Antony Thekkek, also known as Thampy Antony, is an

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film actor, writer, activist and producer. As a writer he has published books in Malayalam and English. He is the author of the books ''Koonampara County'', ''Life of Ouso'', ''Lady Biker'' and ''Vasco da Gama''. As an actor, he is active primarily in

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. He is also the elder brother of Malayalam actor

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. He is the first Malayalam actor to own a Tesla car. The actor has won the Basheer Amma Malayalam Award for his book Vasco da Gama.

Early life

Thampy Antony was born in

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into a Kerala Christian family. He is an

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by profession. He immigrated to the United States and has lived in the

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for over 3 decades.

Film career

Antony made his film debut, with ‘Arabia’, a film that starred his younger brother

in the lead. He has since then acted in many American and Indian productions, predominantly in

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language. He won the Best Actor Award at the Honolulu International Film Festival in 2005 for portraying the role of Dr. Acharya in the English film 'Beyond the Soul', directed by

Rajeev Anchal Rajiv Anchal (born 20 December 1956) is a film director, screenwriter, and sculptor who works in Malayalam language cinema. In 1997, he made ''Guru'', India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His fir ...

. In 2010, he featured in the Hollywood film

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. Thampi Antony produces films under the banner of 'Kayal Films' and has produced critically acclaimed movies like “Kalkata new “ Made in USA “ ''Parudeesa'', ''Sufi Paranja Katha' ''Papilio Buddha“ Janaki”Monsoon mangoes “ and “Naam” (film)''.

Filmography

# Headmaster ( 2022) as Ramakrishnen Menon. # Puzhayamna (2021)As Avinash # Elam(2020)as Old man in the bar # Changapuzha park(short)as Narayanankutty # Naam(2018) as Priest Pavanakuzhi # 10 Kalpanakal (2016) # EMSum penkuttyum (In post production) # Monayi engene anayi # ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi(2013) # Papilio Buddha (2013) as Gandhian Ram Das #

Kalimannu ''Kalimannu'' is a Malayalam drama film written and directed by Blessy and starring Swetha Menon in the lead role and Biju Menon, Suhasini Maniratnam, Suhasini in Major Supporting roles. Inspired by the Purana, Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his ...

(2013) as Doctor #

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(2013) # Parudeesa (2012) as Fr. Mannooran and Decon Jose #

Ivan Megharoopan ''Ivan Megharoopan'' is a 2012 Malayalam biographical film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, ''Kaviyude Kalpadukal''. Prak ...

(2012) as Publisher Swamy # Dam999(2011) as The Architect # Abu, Son of Adam (2011) as Ustad # A Million Dollars (short) (2011) as Thampy # Yathra Thudarunnu(2011) # The Wedding (short) (2010) as Michael # Ca$h (2010) as Bahadurjit Tejeenderpeet Singh # Sufi Paranja Katha (2010) as Shanku Menon #

In Ghost House Inn ''In Ghost House Inn'' is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Lal,. Starring Siddique, Mukesh, Jagadish and Ashokan in the lead roles, the movie is a sequel to ''2 Harihar Nagar'' (2009) ...

(2010) as Dr. George Christopher # Yugapurushan (2010) as Bhadran # Janaki(2009) # Bhramaram(2009) # Calcutta News (2008) as Doctor #

Palunku ''Palunku'' () is a 2006 Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Blessy. It stars Mammootty in the lead role with Nazriya Nazim making her on-screen debut through this film- along with Lakshmi Sharma, Baby Nivedita, Kottayam Sa ...

(2006) as Prof. Sukumaran Nair # Made in United States (2005) #

Nothing But Life ''Nothing but Life'' is a 2004 bilingual English and Malayalam film directed by Rajiv Anchal for an Indian production house dealing with matters of health. The experimental film featured actors R. Madhavan, Neha Pendse, Kaveri, Nassar and Sreen ...

(2004) as Col. Abdullah # Beyond the Soul (2002) as Dr. Acharya # Jananayakan(1999) as Prabhakara Kaimal # Arabia (1995) as Zapher Ali

References

6.https://abc7news.com/gateway-nursing-home-hayward-ca-coronavirus-antony-thekkek/6109546/

Sources

6 https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2020/03/07/eelam-malayalam-movie-wins-award-golden-state-film-festival.html 7 https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2020/03/19/malayalam-film-eelam-wins-award-at-golden-state-film-festival-440537/ https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/04/19/coronavirus-nursing-homes-with-covid19-deaths-have-history-of-serious-problems/

External links

Profile in Rotten Tomatoes
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Thampi Antony at MSI
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