Gary Anthony Sturgis (born November 3, 1966) is an American actor, musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur, known for his role as Bar Patron and other characters in the television series America's Most Wanted, and for providing the voice of Ebon in the animated series Static Shock. He is also known by the rap moniker of Illuminati, having successfully promoted a few albums on iTunes.
Early life Sturgis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the second oldest son of four born to Abraham and Sarah Sturgis. He grew up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended McDonogh Senior High School where he played piccolo and served as drum major for the band. After writing an essay for a class assignment expressing his love and desire for acting, a teacher invited him to a table read for a play, and Sturgis was cast as the understudy; later going on to play the lead role of A Raisin in the Sun.
Career Sturgis made his acting debut in the romantic thriller film The Big Easy (1986). He later starred in the film Blaze (1989) as Marquez' Son.
Sturgis later appeared as an antagonist in two of Tyler Perry's films, Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Daddy's Little Girls (2007), as well as the film Pride (2007), starring Terrence Howard, and co-stars in the independent feature directed by Cedric the Entertainer,Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2008. Chicago Pulaski Jones. He landed television roles in his early career such as a recurring character by the name of Caz in the General Hospital spin-off, Port Charles, as well as smaller roles on The District, NYPD Blue, Malcolm and Eddie and Girlfriends.
In the mid-1990s, he began booking voice-over jobs in commercials and trailers. He served as the voice of the Monday night (and later Tuesday night) lineup on the now defunct UPN network, promoting such series as The Parkers, Moesha, Half & Half, Girlfriends, The Hughleys and many others. Simultaneously in 1997 and 1998, he was also the daily announcer for the late night talk show, VIBE, starring Chris Spencer and later, comedian Sinbad. Sturgis never had a contract for either job stating that he would just "keep coming everyday until they tell me to stop." This lasted for the duration of the network and the talk show respectively.Inland Valley Voice, "Sounds Like A Good Career", August 22, 2002, page 2.
Sturgis appeared on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter in 2002 in celebration of his voice over efforts. In addition to promos for network television, he also did several Hollywood film trailers such as Bones, The Wood, Crossroads, Two Can Play That Game, and The Others.
Sturgis was interviewed by fashion editor Antoine Von Boozier exclusively for Floss Magazine. The interview was published on March 7, 2016.
Sturgis played several animated roles landing himself in cartoons, feature films and in video games. A partial list includes, Static Shock, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Batman Beyond, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Fairly OddParents: Wishology. Video game titles include Shout About Music, True Crime: New York City, Evil Dead, Spider-Man 2, Red Faction, and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. In February 2009, he worked on Blokhedz animated web series on Missiong.com and did the voice of Biskit, the leader of the biker gang Wild Dawgs.
In October 2008, Sturgis began working as a staff writer for Tyler Perry Studios on the series Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns, both on TBS. This would mark his first professional writing job. His first credited episode of Tyler Perry's House of Payne aired on December 16, 2008. Outside of acting, he works as a musician, writer, teacher, and entrepreneur.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1986The Big EasyCar Vandel #11989BlazeMarquez' Son1994VirtuosityOfficer at Video Store1995Tornado RunPilot1997VolcanoHomeless Man in ParkUncredited2001Scooby-Doo and the Cyber ChasePhantom Virus (voice)Direct-to-video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2005The CribRapping MikeShort film2005Diary of a Mad Black WomanJamison Milton Jackson 2007Daddy's Little GirlsJoePrideFranklin2009The Adventure of UmbwekiPretty Tony2010A Gang Land Love StoryPaul Revere2011Joshua TreeDarryl2011Dance FuDaddy J 2012Battlefield AmericaEric Smith Sr.The Devil Is My WitnessLarcenShort filmBatman: The Dark Knight ReturnsSilk (voice)Direct-to-video2013Day of RedemptionDaryl2014Justice League: WarTeammate #2 (voice)Direct-to-video2015Lucky GirlDarnell Riggins Sr. 2016DirtyDetective BishopHav FaithXavier Dunbar 2017CainAbelAdamBustedNathan 2018We Belong TogetherJeffersonThe StuffSonnyEverything That GlittersCarl RobinsonOle BryceMalcolm Wyatt2020The Regiment
Television Year Film Role Notes1988–1989America's Most Wanted: America Fights BackBar Patron, Lee Nell Carter's victim, Leroy CarterTV documentary series; 3 episodes 1996High SocietyParamedicEpisode: "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore"NYPD BlueLarry BluefordEpisode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis" 1997Chicago SonsWaiterEpisode: "A Foursome Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing"Malcolm & EddieRichardEpisode: "The Commercial"High IncidentUnknown roleEpisode: "Excessive Force"1997Extreme GhostbustersRoland (voice)Episode: "Darkness at Noon: Part 1"; uncredited2000–2004Static ShockIvan Evans / Ebon, Duke (voice)10 episodes2000–2001Batman BeyondKobra Driver, Howard Reubens, Punk3 episodes2001The DistrictHenry G. Charters, Officer Cory Willis2 episodes2003Port CharlesCaz11 episodes2005Teen TitansTrogaar (voice)Episode: "Go"2006Avatar: The Last AirbenderGow (voice)Episode: "Zuko Alone"2008GirlfriendsContractorEpisode: "Adapt to Adopt"2008–2009K-9 CopsNarrator (voice)16 episodes 2009Meet the BrownsTeddy, TheodoreEpisode: "Meet the Dangerous and the Deadline"Also writerHouse of PayneMr. OrlandoEpisode: "Slightly Payneful Truth"Also writerBatman: The Brave and the BoldBronze Tiger (voice)Episode: "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!"The Fairly OddParentsLead Eliminator, Destructinator, Huginator (voice)Episode: "Wishology"2012The Soul ManParishionerEpisode: "Lost in the Move"2012–2013Hot in ClevelandOfficer Davenport, Cop2 episodes2014Beware the BatmanGuard (voice)Episode: "Attraction"2015Will to LoveJohn HawkinsTelevision film2016The Sin WithinJames Morris4 episodes20185th WardBlue6 episodes2019The ProbeNardTelevision film2020Pole MagicTerrance Coleman
Video games Year Title Role Notes Source 1994 Corpse Killer Fleming 2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Phantom Virus 2002 Spider-ManKraven the Hunter, Dr. Rue Red Faction 2 Lars Repta 2003 Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick 2004 Spider-Man 2 Luke Cage, additional voices 2005 True Crime: New York City Credited as Gary Sturgis 2013 Batman: Arkham Origins BlackgateBronze Tiger
Web Year Title Role Notes 2009BlokhedzBiskitAnimated web series on Missiong.com
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