Anthony Reynolds is an American film, television and
theatre actor known for his work as a character actor
playing authoritative roles as law enforcement
officers, federal agents and military officials.
Gravitating toward the character actors in the movies
of his childhood, Anthony aspired to be a regular guy
who plays to the leads in supporting roles. Upon
completion of Cary High School in 1986, Anthony
studied at North Carolina State University and East
Carolina University and made almost annual trips to
New York to visit the theatre and museums. His
college years were interrupted by some harrowing
twists and turns, but Anthony graduated from ECU in
1992 with a BFA in Communication Arts. In 1993, he
drove with a friend to Los Angeles where he slept on
the floor of his high school friend, Keith Coulouris'
apartment in Studio City, CA. Keith was instrumental
in Anthony getting a bit part in, Dead Man's
Revenge (1994), a USA network movie of the week,
starring Bruce Dern, Michael Ironside and Vondie
Curtis-Hall. Upon realizing the high cost of living in
LA, Anthony returned to the East Coast to study
acting as he had no business on a film set without
formal training. He spent just shy of two years in
Atlanta, taking classes and auditioning, before his
then agent, Ted Borden urged him to make the big
move to Manhattan to study at
The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. In 1995,
Anthony did just
that. He lived in a NYU dorm with a student he met
on his flight to New York after the living situation he
had arranged prior to the move fell apart upon his
arrival. The front door to the apartment that he was
to be staying in had been kicked in and the tenants
robbed the night before. He ended up bouncing
between apartments on the Upper East and West
Sides of the city. Concurrent to his studies at the
LSTI, Anthony studied privately with acting
coaches Michael Margotta and Geoffrey Horne. While
performing off-off Broadway in numerous black box
theaters, Anthony met Lamya Jezek. In 1999, upon
her graduation from NYU's Tisch School for Acting,
the newly engaged couple moved to Los Angeles as
Lamya had secured representation. They were
married July 14, 2001, in North Carolina. In LA,
Anthony studied with Milton Katselas at The Beverly
Hills Playhouse and with Lesly Kahnin the Hollywood
Hills. Anthony found that the best training of all, was
working on sets with other actors. He had the
privilege of working with Academy Award Nominated
actor, Edward Norton for nine years on several films
as well as Academy Award and Golden Globe
Winner,
Billy Bob Thornton on four films. Anthony maintains
a
number of relationships in NY and LA, but chose to
return to his Southern roots to raise his family.
Anthony and his family have resided on the East
Coast since 2008, where he continues to work
regularly in film and television.
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