Biography

TONY AMENDOLA (actor; USA)

Guest appearance: all days

Tony Amendola is a near 40-year veteran of film and television. Among his film credits are Ted Demme’s BLOW with Johnny Depp; Martin Campbell’s THE MASK OF ZORRO alongside Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas; and John Sayles’s LONE STAR, with Chris Cooper. Other memorable works include ANNABELLE and THE MEDDLER.

On television, Amendola has had recurring roles as the iconic Gepetto in ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME, as well as Edouard Kagame in CONTINUUM and Master Bra-tac in STARGATE SG-1. Other TV guest appearances include roles for example on DEXTER, SEINFELD, THE PRACTICE, WILL & GRACE, X-FILES, CHARMED, STAR TREK: VOYAGER and SHOOTER.

Tony’s VO/MO-CAP work includes WORLD OF WARCRAFT, CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III and STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER. In addition, he is a founding member and past Co-Artistic Director of the Antaeus company, a well-respected Los Angeles theatre dedicated to producing the Classics.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut into a blue-collar family, Tony was the first member of his
family to attend college. Amendola spent the first 12 years of his professional life in the theatre. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Judith.