Tony Amendola

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 Warlords of Draenor to The War Within.

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 has led] 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.

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, and the Catholic priest Father Perez in the 2014 horror film Annabelle,

Amendola plays a Spanish magistrate in the 1998 swashbuckler film The Mask of Zorro His theater credits include Othello, 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 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its 2023 sequel.

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

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Maxie Street Bum 2012 The Son of an Afghan Farmer Basil 2019 The Curse of La Llorona Father Perez Santa Fake Father Estaban2021 Xico's Journey Tochtli Voice Caged Warden Perez 2022 Father Stu Coach Beech 2023 Rebel Moon King Levitica New Life Raymond Reed

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