Anthony Russell has parlayed an extensive talent for music into an acting
career that includes stage, film and television productions.
As a child, Russell played harmonica, ukulele, guitar, trombone and
piano. He worked his way through college playing and singing in a show
band. After graduating Montclair State College with a major in trombone
and a minor in piano, his band was booked as a Las Vegas lounge act in
many of the major hotels. Russell even worked in the Atlantic City 500
Club where Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis first got together as a team.
Anthony Russell also pursued stand-up comedy, and made appearances in
many of the famed U.S. comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store, The Improv
in
Hollywood,
The Ice House, and The Comedy Magic in Hermosa Beach. He also made comedic
appearances on "The Merv Griffin Show", "The Dinah Shore
Show", "Norm Crosby's Comedy Shop", "Madam's Place", "Make
Me Laugh", and "The John Davidson Show" to name a few.
He's opened for Las Vegas stars such as Frankie Avalon, Julie London,
Roger Miller, Joe Williams, Tony Martins and Lou Rawls. Tony came into
national prominence on the ABC hit comedy series called Life With Bonnie
starring Bonnie Hunt.
Tony Russell's film credits include "Bugsy" with Warren Beatty, "Casino" with
Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, "Ed Wood" with Johnny Depp and
Martin Landau, "Out Of Justice" with Steven Segal, "Suddenly" with
Kirstie Alley, "Living out Loud" with Holly Hunter and Danny
De Vito, and "Winchell" with Stanley Tucci. On television,
he was a recurring character on "The Fanelli Boys" and guest
starred on "NYPD Blue", "Becker", "Home Improvement", "Mad
About You", "Roseanne", "The George Carlin Show", "The
Profiler", "Reba", "The John Larroquette Show", "Diagnosis
Murder", "Silk Stalkings", "Night Court", "Sabrina,
the Teenage Witch", "Family Law" and "Arliss."
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