Marcus Ambrose
Actor, Writer & Producer
Who Is This Guy Ambrose?

Marcus Ambrose is an international attorney who specializes in jury consultation, litigation and entertainment law. During his 30-year career, he has successfully negotiated many Hollywood contracts, representing both actors and producers alike.

Ambrose began in the entertainment business as a part-time theatrical actor in Miami, Florida in 1982. He did commercial work, modeled, voiceovers, and also performed as lead actor in many stage productions including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf and The Odd Couple. He garnered much praise by his fellow actors who commented on his stage presence, charisma, professionalism and talent.

In 1984 Marcus wrote the screenplay “A Conflict of Interest”, which was featured in Variety and eventually adapted by Oliver Stone and Staley Weiser into their version of “Wall Street” and the 2010 release of “Wall Street Money Never Sleeps.”

Ambrose is a world traveler and has lived all over the world, including Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1989-1991, where he worked as a commercial and stage actor.

In 1991, Ambrose authored an article titled “The Blueprint For Justice”. That landmark document identified the key problems facing the legal system while offering a pragmatic and realistic solution. “The Blueprint For Justice” received statewide acclaim; and Ambrose spent six years to implement his vision.

Ambrose (1994-1995) hosted a popular and controversial political daily radio talk show in Miami, Florida called “Café Cubano con Marcus Ambrose.” Marcus is bilingual, and the program was broadcast in both Spanish and English. As the first American reporter to be granted access in 1994 to the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba, he reported on the deplorable “concentration camp-like conditions the Cuban refugees a/k/a “Balseros” (rafters) were forced to endure while intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard while en-route in a “sea exodus” to freedom and political asylum in the United States.

Ambrose, in his capacity as a journalist and freedom fighter, joined with the Miami Cuban government in exile (headed by legendary Andres Vargas Gomez, the de facto Cuban President) to seek freedom for the Balseros. With the support of the exiled community, Ambrose went to Cuba under the auspices of an independent journalist, with the intent to announce to the 33,000 plus Cuban rafters at Guantanamo that he, along with the full support of the Cuban exiled government and community in Miami, would initiate a hunger strike until they were granted their freedom or his death. The purpose was to raise awareness to the plight of the imprisoned and mistreated Cuban refugees, thereby putting pressure on the Clinton government to enforce the existing political asylum existing law.

The announcement was received overwhelmingly by the Cuban prisoners who came on inflatable tubes and rafts, many of whom joined Ambrose in his hunger strike in an unprecedented show of solidarity.

Ambrose was immediately detained and held “incommunicado” by the U.S. military at Guantanamo. He endured daily torture at the hands of the U.S. military and suffered an apparent heart attack at the military base. The civilian doctors were under orders from the U.S. military command to take medical action, which was clearly contraindicated. In fear of his life, he refused medical treatment and was unwilling to abandon his cause, at the risk of his own death.

The Balseros were ultimately freed and allowed to come to the United States by the Clinton administration. The press in Miami hailed Ambrose’s humanitarian efforts, and many articles were written chronicling his saga (available on request).

Ambrose, the first and only known American citizen to be held as a “political prisoner” by his own government, along with the Balseros, was the unsung hero of the Cuban exodus to freedom.

Ambrose’s next humanitarian gesture lasted a decade from, April 1998 through August 2008, where he battled, alone and without compensation, one of the most powerful Fortune 100 companies in the world—McDonald’s Corp., to fight for justice in the worker’s compensation system. Ambrose prevailed in his decade battle to keep a poor Hispanic woman alive, successfully litigating her entitlement to countless worker’s compensation medical and disability pay benefits, which McDonald’s frivolously denied for over 10 years.

In 2008-2009, Ambrose lived in Mexico where he taught screenplay writing and acting to the local community.

In 2010, Marcus Ambrose returned to his Hollywood and entertainment roots where he is actively practicing entertainment law, working as an actor, writer and now a producer and “deal-maker.”

He is currently negotiating the rights to develop his truly unbelievable “life story” into a major motion picture.

Marcus is 5’9” tall, and can be cast for roles between 45-60. He has two beautiful children, ages 10 and 12, and a movie star quality dog named San Miguel de Allende a/k/a “Allende.”

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