Michael Yebba is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. Born in St. Johns, Michigan

St. Johns, Michigan

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,485 people, 2,994 households, and 1,999 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,909.1 per square mile . There were 3,148 housing units at an average density of 802.9 per square mile...

, he was raised in South Boston, MA, from the age of 6 months.

Background

Yebba landed a job on the Boston Fire Department as a firefighter in 1998, where he would serve for almost 5 years. An off the job injury introduced Yebba to pain medication and soon he was battling a severe addiction to the narcotic Oxycontin. In summer 2001, the by now former firefighter's involvement in crime to support his drug habit spanned video store robbery, counterfeiting, and included a spree of armed robbery holding up a series of pharmacies in the Greater Boston

Greater Boston

Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston. Due to ambiguity in usage, the size of the area referred to can be anywhere between that of the metropolitan statistical area of Boston and that of the city's combined statistical area which includes...

 area.

In May, 2002, Yebba's crime spree came to an abrupt end with his arrest on 9 separate warrants. Facing multiple years in prison, Yebba finally managed to get clean of his addiction. Yebba has maintained his sobriety and his life as a drug addicted criminal is behind him.

Later career

While in the aftermath of his arrest, Yebba began penning an autobiographical work entitled "Fallen Hero". Determined to turn his life around and keen at the possibility of telling his story and helping another avoid his situation, Yebba turned his unfinished autobiography into a screenplay named The Fallen.

Since then Yebba has had acting roles in several films and television series', including the Brian Goodman

Brian Goodman

Brian Goodman is an American film and television director, writer, and actor.-Brief background:At 12, Goodman quit school and started living on the streets. He sold drugs, married young, and served time in prison for his criminal activity. It was not until he saw Brian's Song that Goodman made a...

-directed What Doesn't Kill You alongside actors Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role...

 and Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He starred in films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac, Shutter Island, Just Like Heaven, You Can Count on Me and The Kids Are All Right for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best...

, and The Town

The Town (2010 film)

The Town is a 2010 crime film starring, co-written, and directed by Ben Affleck adapted from Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. The film opened in theaters in the United States on September 17, 2010 at number one with more than $23 million and positive reviews...

directed by Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

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 and starring John Hamm, Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Lee Renner is a two-time Academy-Award-nominated American actor and musician. Renner appeared in films throughout the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles. He came to prominence in films such as Dahmer , S.W.A.T. , Neo Ned , 28 Weeks Later and The Hurt Locker...

 and Blake Lively

Blake Lively

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. Yebba continues his writing and has since penned several feature films such as horror–slasher

Slasher film

A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...

 The Hamilton House, Angel's Guardian and Rush Back. He also has 2 television projects in development, Affair of Honor and Knocked.

Michael Yebba made his Directorial debut with the Award winning short film Bad Blood (2011)

Bad Blood (2011)

Bad Blood is an American Short film Written and Directed Michael Yebba. Starring Slaine as Billy Brand, Michael Yebba as Noel Brand, and Evalena Marie as Jill Brand...

 and the recently completed Ordinary Man (2011) starring Ethan Embry

Ethan Embry

Ethan Philan Randall , although he is known and usually credited as Ethan Embry, is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Declan Giggs on the Showtime television series Brotherhood.-Personal life:...

, Brian Scannell and Ramiro Torres

Ramiro Torres

Ramiro Torres is a Boston, Massachusetts area radio personality also known as "The Freakin' Puerto Rican".Born in Everett, Massachusetts, to Luz Maria and Ramiro Torres Sr., Ramiro started at Clear Channel Communications as an intern while attending the New England Institute of Art in 1994...

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