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Versatility and ability to portray a variety of characters over four decades on stage, screen, and television have made Tony Roberts one of the busiest actors in America. He is a graduate of the High School of Music and Arts, which merged with the High School of Performing Arts to become LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where he majored in theater and studied acting with Alvina Krause. Tony is the son of Radio and Television announcer Ken Roberts, one of the founding members of AFTRA, and has himself served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Screen Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity Association. He is currently the President of Theatre Authority - an organization established by the entertainment unions to oversee benefit performances. Tony has appeared in dozens and dozens of films including Stardust Memories (1980), Star Spangled Girl (1971), The Million Dollar Duck (1971), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Popcorn (1991), Amityville 3-D (1983), Key Exchange (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987) and Switch (1991). His theater credits included "Sugar", "Don't Drink the Water", "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "South Pacific".- Actor
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Tony T. Roberts is coined by his peers as the "comedian's comedian." His hard hitting, energetic, style of comedy has catapulted him into the top ranks of the comedy circuit.
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan on Seven Mile, Tony is the oldest son of Annette Roberts, and the only son of his father Alvin Askew. He graduated from Henry Ford High School and then went into the Army were he spent 10 years of service. A befitting journey since some have also referred to Tony as the "Sergeant of Comedy."
After leaving the service, and going from job to job, Perry, a good friend of Tony's, dared him to get on stage and try is hand at stand-up comedy. Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak, Michigan is where Tony first graced the stage, but Tony recalls that night being everything but graceful.
A favorite of club owners for his improvisational skills and quick wit, Tony has tour the nation with his stand-up comedy in all the major night clubs across the county. Tony has also toured nationally with the stage plays, If these Hips Could Talk and Ain't Nothing like Family. He has also toured internationally with his stand-up comedy, one of his more notable accomplishments was a 2009 nomination from the UK for Best International Comic.
Tony has also made numerous television appearances on HBO's Def Comedy Jam, BET Comic View, and Showtime at the Apollo. In 2010, his one hour comedy special, Wired, aired on Showtime. He has also appeared in B movies like Damon Dash's Death of a Dynasty, A Get2gether, and Durdy Game.
Tony has three children and resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife.- Cinematographer
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Tony Pierce-Roberts was born on 24 December 1944 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for A Room with a View (1985), Howards End (1992) and The Remains of the Day (1993). He has been married to Elizabeth Waller since 1974. They have one child.- Additional Crew
Tony Lane Roberts was born in July 1952. Tony Lane is known for The Swan Princess (1994). Tony Lane was married to Cindy Marshall-Day. Tony Lane died on 24 April 2019 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK.- Actor
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Tony Roberts is known for The Story of Action Man (2013) and Analog Toys (A Vintage Obsession) (2016).- Tony Roberts is known for Pixy Dragons (2019) and Easter Land (2019).
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Tony Roberts is known for Children of Men (2006), John Carter (2012) and Men in Black: International (2019).- Additional Crew
Tony Roberts is known for One Last Dance (2016).- Tony Roberts is known for Skippy Lightfoot's Perfect Day (2003).
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Tony Roberts is known for Keaton's Cop (1990).- Tony Roberts is known for The Small Victory (1958).
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Tony Roberts is known for First Lady: A Woman Who Changed the Game (2017).- Tony Roberts is known for Wainwrights' Law (1980), Business Matters (1989) and Behind the Scenes (1977).
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Tony Roberts is known for Shootfighter II (1996).- Cinematographer
Tony Roberts III is known for Bayou City Burlesque.- Tony Roberts is known for Wind Jammers (2011).