Gary Anthony Sturgis

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Gary Anthony Sturgis
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Sturges in February 2008
Born
Gary Anthony Sturgis

(1966-11-03) November 3, 1966 (age 57)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Other namesGary Sturgis
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
  • writer
  • teacher
  • entrepreneur
Years active1986–present

Gary Anthony Sturgis is an American actor, musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur, known for his role as Bar Patron and other characters in the television series America's Most Wanted , and for providing the voice of Ebon in the animated series Static Shock . He is also known by the rap moniker of Illuminati, having successfully promoted a few albums on iTunes.

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Early life

Sturgis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the second oldest son of four born to Abraham and Sarah Sturgis. He grew up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended McDonogh Senior High School where he played piccolo and served as drum major for the band. After writing an essay for a class assignment expressing his love and desire for acting, a teacher invited him to a table read for a play, and Sturgis was cast as the understudy; later going on to play the lead role of A Raisin in the Sun.

Career

Sturgis made his acting debut in the romantic thriller film The Big Easy (1986). He later starred in the film Blaze (1989) as Marquez' Son. [1]

Sturgis later appeared as an antagonist in two of Tyler Perry's movies, Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Daddy's Little Girls (2007), [1] as well as the movie Pride (2007), starring Terrence Howard, and co-stars in the independent feature directed by Cedric the Entertainer, [2] Chicago Pulaski Jones. He landed television roles in his early career such as a recurring character by the name of Caz in the General Hospital spin-off, Port Charles , as well as smaller roles on The District , NYPD Blue , Malcolm and Eddie and Girlfriends . [1]

In the mid-1990s, he began booking voice-over jobs in commercials and trailers. He served as the voice of the Monday night (and later Tuesday night) lineup on the now defunct UPN network, promoting such series as The Parkers , Moesha , Half & Half , Girlfriends , The Hughleys and many others. Simultaneously in 1997 and 1998, he was also the daily announcer for the late night talk show, VIBE , starring Chris Spencer and later, comedian Sinbad. Sturgis never had a contract for either job stating that he would just "keep coming everyday until they tell me to stop." This lasted for the duration of the network and the talk show respectively. [3]

Sturgis appeared on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter in 2002 in celebration of his voice over efforts. In addition to promos for network television, he also did several Hollywood movie trailers such as Bones , The Wood , Crossroads , Two Can Play That Game and The Others .

Sturgis was interviewed by fashion editor Antoine Von Boozier exclusively for Floss Magazine. The interview was published on March 7, 2016.

Sturgis played several animated roles landing himself in cartoons, feature films and in video games. A partial list includes, Static Shock , Avatar: The Last Airbender , Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase , Batman Beyond , Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Fairly OddParents: Wishology . Video game titles include Shout About Music, True Crime: New York City , Evil Dead , Spider-Man 2 and Red Faction . His role in Batman: The Brave and the Bold as the DC Comics anti-hero Bronze Tiger was also reprised in the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS video game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate . In February 2009, he worked on Blokhedz animated web series on Missiong.com and did the voice of Biskit, the leader of the biker gang Wild Dawgs.

In October 2008, Sturgis began working as a staff writer for Tyler Perry Studios on the series Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns , both on TBS. This would mark his first professional writing job. His first credited episode of Tyler Perry's House of Payne aired on December 16, 2008. Outside of acting, he works as a musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 The Big Easy Car vandel #1
1989 Blaze Marquez' Son
1994 Virtuosity Officer at Video Store
1995Tornado RunPilot
1997 Volcano Homeless Man in ParkUncredited
2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase The Phantom VirusVoice, direct-to-video [4]
2005The CribRapping MikeShort film
2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman Jamison Milton Jackson
2007 Daddy's Little Girls Joe
Pride Franklin
2009The Adventure of UmbwekiPretty Tony
2010A Gang Land Love StoryPaul Revere
2011 Joshua Tree Darryl
2011 Dance Fu Daddy J
2012 Battlefield America Eric Smith Sr.
The Devil Is My WitnessLarcenShort film
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1 SilkVoice, direct-to-video [4]
2013 Day of Redemption Daryl
2014 Justice League: War Teammate #2Voice, direct-to-video [4]
2015 Lucky Girl Darnell Riggins Sr.
2016DirtyDetective Bishop
Hav FaithXavier Dunbar
2017CainAbelAdam
BustedNathan
2018We Belong TogetherJefferson
The Stuff Sonny
Everything That GlittersCarl Robinson
Ole BryceMalcolm Wyatt
2020 The Regiment

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1988–1989 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Bar Patron, Lee Nell Carter's victim, Leroy CarterTV documentary series; 3 episodes
1996 High Society ParamedicEpisode: "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore"
NYPD Blue Larry BluefordEpisode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis"
1997 Chicago Sons WaiterEpisode: "A Foursome Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing"
Malcolm & Eddie RichardEpisode: "The Commercial"
High Incident Unknown roleEpisode: "Excessive Force"
1997 Extreme Ghostbusters RolandVoice, episode: "Darkness at Noon: Part 1"; uncredited
2000–2004 Static Shock Ivan Evans / Ebon, DukeVoice, 10 episodes [4]
2000–2001 Batman Beyond Kobra Driver, Howard Reubens, Punk3 episodes [4]
2001 The District Henry G. Charters, Officer Cory Willis2 episodes
2003 Port Charles Caz11 episodes
2005 Teen Titans Gordanian, TrogaarVoice, episode: "Go" [4]
2006 Avatar: The Last Airbender GowVoice, episode: "Zuko Alone" [4]
2008 Girlfriends ContractorEpisode: "Adapt to Adopt"
2008–2009K-9 CopsNarratorVoice, 16 episodes
2009 Meet the Browns Teddy, TheodoreEpisode: "Meet the Dangerous and the Deadline"
Also writer
House of Payne Mr. OrlandoEpisode: "Slightly Payneful Truth"
Also writer
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Bronze Tiger Voice, episode: "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!" [4]
Wishology Lead Eliminator, Destructinator, HuginatorVoice, episode: "Wishology" [4]
2012 The Soul Man ParishionerEpisode: "Lost in the Move"
2012–2013 Hot in Cleveland Officer Davenport, Cop2 episodes
2014 Beware the Batman GuardVoice, episode: "Attraction" [4]
2015Will in LoveJohn HawkinsTelevision film
2016The Sin WithinJames Morris4 episodes
2018 5th Ward Blue6 episodes
2019 The Probe NardTelevision film
2020Pole MagicTerrance Coleman

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1994 Corpse Killer Fleming
2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Phantom Virus
2002 Spider-Man Kraven the Hunter, Dr. Rue
Red Faction 2 Lars Repta
2003 Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
2004 Spider-Man 2 Luke Cage, additional voices
2005 True Crime: New York City Credited as Gary Sturgis [5]
2013 Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Bronze Tiger

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Blokhedz BiskitAnimated web series on Missiong.com

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gary Sturgis: The Sweet Sound of Success, lastheplace.com. August 19, 2007.
  2. ↑ Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2008.
  3. ↑ Inland Valley Voice, "Sounds Like A Good Career", August 22, 2002, page 2.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Gary Sturgis (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 14, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  5. ↑ Luxoflux. True Crime: New York City. Activision. Scene: Pause menu credits, 4:29:39 in, VOICE TALENT.
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