Chuck Lamb is a programmer

Programmer

A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...

 from Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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 also known as the Dead Body Guy. He has gained fame playing dead people in film and television.

Career

With the claim of "I can lay around with the best of them," Lamb decided to fulfill his dreams of being on TV or in a movie by taking pictures of himself as a dead body having been "killed" through various comedic methods. Anne Howard, publicist at RushPRNews.com wrote the initial press article that got him noticed by the media and worked as his publicist, obtaining coverage for Lamb around the globe. His website was noticed by Mike Harden of The Columbus Dispatch, and his was the first among multiple global press coverage. The following week he was on the front page of the National section of The New York Times. He has been called a global phenomenon by the Associated Press. One ironic aspect of Mr. Lamb's "dead body" fame is that he works for an insurance company. His hometown magazine, Columbus Monthly named him "Best Dead Guy" in the "Best Of Columbus" issue. A collectible set of trading cards were also issued and sold out quickly.

Lamb has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CBS's Early Show, MSNBC's Rita Cosby Show, and CNN's Paula Zahn Now and ShowBiz Tonight. His story has been featured on radio stations, many online news websites and major newspapers in the United States (including the New York Times), and has been featured in international newspapers and magazines, including Italy's La Repubblica

La Repubblica

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, The National Examiner, Penthouse, Maxum, GQ and Shock. Lamb he has been featured on over 200 TV stations and over 400 radio stations worldwide.

Honors

• L.A. Indie Award for promotion.
• Lamb was honored by Jeopardy as a trivia "answer" in June 2007 under the category Strange Occupations.
• Lamb was honored on July 5 by About.com as the Funny Site of the Day and he was featured on Pro Sieben

Filmography

• 2007: Krampus
• 2007: Book of the Dead
• 2007: Stiffs
• 2008: Winning home Poker
• 2009: Thankskilling
• 2009: Horrorween
  Horrorween
  Horrorween is a 2010 horror comedy film directed by Joe Estevez and written by Mike Muscat, Judd Rubin, Jason Sanchez and Ed Meyer. It stars Lloyd Kaufman, Kathy Garver and Tom Savini.-Plot:A group of people hunt Zombies...
  
  
• 2008: Kentucky Horror Show

Personal life

Lamb is an avid poker player as is his wife Tonya. Tonya is also Lamb's photographer when he does his dead scenes.

External links

• DeadBodyGuy.com