EXPERT ON:
◉ Overcoming Adversity
◉ Inspirational Life Story
◉ Motivation & Mindset
EXPERIENCE:
◉ Veteran actor and voice-over artist with performances spanning stage, radio, and television, including recurring appearances on WGN Morning News and a featured role in the film Lacey’s Christmas Do-Over, supported by formal theatrical and improvisational training from Northern Illinois University, Second City, and iO Theater.
◉ Creative entrepreneur and storyteller who co-founded a historical one-man–show company with his wife, bringing powerful figures from history to life through engaging, educational performances delivered to audiences of all ages.
◉ Published co-author and resilience-driven communicator who has written two books on overcoming adversity and cultural storytelling, using his own journey—including the loss of an eye and the re-definition of his career—to inspire audiences with humor, authenticity, and hope.
Growing up on the south-side of Chicago in a family of seven children raised by a widowed Mother, Terry learned at an early age that success is defined in many different ways.
After leaving college to pursue his professional acting career he discovered there are many ups and downs along the way, not just in acting but in life as well.
He tragically lost an eye and had to re-evaluate his goals. Along the way he found his true love and married her. Together they not only raised two brilliantly creative children but started a company together that presents one-man historical portrayals.
If that wasn’t enough, he and his wife wrote two books together, Mistakes Happen: An Historical Guide to Overcoming Adversity, and Nicholas comes to America, the Story of Santa Claus. Through it all he has continued to act on Stage, Radio and Television as not only an actor but a voice over artist as well.
Terry regularly appears on the WGN Morning News Show and most recently can be seen in the feature film Lacey’s Christmas Do-Over as Hank McGuire owner of the Pine Hill B&B. Terry continues to use his years of Theatrical and Improvisational training from Northern Illinois University, Second City Training Center, and iO Theater to create unique presentations that are humorous, informative, and inspirational.
