IronE Singleton Biography

Fast Facts

• Lost his mother to HIV/AIDS while he was still in high school
• Wrote a play in high school based on Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech for a city-wide contest in Atlanta; earned second-place honors
• Attended college on academic and athletic scholarships
• Played defensive back and later running back on the University of Georgia football team
• Prior to breaking into film and television, wrote and performed a one-man stage show, IronE
• Resurrected
• Performed as Homer the Brave, the mascot for the Atlanta Braves baseball team, from 1997 to 2006
• Also briefly worked as Thrash, the mascot for the Atlanta Thrashers ice-hockey team
• Changed his name to IronE in 2000, to use as an icebreaker while trying to launch his showbiz career