Anthony was born in Yorkshire to a Nigerian father and Irish mother
and raised in London. As a talented actor his energy and enthusiasm
make him a joy to work with. IRDP director Tim Crook, who has worked
with Anthony in Hello? at the Old Red Lion, The Great Los
Angeles Opportunity by William George Q, Shiver Breathing
by James Payne, Bliss and Tumble by James Payne and Chris Fitch,
and To Sleep by Ken Armstrong, says he is "one of the most
professional, inspiring and committed performers and always an asset
to any production". Anthony also appeared in The Great River,
one of the Magical Music Box series for children. His professionalism
combined with his sense of fun made this children's story come alive.
His good ear for accents makes him very versatile.
He was a member of the BBC Radio Repertory Drama Company for Radio
4 from '97-'98. Productions include: Death in Venice, War
& Peace, Playboy Of The Western World, One Flat Summer,
The Guns of Navarone, The Winner and Potshot.
Anthony has also read audio books for the Royal National Institute
for the Blind.
Anthony's film credits include: Nic Roeg's Samson and Delilah
as 1st Prisoner, Elliot in Ian Diaz' The Killing Zone and Driver
in Nigel Barker's Plato's Breaking Point for Robark Pictures.
For TV he played Ray in BBC's 2 Point 4 Children, Abraham
James in ITV Carlton's The Bill and has appeared in Family
Affairs for Channel 5. His Voice-Over work includes the Oxfam
Appeal and Slavery-The Untold Story.
He has numerous stage appearances: The Beatification Of Area Boy,
a West Yorkshire Playhouse Production and World Tour, Acquisitive
Case at The Southwark Playhouse, Billy Budd and La Cenerentola
at the Royal Opera House, Once On This Island at The Peacock
and Five Guys Named Mo at The Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue. For
fringe and touring theatre Anthony has performed in, notably Hello?
by Dale Smith (one of the winning plays in the Woolwich Young Radio
Playwrights' Competition in 1994, which was also adapted for the stage
and had a three-week run at the Old Red Lion in Islington, directed
by IRDP's Tim Crook), He sang as Remus in Scott Joplin's ragtime Opera
TREEMONISHA at the BAC and Hackney Empire, played Mr. Mugglewump
In THE TWITS at the Belgrade, Coventry, the Ondine King in
ONDINE at the Cochrane, and Aliyu in ACQUISITIVE CASE
at Southwark Playhouse.
Anthony has excellent movement skills. For Four's Company Dance Theatre
his work includes the lead in VICE AND JOY and ON THE GOOD
FOOT at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, where he also wrote
and performed SAXMAN soon to be a short film. He has 'jitter-bugged'
for Zoots and Spangles Dance Theatre, supporting Humphrey Lyttleton's
jazz outfit and for Souls in Motion. Other work includes corporate
role-plays and educational drama tutoring, photography, design and
painting.
