Gary Anthony Sturgis

Gary Anthony Sturgis is an American actor, musician, writer, director, producer, teacher and entrepreneur,[1] 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.

Gary Anthony Sturgis
Sturges in February 2008
Born
Gary Anthony Sturgis

Other namesGary Sturgis
Occupation
  • Actor
  • musician
  • writer
  • director
  • producer
  • teacher
  • entrepreneur
Years active1986present
Spouse(s)
Jennifer Grimes
(m. 1992)
Children2

Sturgis 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.[1]

Sturgis later appeared as an antagonist in two of Tyler Perry's movies, Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Daddy's Little Girls (2007),[1] as well as the movie Pride (2007), starring Terrence Howard, and co-stars in the independent feature directed by Cedric the Entertainer,[2] Chicago Pulaski Jones. He has also 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.[1]

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.[3]

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 movie trailers such as Bones, The Wood, Crossroads, Two Can Play That Game and The Others.

Gary was interviewed by fashion editor Antoine Von Boozier exclusively for Floss Magazine that was published on March 7, 2016. During the interview, Gary reveals he is venturing more into producing and directing the many screenplays and television series he have penned over the years. Sturgis says “I am currently in editing on my directorial debut in 2016, and shooting CainAbel a film I star in as well as HOWARD HIGH, a new musical offering from Chris Stokes. I appreciate all the love and support from my fans!”[4]

He 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 and Red Faction. His role in Batman: The Brave and the Bold as the DC Comics anti-hero Bronze Tiger was also reprised in the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS video game 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.

Personal life

In 1992, Sturgis married his college sweetheart, Jennifer Grimes, whom he met at University of New Orleans. The pair moved to Los Angeles where she landed a job as an assistant talent agent at a top-tier talent agency. Shortly thereafter, Sturgis was signed at the agency. They have two sons, Evan and Dane. Sturgis is also a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1986 The Big Easy Car vandel #1
1989 Blaze Marquez' Son
1994 Virtuosity Officer at Video Store
1995 Tornado Run Pilot
1997 Volcano Homeless Man in Park Uncredited
2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase The Phantom Virus (voice) Direct-to-video[5]
2005 The Crib Rapping Mike Short film

"Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman"

2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman Jamison Milton Jackson
2007 Daddy's Little Girls Joseph
Pride Franklin
2009 The Adventure of Umbweki Pretty Tony
2010 A Gang Land Love Story Paul Revere
2011 Joshua Tree Darryl
2011 Dance Fu Daddy J
2012 Battlefield America Eric Smith Sr.
The Devil Is My Witness Larcen Short film
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1 Silk (voice) Direct-to-video[5]
2013 Day of Redemption Daryl
2014 Justice League: War Teammate #2 (voice) Direct-to-video[5]
2015 Lucky Girl Darnell Riggins Sr.
2016 Dirty Detective Bishop
Hav Faith Xavier Dunbar
2017 CainAbel Adam
Busted Nathan
2018 We Belong Together Jefferson
The Stuff Sonny
Everything That Glitters Carl Robinson
Ole Bryce Malcolm Wyatt
2020 The Regiment Filming

Television

Year Film Role Notes
1988–1989 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Bar Patron, Lee Nell Carter's victim, Leroy Carter TV documentary series; 3 episodes
1996 High Society Paramedic Episode: "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore"
NYPD Blue Larry Blueford Episode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis"
1997 Chicago Sons Waiter Episode: "A Foursome Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing"
Malcolm & Eddie Richard Episode: "The Commercial"
High Incident Unknown role Episode: "Excessive Force"
1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Roland (voice) Ep. "Darkness at Noon: Part 1"
Uncredited
2000–2004 Static Shock Ebon, Yvan Evans, Duke (voices) 10 episodes
2000–2001 Batman Beyond Various Voices 5 Episodes[5]
2001 The District Henry G. Charters, Officer Cory Willis Episodes: "Bulldog's Ghost", "A Southern Town"
2003 Port Charles Caz 11 episodes
2005 Teen Titans Gordanian / Trogaar (voices) Ep. "Go"[5]
2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Gow (voice) Ep. "Zuko Alone"
2008 Girlfriends Contractor Episode: "Adapt to Adopt"
2008–2009 K-9 Cops Narrator (voice) 16 episodes
2009 Meet the Browns Teddy, Theodore Episode: "Meet the Dangerous and the Deadline"
Also writer
House of Payne Mr. Orlando Episode: "Slightly Payneful Truth"
Also writer
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Bronze Tiger (voice) Episode: "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!"[5]
Wishology The Destructinator (voice) 4 episodes[5]
2012 The Soul Man Parishioner Episode: "Lost in the Move"
2012–2013 Hot in Cleveland Officer Davenport, Cop Episodes: "Life with Lucci", "Cleveland Fantasy Con"
2014 Beware the Batman Guard (voice) Episode: "Attraction"[5]
2015 Will in Love John Hawkins Television film
2016 The Sin Within James Morris 4 episodes
2018 5th Ward Blue 6 episodes
2019 The Probe Nard Television film
2020 Pole Magic Terrance Coleman Post-production

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Source
1994Corpse KillerFleming
2001Scooby-Doo and the Cyber ChasePhantom VirusAntagonist
2002Spider-ManKraven the Hunter / Dr. Rue
Red Faction 2Lars ReptaAntagonist
2003Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
2004Spider-Man 2Luke Cage / Additional Voices
2005True Crime: New York CityCredited as Gary Sturgis[6]
2013Batman: Arkham Origins BlackgateBen Turner / Bronze Tiger

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Blokhedz Biskit (voice) Animated web series on Missiong.com

References

  1. http://lastheplace.com/2007/08/19/gary-sturgis-the-sweet-sound-of-success Gary Sturgis: The Sweet Sound of Success
  2. Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2008
  3. Inland Valley Voice "Sounds Like A Good Career, Aug 22, 2002, page 2
  4. http://www.flossmagazine.com/garysturgis/ (link error)
  5. Gary Sturgis. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  6. Luxoflux. True Crime: New York City. Activision. Scene: Pause menu credits, 4:29:39 in, VOICE TALENT.
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