Ian Fried portrayed Robert Balboa in Rocky III…Ian was born on December 17, 1974 in Akron, Ohio, USA. Beyond ROCKY he is an actor known for The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Movie Madness (1982).

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A little back story on Fried: Prior to June 2003, Fried signed articles “Ian Fried”. At that point, she transitioned from male to female and began using the byline “Ina Fried”. Fried is a personal technology writer and generally covered Microsoft related stories in the CNET blog “Beyond Binary” from 2000 to November 2010, and is currently writing for All Things Digital where she will cover the Mobile beat. Before joining CNET in 2000, Ina wrote for the Orange County Business Journal, the Orange County Register, and Bridge News. She has served as a board member, national secretary and national vice president for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA). On April 27, 2011, Ina conducted an exclusive interview with CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives about the iPhone location tracking controversy…