Anthony de la Torre | |
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| Born | November 24, 1993 Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse | |
Anthony De La Torre (born November 24, 1993 [1] [2] ) is an American actor, known for his roles as young Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Jan Axel Blomberg in Lords of Chaos (2018).
De La Torre was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, to Cuban parents. [3] His mother, Esther Garcia, is a Spanish teacher at Bowling Green High School, and also owns a cleaning business. [4] His parents divorced shortly after De La Torre's birth. [5] He has one older brother, Nicolas, and one older sister, Angelica. [5] De La Torre attended St. Aloysius Elementary and Junior High School in Bowling Green, [4] before enrolling in online schooling via Ohio Virtual Academy. [6]
As a teen, De La Torre performed as a Justin Bieber impersonator, for which he would make between $300 and $600 an hour, [6] and also worked for his mother's cleaning business. [7] In 2012, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to work on a music project with songwriter and producer Desmond Child. [8] The following year, he moved to Los Angeles, California. [7]
De La Torre began his acting career with a voice role in Go, Diego, Go! as Willie the Whistling Duck, for which he was credited as Antonio Cabrera. [4] He also appeared in a print advertisement for Del Monte ketchup. [4] He had a recurring role in two episodes of Nickelodeon's 100 Things to Do Before High School , portraying a Latino actor named Anthony Del Rey.[ citation needed ]
De La Torre starred as the young Jack Sparrow in the 2017 blockbuster fantasy film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales , directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. His appearance as the character was merged with Johnny Depp's via CGI. [9] In July 2017, he replaced Toby Rand as the frontman for The Fell, a rock band consisting of Mike Krompass, Randy Cooke, and Billy Sheehan. [10]
He portrayed Jan Axel Blomberg / Hellhammer in Jonas Åkerlund's thriller Lords of Chaos , alongside Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen and Jack Kilmer. De La Torre also appeared as Hellhammer in the music video for Metallica's "ManUNkind". [11] The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. De La Torre starred in the title role in the low budget horror film Johnny Gruesome, directed by Greg Lamberson. [12] [13]
Since August 2015, De La Torre has been in a relationship with actress Lana Condor. [14] They became engaged in December 2021 while on vacation in Mexico, [15] and were married in 2024 in an intimate ceremony in Malibu, California. [16]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Young Jack Sparrow | |
| 2018 | Lords of Chaos | Jan Axel Blomberg | |
| Johnny Gruesome | Johnny Grissom |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Go, Diego, Go! | Willie the Whistling Duck | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | 100 Things to Do Before High School | Anthony Del Rey | |
| 2018 | Vida | Jackson | Episode 4 |
| 2019 | Goliath | Rob | Episode: "Conscious Uncoupling" |
| 2022 | Boo, Bitch | Mo | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | American Horror Stories | Chaz | Episode: "Drive" |