Tony Amendola (born August 24, 1951) is an American actor. He played the Jaffa master Bra'tac in Stargate SG-1 and Pinocchio's creator/father, Geppetto on Once Upon a Time. He also had a recurring role as revolutionary leader Edouard Kagame of Liber8 in the television show Continuum and voiced the Archmage Khadgar in several expansions of World of Warcraft, from Warlords of Draenor to The War Within.
Early life
Tony Amendola was born to an Italian family in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 24, 1951. His mother originates from the town of Amalfi in Italy. In an interview by Blackfilm.com, he was asked, "Are you of Latino descent?" He answered, "I'm of Italian [descent], but a diaspora [that has led] into Argentina and Mexico. My family came to the States." He described his high school as very diverse. Amendola became an actor in college after walking in to an audition for The Tempest. Tony was the first in his family to attend college and was set to become a lawyer, but his life went into a different direction and he ended up taking both pre-law courses and theater classes. After graduating from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974, he studied and earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1977 at Philadelphia's Temple University. In 1978, he moved to Los Angeles to find work in film and television.
Career
In 1974, Amendola performed in summer stock at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. He is known for widely diverse roles such as the murderous drug dealer Santos Jimenez on Showtime's grisly drama Dexter, and the Catholic priest Father Perez in the 2014 horror film Annabelle,
Amendola plays a Spanish magistrate in the 1998 swashbuckler film The Mask of Zorro His theater credits include Othello, Tupolski in The Pillowman, and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. In 2019, he voiced Jedi researcher Eno Cordova in the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its 2023 sequel.
Personal life
Amendola lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Judith Marx. He is fluent in Italian and Spanish.
Filmography
Film
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! scope="row" | 1985
| Maxie
| Street Bum
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2019
| The Curse of La Llorona
| Father Perez
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| Santa Fake
| Father Estaban
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2021
| Xico's Journey
| Tochtli
| Voice
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| Caged
| Warden Perez
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! scope="row" | 2022
| Father Stu
| Coach Beech
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2023
| Rebel Moon
| King Levitica
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| New Life
| Raymond Reed
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Television
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! scope="row" | 1984
| Partners in Crime
| Emelio Ortego
| Episode: "Fantasyland"
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! scope="row" | 1988
| L.A. Law
| Bartender
| Episode: "The Princess and the Pee"
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|1989
| Columbo
| Clergyman
| Episode: "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine"
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| The Revenge of Al Capone
| Zangara
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|1990
| Dark Avenger
| Tom Ringerman
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| Hunter
| Robert Walters
| Episode: "Son and Heir"
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|1991
| She-Wolf of London
| Dr. Pretorius
| Episode: "Bride of the Wolfman"
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| False Arrest
| Doctor
| TV movie
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! scope="row" | 1993
| Seinfeld
| Salman Rushdie
| Episodes: "The Pilot" and "The Implant"
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! scope="row" | 1994
| The Cisco Kid
| Washam
| TV movie
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|1995
| Space: Above and Beyond
| Captain Lewelyn
| Episode: "Mutiny"
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| Follow the River
| LaPlante
| TV movie
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|1996
| Chicago Hope
| Federal Agent Naramoore
| Episode: "Hearts and Minds"
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| Kindred: The Embraced
| Sorrel
| Episode: "Cabin in the Woods"
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! scope="row" | 1997
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
| President Kasparov
| Episode: "Sex, Lies and Videotape"
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! scope="row" | 1997–1999
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn
| Additional voices
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! scope="row" rowspan="3"|1997–2003
| rowspan="3"|The Practice
| Dr. Alvin Troub
| Episode: "The Means"
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| Dr. Willis
| Episode: "Race Ipsa Loquitor"
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| Dr. Bernard Gorman
| 2 episodes
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|1997–2007
| rowspan="2"|Stargate SG-1
| Bra'tac
| 26 episodes
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2009
| CSI: NY
| Professor Papakota
| 3 episodes
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! scope="row" | 2012–2015
| Continuum
| Edouard Kagame
| 12 episodes
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2015
| CSI: Cyber
| Ellis Christos
| Episode: "Bit by Bit"
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| When Duty Calls
| Shawn
| TV movie
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! scope="row" rowspan="4"|2017
| Castlevania
| The Elder (voice)
| 3 episodes
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| Scandal
| Prime Minister Nazari
| Episode: "Lost Girls"
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| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
| Arnold Cardenas
| 2 episodes
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| Blacklist: Redemption
| Volkan Sadik
| Episode: "Kevin Jensen"
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2018
| Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
| Keeper (voice)
| Episode: "Keeper of the Spire"
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| Bud Light
| Wizard
| Advertisement
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2022
| iCarly
| Vinny
| Episode: "iHire a New Assistant"
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| Black Bird
| Vincent Gigante
| 3 episodes
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! scope="row" | 2023
| Law & Order: Organized Crime
| Antonio Duran
| Episode: "The Infiltration Game"
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2024
| 9-1-1
| Herman
| 2 episodes
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| The Chosen
| Zechariah
| 1 episode
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Video games
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! scope="row" | 2014
| World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
| Archmage Khadgar
| rowspan="7"|Voice
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2015
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III
| Dr. Yousef Salim
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| Fallout 4
| Father, Colonel Smith, Josh
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! scope="row" rowspan="3"|2016
| World of Warcraft: Legion
| Archmage Khadgar, Odyn
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| World of Final Fantasy
| Brandelis
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| Final Fantasy XV
| Jared Hester
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! scope="row" | 2018
| Just Cause 4
| Lanza Morales
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! scope="row" | 2019
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
| Eno Cordova
| Voice and performance capture, also likeness
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! scope="row" | 2020
| Twin Mirror
| Hugh Kirkland
| rowspan="3"|Voice
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2022
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
| Archmage Khadgar, Odyn
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| World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
| Archmage Khadgar
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! scope="row" | 2023
| Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
| Eno Cordova
| Voice and performance capture, also likeness
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! scope="row" | 2024
| World of Warcraft: The War Within
| Archmage Khadgar
| Voice
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! scope="row" | 2025
| Mafia: The Old Country
| Don Niccolò Galante
| Voice and performance capture, also likeness
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