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Biography
Sheldon "Shel" Bailey grew up in an army family between Germany, Texas, and North Carolina. He played professional basketball in China, Taiwan, and Ecuador. He got his start in the acting business by doing basketball commercials and body doubling for some of the game's biggest stars like Lebron James, Shaquille O'Neal, and Dwight Howard. With a long stretch of commercial bookings Bailey finally broke out of sports mode landing a recurring role on "Shameless". He followed up with guest star roles on "Hand of God", "The Mindy Peoject", "NCIS", a series regular on "Game Shakers", and more. In middle school Bailey discovered theater and drama class. He balanced his creative and athletic aspirations throughout high school perfecting his craft anywhere he could, from school to church, eventually graduating with Thespian Honors. The multifaceted 6'6" Thespian attended Winthrop University on a college basketball scholarship. He transferred to Florida International University after his sophomor
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