An American actor, author, and mountaineer, born October 27, 1975 in Marion, Ohio. He participated with his true personality in many movies, starting in Menschen (2003). He presented the autobiographical book "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", which was later turned into the movie 127 Hours, where it dealt with his story, which he experienced in 2003 when he had to amputate his arm to get rid of a difficult situation he suffered while climbing the mountains in Utah.