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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Michael Emerson
(born September 7, 1954) is an American actor best known for his role as
Benjamin Linus on Lost. Emerson was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and grew
up in the nearby town of Toledo, Iowa. He attended South Tama County
High School. After graduating in 1976 from Drake University in Des
Moines, Iowa, where he studied theater and art, he moved to New York
City. Unable to find acting work, he took retail jobs and worked as a
freelance illustrator. In 1986, he moved with his first wife to
Jacksonville, Florida. There, from 1986 to 1993, he appeared in local
productions at Theater Jacksonville and The Players by the Sea, and
worked as a director and teacher at Flagler College.
