Tony Amendola

 ( 1951 Births ) 

Tony Amendola (born August 24, 1951) is an American actor. He played the Jaffa master Bra'tac in Stargate SG-1 and Pinocchio's creator/father, Geppetto on Once Upon a Time. He also had a recurring role as revolutionary leader Edouard Kagame of Liber8 in the television show Continuum and voiced the Archmage Khadgar in several expansions of World of Warcraft, from to .

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Early life Tony Amendola was born to an Italian family in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 24, 1951. 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 into Argentina and Mexico. My family came to the States." He described his high school as very diverse. Amendola became an actor in college after walking in to an audition for The Tempest. 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. In 1978, he moved to Los Angeles to find work in film and television.

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Career In 1974, Amendola performed in summer stock at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. He is known for widely diverse roles such as the murderous drug dealer Santos Jimenez on Showtime's grisly drama Dexter, the long running role of Jaffa master Bra'tac in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Liber8 leader Kagame on the Syfy show Continuum, Geppetto/Marco in ABC's fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time and the Catholic priest Father Perez in the 2014 horror film Annabelle, a role he reprised for the 2019 film The Curse of La Llorona.

Amendola plays a Spanish magistrate in the 1998 swashbuckler film The Mask of Zorro and appears as a separate character in its 2005 sequel. He portrays a Mexican marijuana farmer in the 2001 crime drama film Blow. His television appearances of note include roles on The X-Files, Seinfeld, , Angel, Alias, The Practice, and She-Wolf of London.

He also has a long history of stage performances and spent his first twelve years as an actor almost exclusively in the theater. His theater credits include Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, American Buffalo, Tupolski in The Pillowman, and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.

Amendola is the voice actor for Khadgar, one of the central characters of the video-game World of Warcraft. In 2019, he voiced Jedi researcher Eno Cordova in the video game and its .

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Personal life

Amendola lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Judith Marx. He is fluent in Italian and Spanish.

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Filmography

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Film

Three of Hearts	Harvey
Crazy in Alabama	Casino Boss
	Father Tirmaco
Forbidden Warrior	Ajis-Aka
The Legend of Zorro	Father Quintero
El Muerto	Padre Somera
The Devil's Candy	Leonard
Santa Fake	Father Estaban
Caged	Warden Perez
New Life	Raymond Reed

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Television

The Revenge of Al Capone	Zangara	TV movie
Hunter	Robert Walters	Episode: "Son and Heir"
False Arrest	Doctor	TV movie
Follow the River	LaPlante	TV movie
	Sorrel	Episode: "Cabin in the Woods"
Dr. Willis	Episode: "Race Ipsa Loquitor"
Dr. Bernard Gorman	2 episodes
Brae	Episode: "The Changeling"
Judging Amy	Atty. Morton	Episode: "Presumed Innocent"
The X-Files	Cigarette Smoking Pontiff	Episode: "Hollywood A.D."
Angel	Thesulac Demon	Episode: "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"
Family Law	Dr. Martinez	Episode: "Family Values"
Landlord	Episode: "Viva Las Vegas"
Professor Rambar	2 episodes
Alias	Tambor Barceló	Episodes: "Trust Me" and "The Solution"
The West Wing	Qumari U.N. Ambassador Ali Nissir	Episode: "Game On"
Pizza My Heart	Father Spealo
Numb3rs	Roman Markovius	Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours"
Dollhouse	Atalo Diakos	Episode: "Gray Hour"
Borderline Murder	Dr. Martinez	TV movie
When Duty Calls	Shawn	TV movie
Scandal	Prime Minister Nazari	Episode: "Lost Girls"
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Arnold Cardenas	2 episodes
	Volkan Sadik	Episode: "Kevin Jensen"
Bud Light	Wizard	Advertisement
Black Bird	Vincent Gigante	3 episodes
The Chosen	Zechariah	1 episode

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Video games

Fallout 4	Father, Colonel Smith, Josh
World of Final Fantasy	Brandelis
Final Fantasy XV	Jared Hester
	Archmage Khadgar

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External links

Categories: 1951 Births, Living People, Male Actors From New Haven, Connecticut, American People Of Italian Descent, Southern Connecticut State University Alumni, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, American Male Video Game Actors

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