Actor, pianist, opera singer, Howard Thomas Ray, a native of Kentucky and alumnus of the University of Kentucky, has worked on stage and film in the U.S.A., UK, France, Canada, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Macedonia and Costa Rica. Notable appearances in opera, musical, and theatre in such venues as BAM in New York city, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, UK, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt, and recipient of the national theatre prize Biglietto d' oro in Italy for the 130 city tournée of Guess who's coming to dinner, in the Italian language.