Born in New York City, Anthony began a career in the entertainment business at age five, playing Kirk Douglas' godson in the film, "The Brotherhood". He has worked on Broadway, international & regional stages, film, and TV with celebrities as diverse as Angela Lansbury, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, Pete Townshend, Jennifer Lopez, John Guare, Kander & Ebb, F. Murray Abraham, Marisa Tomei, Stephen Schwartz, and Andrew Lloyd Weber. Quite the renaissance man, Anthony studied filmmaking at School of Visual Arts in New York and UCLA, music composition at Manhattan School of Music, and received a business degree at SMC. His drama education includes the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, HB Studios, the Groundlings, BANG Sanford Meisner, Bill Esper, John Kirby and currently Joseph Pearlman. He studied dance with the legendary Phil Black in New York, The Edge in Los Angeles, and voice with Ed Dixon, David Craig and Carol Weiss. With over 50 years of performing under his belt, Anthony is active behind the scenes as well. In 1990, he founded Etc.Inc, a non-profit organization, which 1st presented new American theatre in Rome, Italy. While a producer with D.I.Y.N. Productions, he completed four short films which won awards on PBS and the festival circuit. He created The Space, a multi-media arts complex in Hollywood, and was a commercial casting session director. He received an LA TV Critics Award for Best Actor. After playing and writing pop music with two bands: "Interpret" and "Ariel & Anthony", he turned his composition skills toward the stage. He is a composer in development with NMI/ANMT, composing music for "Murder at the Palace" and "Powder Puff Derby". Working extensively through Europe, Asia, Australia and the US (covering all 50 states!) Anthony is also very interested in cultures and food! He was co-founder of Thats A Nice!, a specialty southern Italian gourmet food line, winning a SOFI Silver Award (the "Oscars" of the food biz) and a Bronze Medal at the World-Wide Mustard Competition. Always ready for the next project, Anthony has been working for over 25 years on a pet project very close to his heart , a musical bio-pic of the late actor Sal Mineo entitled: "The Switchblade Kid". - IMDb Mini Biography By: AJ Marciona
