Anthony Gargano

Anthony began acting at the age of 12 in various Junior High and High School theatrical productions. Being an avid fan (and practically student) of early film comedy, he was often allowed to bolster the musical comedy scripts with his own gags and ad-libs. During the run of one such production, Anthony was spotted by an outside director and recruited to devise and perform Buster Keaton-style visual gags and slapstick comic relief for an off-Broadway musical comedy revue. He continued acting on the stage throughout his college years and in multiple community theater productions before attending the New York Film Academy in Manhattan in the fall of 2000. During his tenure there, he wrote, directed, produced and starred in the five short films "Just An Accident", "Swallowing The Faith", "King In The Sabbath World", "The Captive" (all 2000) and "Anthony Gargano's Initial Sin" (2001). He also appeared in a slew of other short films for various student directors there. Since leaving the Academy, Anthony has continued to perform in short film projects including "Brown Water" (2002) and "Lover From Beyond The Grave" (2006) for fellow N.Y. Film Academy alumni Thomas Iuso. Anthony credits comic filmmakers such as Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton as influences as well as the many comedy teams of the 1930s and 40s (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, the Marx Brothers, etc.). The work of Woody Allen, however, remains his biggest influence of all. Anthony currently resides in New York and continues to study acting under the inspiring Bruce Ornstein.