De Longis, Anthony 1950- (Anthony DeLongis, Anthony de Longis, Anthony deLongis, Tony de Longis)

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De Longis, Anthony 1950- (Anthony DeLongis, Anthony de Longis, Anthony deLongis, Tony de Longis)

PERSONAL

Full name, Anthony Charles De Longis; born March 23, 1950, in Glendale, CA. Education: Earned black belts in tae kwon do karate and Filipino kali; trained with Canadian Governor General's Horse Guard.

Addresses:

Agent—Cavaleri and Associates, 178. S. Victory Blvd., Suite 205, Burbank, CA 91502; Kirk Talent Agencies, 134 Abbott St., Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2K4 Canada. Contact—P.O. Box 2445, Canyon Country, CA 91386-2445.

Career:

Actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, fight choreographer, and weapons specialist. Palpable Hit Productions (video producers), cofounder, 1999; Australian Light Horsemen, cofounder; California Desperados, member. University of California, Los Angeles, instructor in stage combat and character movement, 1974-93; also teacher of master classes at Los Angeles City College, York University, and Atlanta School of Stage Combat. Los Angeles Music Center Opera, fight director and weapons specialist for stage productions, 1985—; Universal Studios Tour, choreographer and sword master for Conan Sword Spectacular, 1991-93, fight trainer for Waterworld Sea War Spectacular, 1995, and affiliated with Wild Wild West Stunt Show, 1998-99.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors' Equity Association, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Society of American Fight Directors (honorary member), Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists, Society of Canadian Fight Directors, Union of British Columbia Performers, Cowboy Mounted Shooters Association, Single Action Shooting Society.

Awards, Honors:

San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award nomination, outstanding achievement in choreography, 1983-84, for Rashomon; DramaLogue Award, best choreography, 1991, for Julius Caesar.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) The Gay Deceivers, Fanfare Films, 1969.

(Uncredited) Soldier in bar, Swashbuckler (also known as Scarlet Buccaneer), 1976.

(As Anthony de Longis) Morthond, Circle of Iron (also known as The Silent Flute), Avco-Embassy, 1979.

Bret Barnett, Jaguar Lives! (also known as El felino and Jaguar Lebt!), American International Pictures, 1979.

Simon Peter, In Search of Historic Jesus, Sunn Classics, 1980.

Gang member, King of the Mountain (also known as Helden der strasse), Universal, 1981.

Rodrigo, The Sword and the Sorcerer (also known as Talon im kampf gegen das imperium), Group 1 Film Distributors, 1982.

Kief, Zeg's captain, The Warrior and the Sorceress (also known as The Warrior and Kain del planeta oscura), New Horizons, 1984.

Jesus, 3 Days, Envoy Productions/International Lutheran Laymen's League, 1984.

Voice of Zygon, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (animated; also known as Gonggan jonsol Orin), Atlantic, 1985.

Smith Raddock, Dangerously Close (also known as Teuflische Klasse, Choice Kill, and Campus '86), Cannon Group/Golan-Globus, 1986.

Blade, Masters of the Universe (also known as Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture), Cannon Films, 1987.

Voice of Klaus Furschtien, The Chipmunk Adventure (animated), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987.

Ketchum, Road House, United Artists, 1989.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Boxer, Far and Away (also known as In einem fernen land), Universal, 1992.

(Uncredited) Terrifying clown, Batman Returns (also known as Batmans Rueckkehr), Warner Bros., 1992.

Jon Delgado, Final Round (also known as Human Target), 1993.

Rainman, The Feminine Touch (also known as November Conspiracy and Die Todesliste), Miracon Pictures, 1994.

Gate mercenary, CIA II Target: Alexa (also known as Codename Viper and CIA II: Code Name Alexa), PM Entertainment Group, 1994.

Card cheat, Wild Bill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995.

Damian, Expect No Mercy (also known as Gnadenlos), Imperial Entertainment, 1995.

