniah Terry

Zephaniah Micah Terry was born to Marsha and Jack Terry in Lawton, Oklahoma on April 19th, 1995. Ever since birth he has always overcome a tremendous amount of obstacles. Being born with brain damage on the day of the Oklahoma City bombing in Oklahoma was just the beginning of his journey. Around the age of 3 years old, he and his family moved to Marietta, Ga. At the young age of 4 years old, his mother Marsha Terry had him involved in modeling and small commercial acting, due to his vibrant personality and hearty warming smile, but was afraid of not being able to get a chance at a healthy child's life pulled him out after a year. Throughout childhood Zephaniah spent a lot of time always day dreaming and creating scenes inside and outside, he was also active in whatever he could get his hands on. He excelled in playing the full drum set, boxing throughout his youth, and even making his high school swim team at Sprayberry High school and going all the way to placing amazing times in regional competition, which lead to making the national swim club team at Valdosta State and being the only African American to swim in the National club championships in 2014. After growing up with a single mother and going through life lessons and situations that would break most people, he decided to use his connection with his and other emotions and return to acting and modeling. In 2016 he competed in the national Barbrizon Acting and modeling search competition at he Hyatt In downtown Atlanta, Ga. He became the first African American male to win the adult division in competition history with his commanding runway presence and creative wittiness during his commercial and scene delivery. Terry is doing well building his resume in the short amount of time he'd dedicated to the craft, guest staring in a few TV shows, leading in numerous short films, Indy films, show pilots and performing and directing small theatrical plays. With his heartwarming connection he has with everybody he comes in contact with, along with his never ending drive to learn and succeed even if the odds are ramming against him, the reason as to why he has been coined the nickname "Young Bull", there is no doubt we will see him doing big things soon. Zephaniah was raised in Marietta and Atlanta, Georgia by his mother Marsha Terry, he is a single child to her, but has two brothers on his father's side. He continues to inspire his peers, city of Atlanta, and anybody that has the will to become better everyday with is positivity and determination.