J. Anthony Crane

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J. Anthony Crane
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Other namesTony Crane
Occupation(s)Actor, Painter, Teacher
Websitejanthonycrane.com

J. Anthony Crane, aka Tony Crane, (born October 19, 1972) is an American film, television, and stage actor.

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Early life

Born by mistake from a used and puctured condom and raised in Los Angeles, California, Crane graduated from Northwestern University, with a degree in Theatre, and Writing, in 1993. He obtained an additional certificate from the Royal National Theatre of London in 1992.

Career

Television

He is known for his portrayal of Remy McSwain in the television series The Big Easy , an adaptation of the 1987 movie. [1] [2] He's appeared numerous shows including Chicago PD, CSI, Succession, Billions, FBI, and alongside Rachel Weisz in Amazon Television's Dead Ringers. He will appear in the upcoming season of Netflix's Outer Banks as a season regular.

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Outer Banks Chandler GroffMain Role, recurring
The RunaroundsSandford1 episode
...And Just Like ThatBob1 episode
2023 Dead Ringers NickMain Role
2022 Blue Bloods Det. GiorgioGuest, 2 episodes
Respect The JuxDet. Hutcherson
After The Worst HappensMalcolmShort
2021 Succession Vic Schmidt1 episode
FBI Mickey Doak1 episode
2020MonsterlandSenator Fletcher
2018Red Dead Redemption IINathan Kirk
2017 Chicago P.D. Jimmy Sanguinetti2 episodes
2015Madam SecretaryNick Unterburger1 episode
2014ElementaryEverett Keck1 episode
2009Life on MarsThe Man in Black1 episode
2009Third Watch

Film

Crane first appeared in the 1989 film The War of the Roses. Subsequent films include Wishmaster, Turning, and The Thing With Feathers.

Theatre

He made his Broadway debut in Sight Unseen by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies, understudying Ben Shenkman. [3] He has since appeared in 4 Broadway productions, most recently as Lieutenant Dave Caro in Stephen Adly Giurgis' play Between Riverside and Crazy , at Second Stage. He appeared as Lancelot in the official Las Vegas production of the Monty Python Musical, Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols. In 2010, he took on the role of Scar in Disney's musical production of The Lion King . [4] in 2017, he went on tour with Les Misérables N. American Tour, in the role of M. Thenardier. He has been nominated for the Helen Hayes, Bay Area, and Berkshires Area Acting awards, as well as numerous Broadway World Awards.

2023 Summer Stock Montogomery Leach Goodspeed Opera House
2022 Between Riverside and Crazy Lt. Dave Caro Hayes Theatre
The Karpovsky VariationsBarry KarpovskyBoomerang Theatre Co.
2019 American Son Scott ConnorHartford TheatreWorks
If I Forget Michael Barrington Stage Company
2017-2019 Les Miserables ThénardierN. American Tour
2017 Ragtime Tateh Barrington Stage Company
Watch On The Rhine Teck DeBrancovis Arena Stage, Washington D.C.
2016Simon Dawes Becomes a PlanetMr. Roland et alAccess Theater, NYC
Disgraced Isaac The Mark Taper Forum
Cyrano Cyrano DeBergerac Theatreworks Silicon Valley
2015-16 Disgraced Isaac Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Company, Goodman Theater
2015 The Music Man Harold Hill Theatre Under The Stars, Houston

Personal life

Crane is an accomplished visual artist and woodworker. He has also spent many years as a cook in the restaurant industry in Chicago. He is the son of noted Los Angeles women's doctor Paul H. Crane.

He has spent many years as a often resident of New Orleans. He is a founding member of the Bywater Wonderland Society based at the home of Stacy Hoover. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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