Paris Morgan, Cyber-Tracker 2, PM Entertainment Group, 1995.

Woody, Deadlock, Sick Puppy Productions, 1997.

General Nimbus, Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, FM Entertainment, 1998.

Tarak, Ariana's Quest, 2001.

Himself, On the Set with "Secondhand Lions" (documentary short), New Line Home Video, 2004.

Spanish duelist, Friendly Fire, Capitol Records, 2006.

Spanish swordsman, Huo Yuan Jia (also known as Fearless, Jet Li's "Fearless," and Legend of a Fighter), Rogue Pictures, 2007.

Dirk, Double Duty, 2008.

Himself, Indyfans and the Quest for Fortune and Glory (documentary), Cinema Libre Studio, 2008.

Also appeared in The Audition; Sunshine Ladies.

Film Work:

Sword trainer, The Sword and the Sorcerer (also known as Talon im kampf gegen das imperium), Group 1 Film Distributors, 1982.

Fight choreographer, The Warrior and the Sorceress (also known as The Warrior and Kain del planeta oscura), New Horizons, 1984.

Stunt double, Masters of the Universe (also known as Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture), Cannon Films, 1987.

(Uncredited) Stunt performer, Road House, United Artists, 1989.

(Uncredited) Bare knuckle fighter, Far and Away (also known as In einem fernen land), Universal, 1992.

Bullwhip trainer, choreographer for Michelle Pfeiffer, and (uncredited) stunt performer, Batman Returns (also known as Batmans Rueckkehr), Warner Bros., 1992.

Bullwhip trainer and choreographer for Kristina Wagner, Double Dragon (also known as Double Dragon: The Movie and Double Dragon: Die 5. Dimension), 1993, Gramercy Pictures, 1994.

Bullwhip trainer and double for Madeline Stowe, and (uncredited) stunt performer, Bad Girls, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.

Co-choreographer of karate duel, The Feminine Touch (also known as November Conspiracy and Die Todesliste), Miracon Pictures, 1994.

Bullwhip coach, Wild Bill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995.

Fight choreographer, Expect No Mercy (also known as Gnadenlos), Imperial Entertainment, 1995.

Fight choreographer and sword master, Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, FM Entertainment, 1998.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Sword master, Almost Heroes, Warner Bros., 1998.

(Uncredited) Fight choreographer and sword master, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (also known as Disney's "Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World" and Pocahontas: Journey to a New World), Buena Vista Home Video/Walt Disney Home Video, 1998.

Sword master, Secondhand Lions, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Bullwhip trainer, The Rundown (also known as Welcome to the Jungle), Universal, 2003.

Sword master, Friendly Fire, Capitol Records, 2006.

Bullwhip trainer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Irving, General Hospital, ABC, 1984.

Claus Van Zandt, Days of Our Lives (also known as Days and DOOL), NBC, 1985.

Stefano's thug, Days of Our Lives (also known as Days and DOOL), NBC, 1988.

Pierre, General Hospital, 1988-89.

Leo Mitchell, Santa Barbara, NBC, 1989.

First Maje Culluh, Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, 1995-96.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Quest, 1982.

Rawls, Velvet (also known as Frauen wie samt und stahl), ABC, 1984.

Immigration officer, MacGruder and Loud, 1985.

Ivan Danisovich, High Mountain Rangers, 1988.

Josh, The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake, 1996.

General Nimbus, Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, HBO, 1999.

Tarak, Ariana's Quest, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin, 1992.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Ketcham, Logan's Run, CBS, 1977.

Hajek bodyguard number one, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, ABC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Medical Story, 1975.

Tony, "Someone's Watching," Family, 1977.

Russell, "Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy?" Quincy (also known as Quincy M.E.), NBC, 1977.

Sergio Morse, "Campus Terror," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (also known as The Nancy Drew Mysteries), ABC, 1978.

Karate instructor, The Hardy Boys Mysteries, ABC, 1979.

