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A tall, lanky and twinkle-eyed African-American actor with wonderful onscreen charisma, Antonio Fargas has been appearing on stage and screen for nearly 40 years. His film debut was in Shirley Clarke's The Cool World, a gritty, uncompromising tale about African-American youth growing up in Harlem... See full bio »

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Antonio Juan Fargas
in New York City, New York, USA
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2012 Stealing Las Vegas (completed)
Mo
 
2011 The Benita Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.1 (2011)
 
2010 Once Fallen
Jay
 
2010 Changing Hands
Carjack Victim
 
2009 Brothers (TV series)
Maurice
– Snoop Returns (2009) … Maurice
 
2009 La loi de Murphy
Expert en diamants
 
2009 X Returns (short)
Agent Adams
 
2005-2009 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
Doc / Mr. Harris / Sweet Tooth
– Everybody Hates Tasha (2009) … Doc
– Everybody Hates the Car (2009) … Doc
– Everybody Hates Fake IDs (2009) … Doc
– Everybody Hates Mr. Levine (2009) … Doc
– Everybody Hates New Year's Eve (2008) … Doc
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2009 Lie to Me (TV series)
Mr. Mitchell
– Unchained (2009) … Mr. Mitchell
 
2009 The Adventures of Umbweki
Umbweki's Father
 
2008 Numb3rs (TV series)
Jeffrey Knight
– Thirty-Six Hours (2008) … Jeffrey Knight
 
2008 Abduction of Jesse Bookman
Frank Bookman
 
2008 Bad Guys
Flappy
 
2008 Sucker Punch
Baz
 
2007 Sister Sonya's Prayer Group (video)
Bishop Titus Kingston
 
2007 The Caper
Lydell
 
2007 Fist of the Warrior
Father Riley
 
2006 Heroes (TV series)
Ezekiel
– Unaired Premiere Episode (2006) … Ezekiel
 
2006 Jack's Law
Bert
 
2006 Honey and Sting (short)
The Beekeeper
 
2006 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Bart Has Two Mommies (2006) (voice)
 
2005 N.T.V. Volume 1 (video)
Jim Brown
 
2004 Eve (TV series)
Uncle Jerry
– Pimps Up, DivaStyle Down (2004) … Uncle Jerry
 
2003 The District (TV series)
J.T.
– In God We Trust (2003) … J.T.
 
2003 Starsky & Hutch (Video Game)
Huggy Bear (voice)
 
2003 Grease Monkeys (TV series)
Tony
– The Drugs Don't Work (2003) … Tony
 
2003 Holby City (TV series)
Victor Garrison
– Seasons in the Sun (2003) … Victor Garrison
 
2002 Fastlane (TV series)
Jimmy Lipps
– Girls Own Juice (2002) … Jimmy Lipps
 
2001 Extreme Honor
Willy
 
2001 The Riff
Shoop Summers
 
2001 Osmosis Jones
Additional Character Voice (voice)
 
2000 Driver 2 (Video Game)
Detective Tobias Jones (voice)
 
2000 Ali: An American Hero (TV movie)
Elijah Muhammad
 
2000 Good vs Evil (TV series)
Dutch Simms
– Renunciation (2000) … Dutch Simms
 
2000 3 Strikes
Uncle Jim Douglas
 
1999 L.A. Heat (TV series)
Jeremy Lauren
– Obsession (1999) … Jeremy Lauren
 
1999 The Steve Harvey Show (TV series)
Smitty Rollins
– All That Jazz (1999) … Smitty Rollins
 
1999 The Suburbans
Magee
 
1999 Unconditional Love
Bobby Chiclets
 
1998 Damon (TV series)
Sammy
– A Bury Special Episode (1998) … Sammy
 
1998 Milo
Kelso
 
1997 Living Single (TV series)
Otis Jones
– Never Can Say Goodbye (1997) … Otis Jones
– One Degree of Separation (1997) … Otis Jones
 
1997 Gator King
Santos Lobilita
 
1997 Backstreet Boys: Backstreet's Back (video)
Bus driver
 
1996 Homeboys in Outer Space (TV series)
Dolomoth
– Super Bad Foxy Lady Killer or Ty and Morris Get the Shaft (1996) … Dolomoth
 
1996 The Wayans Bros. (TV series)
Nate
– Family Business (1996) … Nate
 
1996 The Parent 'Hood (TV series)
Slick
– We Don't Need Another Hero (1996) … Slick
 
1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Old School
 
1995 Soul Survivors (TV movie)
Leroy James
 
1994 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)
Lamont Kelly
– Soooooooul Train (1994) … Lamont Kelly
 
1993 Percy & Thunder (TV movie)
Spider
 
1992 Maid for Each Other (TV movie)
Eddie Kemper
 
1991 MacGyver (TV series)
Colonel Devraux
– Walking Dead (1991) … Colonel Devraux
 
1991 Whore
Rasta
 
1991 Howling VI: The Freaks (video)
Bellamey
 
1991 The Borrower
Julius
 
1990 La belle Anglaise (TV series)
Caldwell
– Week-end surprise (1990) … Caldwell
 
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Flyguy
 
1988 Shakedown
Nicky 'N.C.' Carr
 
1988 Miami Vice (TV series)
Alejandro Gutierrez
– Mirror Image (1988) … Alejandro Gutierrez
 
1988 La notte degli squali
Paco
 
1987 Florida Straits (TV movie)
El Gato Negro
 
1985 Streetwalkin'
Finesse
 
1985 Crimewave
Blind Man
 
1984 P.O.P. (TV movie)
Frank Wilkey
 
1984 Firestarter
Taxi Driver
 
1984 A Good Sport (TV movie)
Clifford
 
1983-1984 All My Children (TV series)
Les Baxter
– Episode dated 13 January 1984 (1984) … Les Baxter
– Episode dated 27 July 1983 (1983) … Les Baxter
– Episode dated 7 July 1983 (1983) … Les Baxter
 
