24/7 Chicago catches up with a local man whose life has changed ever since another local man made it to the White House.

As the President of the United States, Chicago native Reggie Brown has made appearances everywhere from Inside Edition to NBC, ABC to CNN, WGN to Fox News, and even to a surprise stop at the Affordable Meetings® Mid-America show in his hometown earlier this month. Brown really isn’t the President of the United States, of course, but he will soon be seen playing him on TV in a new feature film called The Effect, expected to be released late this fall.

Still wildly popular nearly 100 days into his administration, President Barack Obama is enthusiastically greeted in cities and capitals across the globe. The “Obama Effect” defies definition, puzzles pundits, and continues to attract passionate admirers from all sides of the political spectrum. When the broadly smiling president jauntily steps up to the podium to address the nation, we see the real thing at work — the WOW factor — the elusive element that planners everywhere try to capture to make their meetings stand out from the rest.

CHICAGO, IL — John Washko, vice president of sales and marketing at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO, shakes the “president’s” hand at HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings Mid-America on April 1. Chicago native Reggie Brown, an Obama impersonator, entered Festival Hall at the Navy Pier to the sounds of “Hail to the Chief.”

PALM SPRINGS, Ca. - Folks at a charity event in Palm Springs, California did a double take when a President Obama impersonator showed up to surprise them.

As "Hail to the Chief" fills the Palm Springs Air Museum hanger, people pause thinking President Obama entered the building. But presidential impersonator Reggie Brown is constantly in campaign mode as he tries to convince as many people as possible he is the best actor for the job.



Reggie Brown, left, appeared Friday in Palm Springs as an impersonator to President Barack Obama, right.

Here's a double bill you might not expect -- Liberace and President Barack Obama are appearing onstage together this week at the Welk Resort Theatre in Escondido.

After seeing his YouTube impersonation online, RedEye called up Chicago resident Reggie Brown, who looks shockingly similar to President Obama.

The 28-year-old Little Italy resident, who has acting and broadcast aspirations, says he's fielding a lot of requests for appearances these days.

When Sarah Palin popped up on the national radar, people said it was a role Tina Fey was born to play. The same may be true of Chicago native Reggie Brown.

A young Chicago man is turning heads in Barack Obama’s hometown because he has a famous face. Reggie Brown can’t seem to walk ten feet without someone calling him Mr. President.