Mick Taggert, Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1979.

Taba, "The Man with Nine Lives," Battlestar Galactica, ABC, 1979.

Taba, "Baltar's Escape," Battlestar Galactica, ABC, 1979.

Norton, "The Hazzardgate Tape," The Dukes of Hazzard, CBS, 1982.

"Conventional Warfare," Hardcastle and McCormick, 1983.

David Cardell (The Killer), "The Deadly Prey," Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (also known as Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer), CBS, 1984.

Jack Cooley, "Who Killed Sister Lorna?" Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (also known as Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer), CBS, 1984.

Kline, "Criss-Cross," Matt Houston, ABC, 1984.

Tony, "Harder Than It Looks," The A-Team, NBC, 1984.

Draper, "The Java Tiger," The Master (also known as Master Ninja), NBC, 1984.

Ghalen, "The Dissident," V (also known as V: The Series), NBC, 1984.

Serge Berensky, "Death Takes a Curtain Call," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1984.

Mick Taggery, "The Fred Connection," Trapper John, M.D., 1984.

Our Family Honor, 1985.

Slade, "Enos and Daisy's Wedding," The Dukes of Hazzard, CBS, 1985.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Piedra, "The Assassin," MacGyver, ABC, 1986.

(As Tony de Longis) Thompson, "The Convict's Piano," The Twilight Zone (also known as The New Twilight Zone), CBS, 1986.

The Butterfly, "Butterfly Is Free," She's the Sheriff, syndicated, 1987.

Nicolaj Kosov, "Lost Love: Parts 1 & 2," MacGyver, ABC, 1987.

Chain gang soloist, "Cool Hand Dave: Part 2," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987.

Zorn, "You, Too, Can Be a Detective," Simon & Simon, CBS, 1987.

"For Caroline," Houston Knights, CBS, 1988.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Arvin Swenson, "Suppose They Gave a Ware and Sledge Came?," Sledge Hammer! (also known as Sledge Hammer: The Early Years), 1988.

Hans, Days of Our Lives (also known as Days and DOOL), NBC, 1990.

Jesse James, Wake, Rattle, & Roll, syndicated, 1990.

Blackbeard, Wake, Rattle, & Roll, syndicated, 1990.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Sand, "Samurai," Renegade, USA Network and syndicated, 1993.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Pastorini, "The Rabbit and the Fox," Renegade, USA Network and syndicated, 1993.

Lymon Kurlow, "Blackmail," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1994.

Jack Munsch, "Amnesty, Hawkeye, syndicated, 1995.

El Brujo, "Target," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995.

(As Anthony deLongis) Travis Morell, "Rapscallions," Pacific Blue, USA Network, 1996.

Harry, "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?" Babylon 5, syndicated, 1996.

Man in black, "Don't Go to Sleep," Goosebumps, Fox, 1997.

Otavio Consone, "Duende," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1997.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Prince Shadizar, "The Curse of Afka," Conan (also known as Conan the Adventurer and Conan, der abenteurer), 1997.

Vern, "The Case of the Galloping Ghost," The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, 1998.

Prince Shadizar, "The Curse of Afka," Conan, syndicated, 1998.

Malek, "The Gryphon's Tale," The Adventures of Sinbad, syndicated, 1998.

Master Torres, "Destiny," Queen of Swords (also known as Reina de espadas and Tessa, a la pointe de l'epee), 2000.

Krane, "The Hanged Man," Queen of Swords (also known as Reina de espadas and Tessa, a la pointe de l'epee), 2001.

Commander Phil McCarty, The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), 2001.

Lancelot, "Sire Caradoc at the Round Table," Mythquest, PBS and CBC, 2002.

EMT, "Try Carter," ER, NBC, 2004.

(As Anthony DeLongis) Fencing instructor, "A Bitter Pill to Swallow," The War at Home, Fox, 2007.

