Anthony Starke
Anthony Starke | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
Anthony Starke is an American actor. He is well known for his one-episode role in Seinfeld, playing the third-person-speaking character Jimmy in "The Jimmy", as well as playing Jack on The George Carlin Show, on Fox.
Biography
Starke attended Marquette University on the Liberace Foundation Scholarship for Performance, where he won a screen role playing quadriplegic teenager Dean Conroy in the CBS Movie of the Week, First Steps. Starke's first feature film was Nothing in Common with Jackie Gleason and Tom Hanks, playing the part of Cameron. While at Marquette, Starke worked with the Pabst Theater and the Wisconsin Shakespeare Company, appearing in a range of plays spanning classic, modern and musical. After graduating with a B.A. in Theater Arts, he took up acting full-time.[citation needed]
In 1987, Starke played frat president and resident bully Russ in the movie 18 Again!. One of Starke's hobbies is martial arts, which he got to show in two scenes with actor Charlie Schlatter. Starke played Truman-Lodge in the James Bond film Licence to Kill in 1989, Chad Finletter in Return of the Killer Tomatoes in 1988, and a U.S. Embassy consultant in the 2007 NCIS episode "Designated Target". Starke also co-starred as the smooth-talking gambler Ezra Standish in The Magnificent Seven between 1998 and 1999.
In 2002, he played the role of a demon in a fourth-season episode of Charmed.
In 2009, Starke had a recurring role on the ABC Family television series Make It or Break It as Steve Tanner, the rich father of one of the gymnasts from the training center 'The Rock', Lauren Tanner. He also played the role of Dr. Bob Taylor on Baby on Board.[1] He was also in four episodes of the Disney Channel series Shake It Up as the boyfriend of Cece's mother.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Nothing in Common | Cameron | |
1988 | 18 Again! | Russ | |
1988 | Return of the Killer Tomatoes | Chad Finletter | |
1989 | Licence to Kill | Truman-Lodge | |
1990 | Repossessed | Father Luke Brophy | |
1993 | Nowhere to Run | Billy | |
1996 | The Cherry Pick | Bedrijfsleider vliegveld | |
2009 | Baby on Board | Dr. Taylor | |
2013 | How Sweet It Is | Barry | |
2015 | Meet My Valentine | Dr. Weaver | |
2015 | A Christmas Eve Miracle | Dustin Holden | |
2020 | The Scorpion's Tale | The Warden |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986–1987 | One Big Family | Don Hattan | 25 episodes |
1990 | The Flash | The Ghost | Episode: "Ghost in the Machine" |
1991 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Cowboy | Episode: "Halloween" |
1992 | Cheers | Slim | Episode: "Take Me out of the Ball Game" |
1992 | Down the Shore | Vaughn | Episode: "A Tale of Two Houses" |
1994–1995 | The George Carlin Show | Jack Donahue | 27 episodes |
1995 | Seinfeld | Jimmy | Episode: "The Jimmy" |
1996 | The Last Frontier | Billy McPherson | Recurring |
1998–1999 | The Magnificent Seven | Ezra Standish | Main cast |
1999 | Cold Feet | David Chandler | Recurring |
2001 | Charmed | Devlin | Episode: "Muse to My Ears" |
2003 | Abby | Sean Parks | Episode: "Leggo My Ego" |
2004 | Crossing Jordan | Brad Halford | Episode: "Dead or Alive" |
2005 | Prison Break | Sebastian Balfour | 3 episodes |
2006 | Nip/Tuck | Tom McNamara | Episode: "Conor McNamara" |
2007 | Cold Case | Jay Dratton | Episode: "The Good Death" |
2007 | Burn Notice | Doug Baker | Episode: "False Flag" |
2007 | NCIS | Derrick Choyce | Episode: "Designated Target" |
2007 | Journeyman | Young Dennis Ambacher | Episode: "Home by Another Way" |
2008 | ER | Dr. Craig | 2 episodes |
2008 | House | Roger | Episode: "It's a Wonderful Lie" |
2008 | Moonlight | Ken Verdolino | Episode: "What's Left Behind" |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Richard Palento | Episode: "The Grave Shift" |
2009–2012 | Make It or Break It | Steve Tanner | 35 episodes |
2009 | Lie to Me | Kyle Harmon | Episode: "The Core of It" |
2011 | The Defenders | Blake | Episode: "Morelli v. Kaczmarek" |
2011 | CSI: Miami | Peter Holland | Episode: "Special Delivery" |
2011 | Suits | Colin Church | Episode: "Dirty Little Secrets" |
2012 | Shake It Up | Jeremy Hunter | 5 episodes |
2012 | Castle | Gary Moore | Episode: "Death Gone Crazy" |
2014 | Perception | Richard Douglas | Episode: "Possession" |
2014–2017 | Hand of God | Gilbert McCauley | 10 episodes |
2015 | Mad Men | Gerald Brady | Episode: "Time & Life" |
2017, 2018 | MacGyver | Henry Fletcher | 2 episodes |
2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Alan | Episode: "Difficult Conversations" |
2022 | The Walls Are Watching | Detective Ivie | Television film |
References
- ^ Make It or Break It Pictures, Alya Kell and Cassie Scerbo Photos - Photo Gallery: Make It or Break It Archived July 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Anthony Starke at IMDb
- Anthony Starke at TV Guide
- Anthony Starke on X
- Official website
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