College career Birmingham started his college career with
Brooklyn College but after it announced it was abandoning its basketball program in the spring of 1992, he transferred to
Manhattan College. In two seasons with the Jaspers he averaged 13.4 points per game. He was elected to the Jaspers' Hall of Fame in 2010.
Club career Birmingham started his professional career in 1995, when he was a late-season addition to
Korisliiga club
Tapiolan Honka. In 5 games for Honka, he averaged 22.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He spent the majority of his career in the Icelandic
Úrvalsdeild karla with
Njarðvík and
Grindavík, but also played for
Rueil Pro Basket in France and the
London Towers in England. He twice posted a
quadruple-double in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs. On 16 March 2020, Birmingham had 17 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals for Grindavík in a first round victory against
Keflavík. A year later, on 17 April 2001, he had 28 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 11 steals in the championship clinching victory against
Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.
Icelandic national team Birmingham played 19 games for the
Icelandic National Basketball team between 2002 and 2007. In 2007, he helped Iceland winning gold in basketball at the
Games of the Small States of Europe. ==Acting career==