Claude is an Actor/Writer/Director/Producer born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A graduate of Western Kentucky University he studied Philosophy, Criminology, and Theater. He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and Lexington, KY. The actor also presides over Catnippery Productions LLC; Kentucky's first SAG-AFTRA New Media Signatory Company. He is also the President and Co-Founder of the not-for-profit convention Concave; Kentucky's Longest Running Science-Fiction Convention. Concave is held in the "Caveland" Area of Kentucky and takes place annually the last full weekend in February. He is an ordained Reverend of the Universal Life Church, a Member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels, and a Lord of Sealand. In 2015 he was awarded the Fright Night Film Festival Kentucky Film Maker of the Year Award.