Early life
Tony Amendola was born to an Italian family in New Haven, Connecticut, [1] on August 24, 1951. [2] His mother originates from the town of Amalfi in Italy. In an interview by Blackfilm.com, he was asked, "Are you of Latino descent?" He answered, "I'm of Italian [descent], but a diaspora [that has led to] into Argentina and Mexico. My family came to the States." [3] He described his high school as very diverse. Amendola became an actor in college after walking in to an audition for The Tempest . [4] Tony was the first in his family to attend college and was set to become a lawyer, but his life went into a different direction and he ended up taking both pre-law courses and theater classes. After graduating from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974, he studied and earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1977 at Philadelphia's Temple University. [5] In 1978, he moved to Los Angeles to find work in film and television.
Career
In 1974, Amendola performed in summerstock theater at Albertus Magnus in New Haven, Connecticut. [6] He is known for widely diverse roles such as the murderous drug dealer Santos Jimenez on Showtime's grisly drama Dexter , [7] the long running role of Jaffa master Bra'tac in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 , [8] Liber8 leader Kagame on the Syfy show Continuum , [7] Geppetto/Marco in ABC's fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time [9] and the Catholic priest Father Perez in the 2014 horror film Annabelle , [7] a role he reprised for the 2019 film The Curse of La Llorona . [10]
Amendola plays a Spanish magistrate in the 1998 swashbuckler film The Mask of Zorro [8] and appears as a separate character in its 2005 sequel. [7] He portrays a Mexican marijuana farmer in the 2001 crime drama film Blow . [8] His television appearances of note include roles on The X-Files , Seinfeld , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , Angel , Alias , The Practice , Star Trek: Voyager and She-Wolf of London . [7]
He also has a long history of stage performances and spent his first twelve years as an actor almost exclusively in the theater. [11] His theater credits include Othello , [8] The Taming of the Shrew , [8] American Buffalo , [8] Tupolski in The Pillowman , [7] and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice . [7]
Amendola is the voice actor for Khadgar, one of the central characters of the video-game World of Warcraft . [12] In 2019, he voiced Jedi researcher Eno Cordova in the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its 2023 sequel. [13]
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