Anthony Gargano(I)
- Actor
Anthony began acting at the age of 12 in various Junior High and High
School theatrical productions. Being an avid fan (and practically
student) of early film comedy, he was often allowed to bolster the
musical comedy scripts with his own gags and ad-libs. During the run of
one such production, Anthony was spotted by an outside director and
recruited to devise and perform Buster Keaton-style visual gags and
slapstick comic relief for an off-Broadway musical comedy revue. He
continued acting on the stage throughout his college years and in
multiple community theater productions before attending the New York
Film Academy in Manhattan in the fall of 2000. During his tenure there,
he wrote, directed, produced and starred in the five short films "Just
An Accident", "Swallowing The Faith", "King In The Sabbath World", "The
Captive" (all 2000) and "Anthony Gargano's Initial Sin" (2001). He also
appeared in a slew of other short films for various student directors
there. Since leaving the Academy, Anthony has continued to perform in
short film projects including "Brown Water" (2002) and "Lover From
Beyond The Grave" (2006) for fellow N.Y. Film Academy alumni Thomas
Iuso. Anthony credits comic filmmakers such as Charles Chaplin and
Buster Keaton as influences as well as the many comedy teams of the
1930s and 40s (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert
Woolsey, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, the Marx Brothers, etc.). The
work of Woody Allen, however, remains his biggest influence of all.
Anthony currently resides in New York and continues to study acting
under the inspiring Bruce Ornstein.
