| Anthony Marciona | |
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| Born | Anthony Marciona September 27, 1961 [1] The Bronx, New York United States |
| Occupation | Actor, Musician, Dancer |
| Years active | 1968–present |
Anthony Marciona (born 27 September 1961) is an American film, Broadway and television actor, singer and dancer from New York City. Marciona began his acting career at the age of five playing Kirk Douglas' godson in The Brotherhood.[1]
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Marciona was born in The Bronx, New York to parents Joseph Marciona, a retired NYC teacher, and Louise (née Smedile). He and his family moved to Pelham in Westchester County, where he graduated from Pelham Memorial High School. After graduating he moved back to New York City.
He currently resides in Los Angeles with his business and life partner, Joseph A. LoBue. He has one sister, Suzan Marciona, and two nieces, Francesca Louise and Simone Marie.
He partners a company called That's A Nice!, a gourmet Southern-Italian food line which produces prepared products from original Sicilian recipes.
Marciona studied film making at the School of Visual Arts in New York, University of California Los Angeles, and also received a business degree from SMC.He was also a composition major at the Manhattan School of Music. Marciona also studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, HB Studios, The Groundlings, BANG. He has also been coached under Sanford Meisner, Diane Castle, Bill Esper, and John Kirby.[1]
Since his career began in 1968, Marciona has worked with a greatly diverse group of successful actor/actresses, producers, singers, dancers and composers including Angela Lansbury, John Guare, Chuck Norris, Dustin Hoffman, Harold Prince, Marisa Tomei, Stephen Schwartz, Jason Mraz, Pete Townshend, Jerome Robbins, F. Murray Abraham, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Herschel Bernardi, Alberto Sordi, Arthur Laurents, and The B-52s.[1]
Aside from acting, Marciona has become active behind the scenes as well. In 1990 he founded and is director of ETC inc. a Non-profit organization which presents New American Theatre in Rome, Italy and Los Angeles. He produced four short film projects which have won awards on PBS and the festival circuit under his production company D.I.Y.N. Productions which he co-established with Raymond Carver Award winning writer/director Joyceann Masters.[1]
Marciona has also been a commercial casting session director having worked for McDonalds, Pepsi, United Airlines and many other company's.[1]
He created and ran a multi-media arts complex called The Space, in Hollywood, California consisting of multiple casting studios, 2 performing arts theaters, rehearsal facilities, and production offices.[1]
As a musical composer Marciona has completed the scores to the stage musicals Murder At The Palace and Powder Puff Derby. He is also composer in development with A.N.M.T.. Marciona plays the piano and has written for and performed with two pop music bands Interpret and Ariel & Anthony.[1]
He studied dance under the legendary Phil Black in New York.
| Year | Film | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Bortherhood | Antonio | (uncredited) |
| 1973 | My Brother Anastasia | Giuseppe | |
| 1980 | The Idolmaker | Gino | |
| 1985 | HeartBeat (TV) | Roy | |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Carlos | ||
| 1986 | Playing for Keeps | Ronnie Long | |
| 2003 | Feet Afire | Don Marciona | Supporting role |
| 2006 | Jackass Number Two | Dancer | (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Documents (Dokymentbl) | Fig Man | |
| 2008 | An American Carol | Professor #6 |
| Year | TV Show | Role | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHiPs | Lenny | "Return of the Brat Patrol" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Stage Manager | "Murder in High C" |
| 1996 | Spider-Man | (voice) Additional Voices | "Sins of the Fathers Chapter 2: Make a Wish" |
| 2003 | Dragnet | Slezak | " Well Endowed" |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | (stunts) | "In Case of Rapture" |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Kit Kat Boy #2 | "Willkommen" |
| Alias | Luigi | "No Hard Feelings" |