1984 Model Behavior
Monsieur Henri
 
1983 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)
Jerry Blackmore
– Once Again with Vigorish (1983) … Jerry Blackmore
 
1982 Paper Dolls (TV movie)
Oliver
 
1982 A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (TV movie)
 
1982 The Ambush Murders (TV movie)
Vaness
 
1981 Nurse (TV series)
Marshall Gripps
– Long Days Journey Into Morning (1981) … Marshall Gripps
 
1980 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Blackie
– Angels of the Deep (1980) … Blackie
 
1980 All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special (TV movie)
 
1980 Up the Academy
Coach
 
1980 Nurse (TV movie)
Marshall Gripps
 
1980 Escape (TV movie)
Jamie Valdez
 
1979 Milo-Milo
Doc
 
1975-1979 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Huggy Bear
– Sweet Revenge (1979) … Huggy Bear
– Starsky vs. Hutch (1979) … Huggy Bear
– Targets Without a Badge: Part 2 (1979) … Huggy Bear
– Targets Without a Badge: Part 1 (1979) … Huggy Bear
– Huggy Can't Go Home (1979) … Huggy Bear
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1979 $weepstake$ (TV series)
– Episode #1.9 (1979)
 
1978 Kaz (TV series)
– Which Side Are You On? (1978)
 
1978 Vega$ (TV series)
'Fast' Freddie Tibbs
– Mother Mishkin (1978) … 'Fast' Freddie Tibbs
 
1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Lee Graham
– Pacific Princess Overtures/Gopher, the Rebel/Cabin Fever (1978) … Lee Graham
 
1978 Pretty Baby
Professor
 
1976 Car Wash
Lindy
 
1976 Adventurizing with the Chopper (TV movie)
Leonard Jones
 
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Bernstein Chandler
 
1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me
One-Eye
 
1975 Huckleberry Finn (TV movie)
Jim
 
1975 Arpad - Zwei Teufelskerle räumen auf
 
1974 Kojak (TV series)
Benny
– Loser Takes All (1974) … Benny
 
1974 The Gambler
Pimp
 
1974 Police Woman (TV series)
Rex
– The Beautiful Die Young (1974) … Rex
 
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Sweetstick Weldon
– The Zombie (1974) … Sweetstick Weldon
 
1974 Toma (TV series)
– Indictment (1974)
 
1974 Foxy Brown
Link Brown
 
1974 Conrack
Quickfellow
 
1974 Busting
Stephen
 
1974 Sanford and Son (TV series)
Sonny Cochran
– Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle (1974) … Sonny Cochran
 
1967-1973 Ironside (TV series)
T.D. Harris
– Downhill All the Way (1973) … T.D. Harris
– Pilot (1967) … T.D. Harris
 
1973 Police Story (TV series)
Harpie
– The Ho Chi Minh Trail (1973) … Harpie
 
1973 Cleopatra Jones
Doodlebug Simkins
 
1972 Across 110th Street
Henry J. Jackson
 
1972 Cisco Pike
Buffalo
 
1971 Believe in Me
Boy
 
1971 Shaft
Bunky
 
1971 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
J.J.
– The Barber Shop (1971) … J.J.
 
1970 Pound
Greyhound
 
1969 Putney Swope
The Arab
 
1969/II Three
 
1964 The Cool World
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2000 Zombeach (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1978 Pretty Baby (performer: "Tiger Rag" - uncredited, "Pretty Baby" - uncredited, "Winin' Boy Blues" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 Starsky & Hutch (special thanks)
 
2003 Starsky & Hutch (Video Game) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (28 titles)
2012 The Rancho High School Riots (TV documentary)
Antonio Fargas
 
2011 Life After (TV series)
Himself
– Antonio Fargas (2011) … Himself
– Jackee Harry (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Chasing Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Way Black When: Primetime (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Himself
 
2009 Top of the Cops (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Huggy Bear (also archive footage)
 
2008 TV Burp (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.8 (2008) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Queens of Disco (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Spaced Out (video)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Airline (TV series)
Himself
– Going Places (2005) … Himself
 
2004 TV's Greatest Cars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.1 (2004) … Himself (as Huggy Bear)
 
2004 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.24 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.115 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 T4 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 March 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Loose Lips (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Heroes of Black Comedy (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The RDA (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.20 (2001) … Himself
– Episode #2.17 (2001) … Himself
 
1999 Starsky & Hutch Documentary: The Word on the Street (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 American Pimp (documentary)
Link Brown
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
Pimp
– Episode #1.26 (1998) … Pimp
 
1998 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Disco (1998) … Himself - Presenter
 
1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Martin (TV series)
Himself
– All the Players Came (1995) … Himself
 
1979 CHiPs (TV series)
Himself
– Roller Disco: Part 2 (1979) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 12 March 1979 (1979) … Guest Appearance
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1993 La classe américaine (TV movie)
Huggy
 
1983 The Winds of Whoopie (TV movie)
 

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TV commercial: Driver, Video Game Software, 1999. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Huggy Bear

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

He (Huggy Bear) wasn't a pimp. This whole glorification of pimps and all that makes people think that. But they never told you what he did. One minute he had a bar, the next minute he was a guy on the street hustling, but he was always in the know. But he was never a pimp. The guy who was on 'Baretta' was a pimp... See more »

Trivia:

Step-father of Matthew E. Chausse. See more »

Nickname:

Tony See more »

Star Sign:

Leo