Anthony Thomas

Born September 18, 1964 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.Anthony attended Marist Brothers, Hamilton, NSW during his high school years and was a keen rugby player who represented his school in ...Show More

Born September 18, 1964 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.Anthony attended Marist Brothers, Hamilton, NSW during his high school years and was a keen rugby player who represented his school in the State championships. Following graduation, he attended the NSW Police Academy graduating in 1989 and was posted to Leichhardt Police Station where he served during one of the most infamous times in the NSW Police Force. Anthony eventually left the Police Force in 1992.It was at this time, that he became the manager of a then lesser known and unsigned Newcastle pub band, The Screaming Jets. Anthony took the band through two world tours and two world album releases and projected them to the household name that they are today. During this time he also owned the infamous Ziggurat Nightclub in King Cross, NSW which was host to many International and National bands, actors and A list celebrities.Anthony took an interest in acting late 1997 where he was cast in a few commercials and guest starred in award winning Australian TV shows such as Farscape, All Saints and Water Rats.For personal reasons, in 2003 Anthony was unable to pursue his acting career any further and spent the following 12 years in varying jobs from commercial diver to occupational health and safety. However, he was never far from acting going to LA for an intensive 5 week actor's workshop in 2012.In December 2015, Anthony made the decision to pursue his acting career on a full time basis. Since this time he has featured as a lead in Australian feature film, Into Black (post-production) and Black Dust.So far in 2017, he featured as the lead in two theater productions with Internationally recognized Short & Sweet Festival, has recently filmed a pilot for Australian TV Series, White Noise by Blueprint Productions and as of March will be heading back to the US securing the lead role of Detective Pryce in SYN, an Amazon Original by Jenisis Films, with production to commence in May. Hide