Gary Anthony Sturgis Explained

Birthname:Gary Anthony Sturgis
Other Names:Gary Sturgis
Birth Date:3 November 1966
Birth Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Years Active:1986 - present

Gary Anthony Sturgis is an American actor, musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur, 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. He 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.

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 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.

Sturgis was interviewed by fashion editor Antoine Von Boozier exclusively for Floss Magazine. The interview was published on March 7, 2016.

Sturgis played several animated roles landing himself in cartoons, feature films and in video games. A partial list includes, Static Shock, , Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Batman Beyond, and . Video game titles include Shout About Music, , Evil Dead, Spider-Man 2 and Red Faction. His role in as the DC Comics anti-hero Bronze Tiger was also reprised in the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS video game . 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.Outside of acting, he works as a musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur.[1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986The Big EasyCar vandel #1
1989BlazeMarquez' Son
1994VirtuosityOfficer at Video Store
1995Tornado RunPilot
1997VolcanoHomeless Man in ParkUncredited
2001Scooby-Doo and the Cyber ChaseThe Phantom VirusVoice, direct-to-video[4]
2005The CribRapping MikeShort film
2005Diary of a Mad Black WomanJamison Milton Jackson
2007Daddy's Little GirlsJoe
PrideFranklin
2009The Adventure of UmbwekiPretty Tony
2010A Gang Land Love StoryPaul Revere
2011Joshua TreeDarryl
2011Dance FuDaddy J
2012Battlefield AmericaEric Smith Sr.
The Devil Is My WitnessLarcenShort film
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1SilkVoice, direct-to-video
2013Day of RedemptionDaryl
2014Teammate #2Voice, direct-to-video
2015Lucky GirlDarnell Riggins Sr.
2016DirtyDetective Bishop
Hav FaithXavier Dunbar
2017CainAbelAdam
BustedNathan
2018We Belong TogetherJefferson
The StuffSonny
Everything That GlittersCarl Robinson
Ole BryceMalcolm Wyatt
2020The Regiment

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1988–1989Bar Patron, Lee Nell Carter's victim, Leroy CarterTV documentary series; 3 episodes
1996High SocietyParamedicEpisode: "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore"
NYPD BlueLarry BluefordEpisode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis"
1997Chicago SonsWaiterEpisode: "A Foursome Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing"
Malcolm & EddieRichardEpisode: "The Commercial"
High IncidentUnknown roleEpisode: "Excessive Force"
1997Extreme GhostbustersRolandVoice, episode: "Darkness at Noon: Part 1"; uncredited
2000–2004Static ShockIvan Evans / Ebon, DukeVoice, 10 episodes
2000–2001Batman BeyondKobra Driver, Howard Reubens, Punk3 episodes
2001The DistrictHenry G. Charters, Officer Cory Willis2 episodes
2003Port CharlesCaz11 episodes
2005Teen TitansGordanian, TrogaarVoice, episode: "Go"
2006GowVoice, episode: "Zuko Alone"
2008GirlfriendsContractorEpisode: "Adapt to Adopt"
2008–2009K-9 CopsNarratorVoice, 16 episodes
2009Meet the BrownsTeddy, TheodoreEpisode: "Meet the Dangerous and the Deadline"
Also writer
House of PayneMr. OrlandoEpisode: "Slightly Payneful Truth"
Also writer
Bronze TigerVoice, episode: "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!"
WishologyLead Eliminator, Destructinator, HuginatorVoice, episode: "Wishology"
2012The Soul ManParishionerEpisode: "Lost in the Move"
2012–2013Hot in ClevelandOfficer Davenport, Cop2 episodes
2014Beware the BatmanGuardVoice, episode: "Attraction"
2015Will to LoveJohn HawkinsTelevision film
2016The Sin WithinJames Morris4 episodes
20185th WardBlue6 episodes
2019The ProbeNardTelevision film
2020Pole MagicTerrance Coleman

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1994 Corpse KillerFleming
2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber ChasePhantom Virus
2002 Spider-ManKraven the Hunter, Dr. Rue
Red Faction 2 Lars Repta
2003
2004Spider-Man 2Luke Cage, additional voices
2005Credited as Gary Sturgis[5]
2013Bronze Tiger

Web

Notes and 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", August 22, 2002, page 2.
  4. Web site: Gary Sturgis (visual voices guide) . September 14, 2023 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  5. . True Crime: New York City . . Pause menu credits, 4:29:39 in, VOICE TALENT . 2005.