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Todd Ronald Giebenhain (born November 27, 1974) is an American actor. Todd Giebenhain grew up in Newberg, Oregon. He graduated in 1992 from Newberg High School, where he played Charlie in Flowers For Algernon and attended Western Oregon State College where he took part in the 1993 production of The Sound of Music playing the part of Franz the Butler, and later he played Paul in Barefoot in the Park and Drew in Eastern Standard among other performances. Having attended a solid theater training course, he went down to Los Angeles, California, looking to start his career in 1997 and soon after he landed a series regular role in Maggie. His other TV credits include another recurring role in Malcolm in the Middle and Raising Hope, as well as guest spots in shows such as Providence, Dharma & Greg, Jericho, The 4400, Dexter, CSI, Weeds, Criminal Minds, and In Plain Sight. On the big screen, he debuted in Galaxy Quest, and went on to play in a variety of films such as: Going Greek, Slackers, The Arsonist and Pulse 2: Afterlife and its sequel Pulse 3, Gigli and a short film, This Guy is Falling, presented in the Sundance Film Festival. He may be a familiar face due to his work in the ad campaign for the Dodge Ram Hemi. Giebenhain's personal projects include his online radio station, Club Digit Radio and Proof of Trauma, a book of photos and poetry he completed early in 2004. He was born with Cystic Fibrosis and was given a trip to Disneyland by the Make-A-Wish Foundation as a child, and developed insulin-dependent diabetes in 2001. On another note, he is a descendant of the Mohawk, Joseph Brandt and Clara Barton, founder of The American Red Cross. The sum of all of that has made him believe strongly in the causes of equality in healthcare and subsequently he works to help represent a position of strength from within chronic illness by going as far as he can in an industry and culture that is bent on competitive physical idealism, because as he said: "Genetically ill people are not your inferiors, we're the original oppressed minority. Let my people go, give us our healthcare."