Where's Nick?

Actor Nick Brendon has landed a recurring rule on the CBS drama Criminal Minds, playing Kevin Lynch, a technical analyst for the FBI.

Brendon, who’s a spokesperson for the Stuttering Foundation, is also working on Super Cat, an animated project in which he voices the lead character.

Visit www.nickbrendon.com for more news on the actor.

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Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the SFA’s list of “Famous People Who Stutter” for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation’s list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of “The Tonight Show” from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

Carly Simon

From Wikibooks

Carly Simon (1945- ) began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Melendez is pictured in the SFA's Famous People Who Stutter brochure. Listen to a podcast.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.