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Actor, speaker, writer, entrepreneur,\\xa0hospitality industry\\xa0executive... Mike Lyons has led a very interesting and diverse life.

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Mike\\u2019s eclectic background began as a child while living in Paris, France. He appeared in commercials and the film "Paris When It Sizzles" with Tony Curtis, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, and\\xa0also did dubbing for French and\\xa0English movies using his\\xa0bi-lingual ability. \\xa0Upon his return to the U.S. in the mid-Sixties, he performed in the theater\\xa0in a variety of roles while also working on the stage crew of the Valley Forge Music Fair - a professional theater\\xa0located outside Philadelphia, rubbing shoulders with entertainment legends such as Gordon MacRae, Carol Lawrence, and Chita Rivera.

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After\\xa0graduating\\xa0from the University of Notre Dame, he\\xa0went to work in the business world, bypassing the opportunity to pursue a vocation in the entertainment industry. Fifteen years later while working in New York City, he resurrected his dormant acting career and landed a national TV commercial for "Honey Bunches of Oats" cereal. From there he joined SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and began to book commercials, TV roles and other jobs on a regular basis including "All My Children" and an Advil commercial that ran on national television for 4 years. All the while, he kept his "day job" as a well-respected\\xa0expert\\xa0in the travel/meetings\\xa0industry.\\xa0Over the years, he has worked\\xa0in New York city,\\xa0Norwalk, CT, Philadelphia, Columbus, OH, and Minneapolis; and his travels have taken him to 32\\xa0foreign countries, 43\\xa0U.S. states and 76 of the top 100 U.S. cities.

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As an actor, he\\xa0has dozens of\\xa0credits in films, TV shows, commercials and more than 350 live appearances on home shopping network QVC as a product host. His roles have included\\xa0speaking parts in \\u201cThe Sixth Sense\\u201d, \\u201cAll My Children, \\u201cVeep\\u201d, \\u201cWhat Would You Do\\u201d, \\xa0\\u201cArrest & Trial\\u201d,\\xa0and\\xa0"Outsiders", among others. He can\\xa0also be seen\\xa0in the popular Netflix series\\xa0\\u201cHouse of Cards\\u201d playing the Speaker of the House in Season 4, Episode 2. \\xa0Mike also enjoys\\xa0performing\\xa0as a singer and has produced a CD of\\xa0his own renditions of classic\\xa0Frank\\xa0Sinatra songs.As a professional motivational speaker, he\\xa0has given talks to numerous groups over the past few years\\xa0on how to achieve goals,\\xa0pursue your passion, and enhance your personal brand. He has authored a number of articles in both travel\\xa0industry trade journals as well as\\xa0consumer magazines, and is frequently sought out by the media as one of the experts in the meetings & events industry.A resident of suburban Philadelphia, he has been married to his\\xa0lovely\\xa0wife Lorie for 42\\xa0years. They are the parents of Mike Jr. (Krista), Erin Oosthuizen (Simon) and Aimee,\\xa0and proud grandparents of seven beautiful children:\\xa0Ella, Caitlin, Jesse, Ansley, Joshua, Avery and Logan.

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