Tony Cavalero

Tony Cavalero is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Keefe Chambers on the HBO television series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025) and for playing Ozzy Osbourne in the film The Dirt.

Early life Cavalero attended Poe Middle School and graduated from Annandale High School, where he lettered in varsity football, wrestling, and lacrosse. He is an Eagle Scout and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute where he was a four-year varsity lacrosse player. He moved to Los Angeles in 2006 and studied theater at Cal State LA.

Career Cavalero began acting in 2006. In 2010 he began taking classes with improv company The Groundlings, eventually he was promoted to their Sunday company and later graduated to the main cast. During this time, he was also in an improv group alongside fellow Groundlings comedian Fortune Feimster called "Robert Downey Jr Jr". He was simultaneously working as a janitor in the early years of his membership.

In 2014, he was cast as Dewey Finn on the Nickelodeon remake of School of Rock, replacing Jack Black from the 2003 film School of Rock. The series premiered in 2016 and ran for three seasons.

In 2018, he was cast as Ozzy Osbourne in Netflix's biographical film of Mötley Crüe, The Dirt.

In 2019, Cavalero was cast in HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones as Keefe Chambers.

Filmography

Film

Television