Iman Crosson

Iman Crosson (born March 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Alphacat, is an American actor, impressionist and YouTube personality and is known for his impersonations of U.S. President Barack Obama and his starring role in independent film Along the Roadside.

Career

YouTube and Barack Obama impressions

On December 14, 2005, a 23-year-old Crosson opened a YouTube account with screen name Alphacat. In July 2008, at the urging of his fellow waiters Crosson created spoof videos of then presidential candidate Barack Obama.

During the summer of the 2008 U.S. Presidential election campaign, Crosson's 30-second video won Denny's Restaurant's nationwide contest for the best impressionist of the then-candidate Barack Obama. He said that he "went from unemployed to self-employed in literally a matter of a month." Crosson moved from New York to California, obtained an agent specializing in helping talent cross over from online to mainstream, and was invited to be on America's Got Talent.

Iman

Iman, also spelled Imaan or Eman, may refer to:

Islam

Given name

Organizations

`Iman

`Iman is a village in western central Yemen. It is located in the San‘a’ Governorate.

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Coordinates: 15°17′N 44°18′E / 15.283°N 44.300°E / 15.283; 44.300

Iman (comics)

Imán (Spanish: "magnet"), whose real name is Diego Irigoyen, is a fictional superhero from DC Comics who was created as part of the Planet DC annuals event. His first appearance is in Superman Annual (vol.) 2 #12 (August 2000). He was created by Oscar Pinto, Giovanni Barberi and F.G. Haghenbeck.

Fictional character biography

Diego Irigoyen was a brilliant student in Mexico City. He was a recipient of a scholarship to Yale University from Wayne Enterprises, and wrote his doctoral thesis on astronomy and super heroes. He was later employed by S.T.A.R. Labs as an astronaut. While in outer space, Diego's mother was kidnapped and murdered. Irigoyen, on his return, pledged to use his genius to serve the cause of justice, and built for himself a powerful exoskeleton that granted him superhuman strength and resistance to injury. He greatly admires Superman, whose ideals Imán has said he tries to live up to. He often teams up with fellow Mexican superheroes El Muerto and Acrata, such as when the three of them (along with Superman) saved Mexico and the world from total destruction at the hands of a bio-terrorist group led by a Mexican sorcerer named Duran, who was trying to channel the powers inherent in the ley lines of Earth. During Final Crisis, Imán was seen fighting as part of the human resistance against Darkseid. He has several lines of dialogue in the novelization of said event.