Tony Alcantar

Anthony Joseph Alcantar (born in 1959 or 1960) is an American actor. He has done improv work with the Windy City Women Improv Troupe, acted in TV shows and films, provided voice acting for TV animation and video games, and worked as a dialect coach.

Early life Alcantar was born and raised in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and MFA in acting from the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University.

Career Alcantar toured and performed with The Second City in both Toronto and London, Ontario. From 1989 to 1998, Alcantar taught at the Players Workshop of the Second City, directing 16 shows there.

After relocating to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1999, Alcantar landed guest star or recurring roles on numerous shows, including Stargate SG-1, Dead Like Me, Da Vinci's Inquest, The Dead Zone, The Collector, Andromeda, Dark Angel, Millennium, Strange World, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Just Deal, Cold Squad, Los Luchadores, The Outer Limits, and Breaking News. He had a recurring role on NBC's series American Dreams.

Alcantar performed in the mockumentary Best in Show, the all-improvised film directed by Christopher Guest. He also appeared in MVPII, The Rhino Brothers, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, The Charlie's Angels Story, Chestnut: Hero of Central Park, Hope Springs, Fantastic Four, His and Her Christmas and In the Land of Women.

Alcantar has had lead and principal roles in the animated shows Slammin' Sammy, Being Ian, Alienators: Evolution Continues, Inspector Gadget and the Gadgetinis, Kong: The Animated Series, Gundam Wing, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and MegaMan NT Warrior. He has provided both voice and body to the upcoming Electronic Arts' video game The Godfather: The Game and did multiple voices for SSX On Tour. Alcantar has also been the dialect coach on the features Slither, Whisper, and The Wicker Man. He has worked as a dialect coach on the TV shows Fargo and Fear the Walking Dead.

In 2017, he played a minor role as the Mayor of Fillydelphia in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season seven episode "A Royal Problem".

Notable students Sean Hayes, Emmy winner, and star of Will & Grace studied under Tony at the Players Workshop of The Second City. Stephnie Weir, star of MADtv, studied under Tony at the Players Workshop of The Second City in the 1990s. Grace Park, who plays Boomer in Battlestar Galactica studied with Tony at Improv Chicago in Vancouver.

Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 1992 Butterscotch and Chocolate Butterscotch Barnes 2000 Best in Show Philly AM Chef 2001 The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records Frank 2001 MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate Eric Clark 2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Edgar Moore 2003 Hope Springs Webster 2004 Chestnut: Hero of Central Park Chef 2005 The Deal Agent Grazer 2005 Fantastic Four Compound Reporter #12007When a Man Falls in the ForestHardware Store Customer 2007 Numb Mt. Sinai Researcher 2007 Postal Angry Man 2007 Battle in Seattle Mark Harrinton 2007 Martian Child Barber 2008 Christmas Town Santa Charlie Ketchum 2009 The Break-Up Artist Bob Green 2012 A Christmas Story 2 Dr. Gunter Strassen 2013 The Marine 3: Homefront Glen 2013 Concrete Blondes Mick 2013 Lawrence & Holloman Lawrence's Boss 2014 Big Eyes Fan #2 2014 Cheat Harris Brown 2016 Killing Poe Ralph Thompson

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1995 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Additional voices (English dub) 1 episode 1999 Millennium Chuck Episode: "Collateral Damage" 1999 Strange World FBI Assistant Episode: "Eliza" 2000 The Outer Limits Director Episode: "Judgement Day" 2000 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Thug Episode: "Honey, Whodunit?" 2000 Hollywood Off-Ramp Claude Episode: "Death by Gossip" 2000 The Fearing Mind Hospital Attendant Episode: "Good Harvest" 2000 Just Deal Car Salesman Episode: "Joyride" 2001 The Immortal Gnome Two Episode: "Forest for the Trees" 2001 Los Luchadores Museum Guard Bob 2 episodes 2001 Till Dad Do Us Part Smoking Man Television film 2001 MegaMan NT Warrior SpikeMan (voice: English dub) Recurring role 2001–2002 Ultimate Book of Spells Voice 26 episodes 2001–2002 Alienators: Evolution Continues Additional voices 17 episodes 2002 Dark Angel Irving Episode: "Borrowed Time" 2002 Romantic Comedy 101 Mannix Waiter Television film 2002 Breaking News Dino 7 episodes 2002–2003 American Dreams Lewd Camera Guy 6 episodes 2003 Impromptu: The Audition Marty Klein Television film 2003 Gadget & the Gadgetinis Additional voices 51 episodes 2004 Andromeda Sy 2 episodes 2004 The L Word Man in Suit Episode: "Let's Do It" 2004 Being Ian Dirk Octane Episode: "Ian's Louse-Ey Day" 2004 Da Vinci's Inquest Barry 2 episodes 2004 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels VP of Research Television film 2004 Tru Calling Monty the Car Salesman Episode: "Death Becomes Her" 2004 Meltdown: Days of Destruction Reactor Tech Chuck Pasquin Television film 2004 The Dead Zone Polygraph Operator Episode: "Finding Rachel: Part 2" 2004 The Collector Frank Episode: "Another Collector" 2004 Dead Like Me Ned Benjamin Episode: "In Escrow" 2005 His and Her Christmas Hayden Television film 2006 Stargate SG-1 Dr. Myers Episode: "The Scourge" 2006 The Evidence Landlord Episode: "Wine and Dine" 2006 Three Moons Over Milford Councilman Rose Episode: "Unaired Pilot" 2007 Unthinkable Forensic Agent Television film 2007 Psych Auctioneer 2 episodes 2008 Under One Roof Lyle Fitzgerald Episode: "Cell Out" 2008 Aliens in America Mr. Weinblau Episode: "The Muslim Guard" 2008 Love to Kill Nabor Television film 2009 Revolution Principal 2009 Alice Waiting Room Ace 2 episodes 2010 Hiccups School Principal Episode: "Autograph Hound" 2010 Tower Prep Psychology Professor Episode: "Dreams" 2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story Statistics Clerk Television film 2012 Once Upon a Time Cashier Episode: "Tallahassee" 2012 Level Up The Swirling Giver Episode: "The Swirling Giver" 2013 Supernatural Chris Hinckley Episode: "Torn and Frayed" 2013 Motive Devon Pearman Episode: "Ruthless" 2013 Continuum Future Clerk Episode: "Seconds" 2013 Arrow Pharmacist Episode: "State v. Queen" 2014 A Fairly Odd Summer Ed Leadly Television film 2014–2018 The Actress Diaries Archie 10 episodes 2015 Bridal Wave Dorian Television film 2015 Harvest Moon Howard Gordon 2015 Once Upon a Holiday Simon 2015 When Calls the Heart Mike Ward / Reporter Episode: "New Year's Wish" 2016 Stake Out Boss Episode: "The Beginning" 2017 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Mayor of Fillydelphia (voice) Episode: "The Royal Problem" 2018 iZombie Casper Episode: "Chivalry Is Dead" 2019 Project Blue Book Carlton Fanshaw Episode: "The Lubbock Lights" 2019 Van Helsing Officer Rudolph Episode: "No 'I' in Team" 2025 The Thundermans: Undercover Brain Freeze Episode: "Save the Date"

Video games YearTitleRoleNotes 2005 SSX on Tour Additional voices 2006 The Godfather Paulie Gatto 2006 The Godfather: Mob Wars 2007 The Godfather: The Don's Edition 2007 The Godfather: Blackhand Edition