Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher was born on August 3, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in Cleveland's foster care system and was emancipated from care at age 17 in the world alone and living on the tough streets of Cleveland, at age 18 Antwone joined the United States Navy where he traveled the world and was awarded many medals and ribbons including two good conduct medals. Antwone served honorably for 11 years and was discharged from service in 1989 at the rank of E5. A veteran United States Navy Sailor, Antwone was appointed to the honorary rank of Chief Petty Officer by the Master Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy on October 5, 2009. He served three years as a Federal Correctional Officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons before taking a position as a security officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1992. The following year Antwone wrote and sold his autobiographical script titled "Antwone Fisher" to 20th Century Fox and it was made into a film by Fox Searchlight films in 2003. Ant