Anthony Marciona is an American film, Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 and television actor, singer and dancer from New York City

New York City

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. Marciona began his acting career at the age of five playing Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...

' godson in The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood (1968 film)

The Brotherhood is a 1968 crime drama film, directed by Martin Ritt. It stars Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord, and Luther Adler. The script was by Lewis John Carlino....

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Biography

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

Pelham, New York

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 in Westchester County

Westchester County, New York

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, where he graduated from Pelham Memorial High School

Pelham Memorial High School

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. After graduating he moved back to New York City.

He currently resides in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 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.

Education

Marciona studied film making at the School of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts

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 in New York, University of California Los Angeles, and also received a business degree from SMC

SMC

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.He was also a composition major at the Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan School of Music

The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...

. Marciona also studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London

London

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, American Academy of Dramatic Arts

American Academy of Dramatic Arts

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, HB Studios, The Groundlings

The Groundlings

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, BANG. He has also been coached under Sanford Meisner

Sanford Meisner

Sanford Meisner , also known as Sandy, was an American actor and acting teacher who developed a form of Method acting that is now known as the Meisner technique....

, Diane Castle, Bill Esper, and John Kirby

John Kirby

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.

Acting

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

Angela Lansbury

Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...

, John Guare

John Guare

John Guare is an American playwright. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body...

, Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

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, Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....

, Harold Prince, Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei is an American stage, film and television actress. Following her work on As The World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987...

, Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz (composer)

Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell , Pippin and Wicked...

, Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz

Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...

, Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

, Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater...

, F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Fahrid Murray Abraham is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men and Scarface...

, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

, Herschel Bernardi

Herschel Bernardi

Herschel Bernardi was an American film, Broadway, and television actor....

, Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films....

, Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter.After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S...

, and The B-52s.

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

Los Ángeles

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. 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.

Marciona has also been a commercial casting session director having worked for McDonalds, Pepsi

Pepsi

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, United Airlines

United Airlines

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 and many other company's.

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.

Music and Dance

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.

He studied dance under the legendary Phil Black

Phil Black

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 in New York.

Filmography

Year	Film	Character	Role
1968	The Bortherhood The Brotherhood (1968 film) The Brotherhood is a 1968 crime drama film, directed by Martin Ritt. It stars Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord, and Luther Adler. The script was by Lewis John Carlino....	Antonio	(uncredited)
1973	My Brother Anastasia	Giuseppe
1980	The Idolmaker The Idolmaker The Idolmaker is a 1980 American musical drama starring Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, Tovah Feldshuh and Joe Pantoliano.The film is based on the life of rock promoter and manager Bob Marcucci, who discovered and promoted several rock 'n' roll stars including Frankie Avalon and Fabian....	Gino
1985	HeartBeat Heartbeat Heartbeat may refer to:* Cardiac cycle of the heart* Heart sounds* Pulse* The interval for keeping alive a push e-mail connection* Heartbeat , a British police drama* HeartBeat Heartbeat may refer to:* Cardiac cycle of the heart* Heart sounds* Pulse* The interval for keeping alive a push e-mail... (TV)	Roy
	Invasion U.S.A. Invasion U.S.A. (1985 film) Invasion U.S.A. is a 1985 action film made by Cannon Films and starring Chuck Norris. It was directed by Joseph Zito. Both Chuck Norris and his brother, Aaron, were involved in the writing. It was made in Fort Pierce, Florida. Miami landmarks, such as Dadeland Mall and Miracle Mile, can also be...	Carlos
1986	Playing for Keeps Playing for Keeps (film) Playing for Keeps is a 1986 comedy film directed and written by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein. It stars Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn and Leon W. Grant as a trio of inner-city teenagers attempting to strike it rich by turning a hotel into a rock 'n' roll resort...	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 An American Carol An American Carol is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Zucker and starring Kevin Farley. In some other countries the film is known as Big Fat Important Movie...	Professor #6

Television appearances

Year	TV Show	Role	Episode
1983	CHiPs CHiPs CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...	Lenny	"Return of the Brat Patrol"
1995	Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...	Stage Manager	"Murder in High C"
1996	Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...	(voice) Additional Voices	"Sins of the Fathers Chapter 2: Make a Wish"
2003	Dragnet Dragnet (series) Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners...	Slezak	" Well Endowed"
2004	Six Feet Under	(stunts)	"In Case of Rapture"
2006	Cold Case	Kit Kat Boy #2	"Willkommen"
	Alias Alias (TV series) Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...	Luigi	"No Hard Feelings"

External links

• Biography on Official Website