Redneck, The Riches, FX Channel, 2007.

Emile, "iFence," iCarly, Nickelodeon, 2008.

Also appeared in Fantasy Island, ABC; Strike Force, ABC.

Television Work; Series:

Stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and sword master, Queen of Swords (also known as Reina de espadas and Tessa, a la pointe de l'epee), 2000.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Choreographer: Anjelica Houston and whip trainer, Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995.

Stunt performer: bullwhip, Into the West, TNT, 2005.

Television Work; Movies:

Stunt performer, The Cherokee Kid, HBO, 1996.

Stunt coordinator and sword master, The Magnificent Seven, 1998.

Fight coordinator, Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, HBO, 1999.

Television Work; Pilots:

Stunt performer, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, ABC, 2007.

Television Work; Episodic:

Stunt double for Lee Horsley, "I Am an Angel," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2001.

Stunt performer, "Double Down, Triple Threat," Las Vegas, NBC, 2005.

Sword master, "A Bitter Pill to Swallow," The War at Home, Fox, 2007.

Fencing coordinator, "iFence," iCarly, Nickelodeon, 2008.

Also worked as fight choreographer, Highlander, syndicated.

Stage Appearances:

Samurai husband, Rashomon, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1983-84.

Count Zescu, A Vampire Reflects, Ventura Court Theatre, Studio City, CA, 1999.

Also appeared as Vicomte de Valvert, Cyrano de Bergerac, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles; Guildenstern, Hamlet, Theatre 40, Los Angeles; Prince John of Lancaster, Henry IV, Part Two, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA; Sparger, Kennedy's Children, Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles; Edgar, King Lear, Old Globe Theatre; Siward, Macbeth, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; Duke Vincentio, Measure for Measure, Theatre 40; Magnifico, The Merchant of Venice, Old Globe Theatre; Iago, Othello, Globe Playhouse, Los Angeles; the commander, Philemon, Theatre 40; Paris, Romeo and Juliet, John Anson Ford Theatre, Hollywood, CA; Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet, Old Globe Theatre; Guildenstern, Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Theatre 40; Valentine, Twelfth Night, Old Globe Theatre; and Ward, The Wager, Theatre 40.

Stage Choreographer:

Rashomon, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1983-84.

Julius Caesar, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, c. 1991.

Also choreographer for Cyrano de Bergerac and Macbeth, both Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles; Hamlet, Henry IV, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida, and Twelfth Night, all Old Globe Theatre; Chekhov in Yalta, Lisbon Traviata, Miss Evers' Boys, Romance Language, and Twelfth Night, all Mark Taper Forum; I Capuleti I Montecchi, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Electra, Faust, Otello, Stiffelio, Tosca, Tristan und Isolde, and Il Trovatore, all Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Los Angeles.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Mastering the Bullwhip: Volumes 1 & 2, Point Man Productions, 1998.

Rapier for Stage and Screen: The De Longis Method, Palpable Hit Productions, 1999.

The Sword Spectacular Weekend Convention Video, Palpable Hit Productions, 1999.

Broadsword for Stage and Screen: The De Longis Method, Palpable Hit Productions, 2001.

Also appeared in Bullwhip Basics: The First 6 Lessons, Palpable Hit Productions; and Whip Cracking with the Masters, Volume 1, Australian Stock Saddle Company Productions.

Video Games:

Voice of Federation admiral, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Enhance, 1992.

(As Anthony de Longis) Admiral Richards, commander, and Curator Breznia, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, 1993.

Voices of dwarfs and shargas, Stonekeep, 1995.

Voice, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, Interplay, 1995.

Voice of admiral of the fleet, Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy, 1997.

Voice of Jakob "Deke" Decourt, Fear Effect, Eidos Interactive, 2000.

WRITINGS

Contributor to magazines, including Fight Master, Inside Karate, and Martial Arts Insider. Contributor of short stories to anthologies, including "Consone's Diary," An Evening at Joe's.