Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 200px - president: barack obama - order: 33rd - successor: denise bauer - party: democratic - predecessor: sam fox - country: belgium - term end: july 23 , 2013 - term start: august 14 , 2009 - birth date: 8 july 1956 - name: howard gutman - occupation: ambassador , actor , attorney - image: howard w. gutman.jpg - birth place: bronx usa , new york city , new york , - ambassador from: united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of howard gutman .
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howard william gutman -lrb- born july 8 , 1956 -rrb- is a lawyer , actor and former united states ambassador to belgium .after being nominated as ambassador by united states president barack obama , gutman was confirmed by the u.s. senate on july 29 , 2009 and sworn in as ambassador on august 14 , 2009 .