Anthony Marciona (born September 27, 1961) is an American film, Broadway and television actor, singer and dancer from New York City. Marciona began his acting career at the age of five playing Kirk Douglas' godson in The Brotherhood.
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 in Westchester County, where he graduated from Pelham Memorial High School. After graduating he moved back to New York City.
He currently resides in Los Angeles with his business and life partner, Joseph A. LoBue. He has one sister.
Education Marciona studied film making at the School of Visual Arts in New York, University of California Los Angeles, and also received a business degree from SMC. He was also a composition/jazz major at the Manhattan School of Music. Marciona studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, HB Studios, The Groundlings, BANG. He has also been coached under Sanford Meisner, Diane Castle, Bill Esper, and John Kirby.
Career
Acting
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. 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 McDonald's, Pepsi, United Airlines 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. Marciona plays the piano and has written for and performed with two pop music bands, Interpret and Ariel & Anthony.
Stage
Year Show Venue Notes 1977 Landscape of the Body Academy Festival Theatre, Lake Forest, Illinois As Donny 1986 Buskers Stage Arts Centre / Actors Outlet Theatre Center Off-off-Broadway musical 1990 Starlight Express Kennedy Center Opera House 1992 The Who's Tommy La Jolla Playhouse 2022 Singing Revolution: The Musical The Broadwater Theatre, Los Angeles
Filmography Year Film Character Role 1968 The Brotherhood Antonio Uncredited 1973 My Brother Anastasia Giuseppe 1980 The Idolmaker Gigi 1985 HeartBeat Roy TV movie Invasion U.S.A. Carlos 1986 Playing for Keeps Ronnie Long 2005 Feet Afire Don Marciona Supporting role 2006 Clerks II Dancer #1 Jackass Number Two Dancer Uncredited 2007 The Documents (Dokymentbl) Fig Man Short 2008 An American Carol Professor #6 2006 500 Days of Summer Dancer #22 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Dancer #7 2011 Brickwalk Café Gentleman 2014 Lucky Stiff Italian Man The Nurse Husband 2016 La La Land Epilogue Dancer 2020 Darkness in Tenement 45 Horen
Television appearances Year TV Show Role Episode 1983 CHiPs Lenny "Return of the Brat Patrol" 1995 Murder, She Wrote Stage Manager "Murder in High C" 1996Spider-Man (voice) Additional Voices "Sins of the Fathers Chapter 2: Make a Wish" 2003 Dragnet Slezak "Well Endowed" 2004 Six Feet Under (stunts) "In Case of Rapture" 2006 Cold Case Kit Kat Boy #2 "Willkommen" Alias Luigi "No Hard Feelings" 2010/2011 Glee Dancer 3 episodes (uncredited) 2013 The Thundermans Arith-mo-tick "Reportcard"
References
External links
Biography on Official Website