Anthony De Longis

Anthony De Longis
Born	Anthony Charles De Longis March 23, 1950 (1950-03-23) Glendale, California, United States
Occupation	Actor, stuntman, choreographer
Years active	1969-present
Website
http://www.delongis.com

Anthony Charles De Longis (born March 23, 1950 in Glendale, California) is an American actor, stuntman, and choreographer.

Career

• De Longis is well known for his recurring role during the first two seasons of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, as First Maje Jal Culluh, leader of the Kazon-Nistrim.

• A very experienced swordsman, he is also known for the his roles on Highlander: The Series, as Lymon Kurlow in the third season of episode "Blackmail", and as Ottavio Consone in the fifth season episode "Duende". A martial artist and weapon master in several disciplines, he played a swordsman opposite Jet Li in the 2006 martial arts epic Fearless, and gave Harrison Ford extensive whip training for the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He also taught Michelle Pfeiffer how to use the bullwhip for her role as Catwoman in 1992.

• De Longis provided the voice of Marshal Leigh Johnson in the 2010 western video game, Red Dead Redemption. He also appeared in the downloadable content pack Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare.

• De Longis' best known film role was as the character Blade in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe, in which he was also Frank Langella's stunt double. Another memorable role was as knife-in-the-boot bad guy Gary Ketchum in Road House, performing featured fights against Patrick Swayze's Dalton.

• He appeared as Claus Van Zandt in 1985 on the soap opera Days of our Lives, and as Leo Mitchell in 1989 on Santa Barbara. He has also made guest appearances on many other TV series, including Battlestar Galactica (original series), V, Babylon 5, Queen of Swords, and MacGyver. De Longis provided his voice in a Star Trek video game. De Longis was the voice actor as the main antagonist Lord Zygon in Starchaser: The Legend of Orin on 1985 film.

• De Longis was also the swordmaster and stunt co-ordinator on the first six production episodes of the syndicated TV series Queen of Swords (101-107, not 105). The Queen of Swords was portrayed by newcomer Tessie Santiago and he trained her for two months in pre-production in California in the use of the rapier and dagger in the Spanish mysterious circle (Destreza) style to give the heroine a unique fighting style. He had used this style in the episode "Duende" of Highlander: The Series. He also trained Santiago in the use of the whip before moving to Texas Hollywood, Almeria, Spain for the filming of the series. He appears in episode 1, Destiny, as Maestro Torres the fencing instructor of Tessa Alvarado and episode 16, The Hanged Man, as the ruthless Krane of the title. In the series he trained guest stars Bo Derek and Cristián de la Fuente and also doubled for him.

• In 2009, De Longis appeared on Deadliest Warrior as a member of the William Wallace team

• In 1999, De Longis formed Palpable Hit Productions, a production company specializing in bladed weapons and bullwhip training videos. The initial productions presented swordplay for performance, but in 2002 branched out to include historically correct combative fencing techniques in conjunction with the Martinez Academy of Arms.

• De Longis lent his voice to the Thieves Guild member Mercer Frey, in the 2011 role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Partial filmography

• "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" (2011)- Mercer Frey
• Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)- Marshal Leigh Johnson
• Red Dead Redemption (2010)- Marshal Leigh Johnson
• Deadliest Warrior (2009) - Member of Team William Wallace
• Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey
• Fearless (2006)
• La Verdadera Destreza: The True Art and Style of Spanish Swordsmanship (1999/2001) (with Maestro Ramon Martinez)
• Queen of Swords (2000) TV series as actor (2 episodes) and first six production episodes as swordmaster/stunt co-ordinator
• Final Round (1994)
• Batman Returns (1992)
• Far and Away (1992)
• Road House (1989)
• Masters of the Universe (1987)
• The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
• Dangerously Close (1986)
• Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
• The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
• The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
• Jaguar Lives! (1979)
• Circle of Iron aka The Silent Flute (1978) as Morthond
• Swashbuckler (1976)
• The Gay Deceivers (1969)

External links

• Anthony De Longis website
• Anthony De Longis at the Internet Movie Database
• Anthony De Longis at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)