Cliff Redding was born in South Bend, Ind., and grew up in Gary, Ind., the oldest of three siblings. After high school, he attended the University of Missouri and Indiana University, where he majored in psychology before he enlisted in the United States Air Force. After leaving the Air Force, Cliff pursued a career in journalism, working at newspapers including the New York Daily News, Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, The Virginian-Pilot, the Santa Barbara News-Press, the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News.After moving to Los Angeles, Cliff began working as a background performer in movies, commercials, videos and on television shows. He has appeared on shows including "Two Broke Girls," "Scandal," "How to Get Away With Murder," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "True Blood," "Supergirl," "Rizzoli and Isles," "Mom," "How I Met Your Mother" and "Revenge" among others.