Anthony Starke is an American

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. He is well known for his one-episode role in ''

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'', playing the third-person-speaking character Jimmy in "

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", as well as playing Jack on ''

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'', on

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Biography

Starke attended

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on the Liberace Foundation Scholarship for Performance, where he won a screen role playing quadriplegic teenager Dean Conroy in the CBS Movie of the Week, ''First Steps''. Starke's first feature film was ''

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'' with

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and

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, playing the part of Cameron. While at Marquette, Starke worked with the Pabst Theater and the Wisconsin Shakespeare Company, appearing in a range of plays spanning classic, modern and musical. After graduating with a B.A. in Theater Arts, he took up acting full-time. In 1987, Starke played frat president and resident bully Russ in ''

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''. One of Starke's hobbies is martial arts, which he got to show in two scenes with actor

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. Starke played Truman-Lodge in the James Bond film ''

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'' in 1989, Chad Finletter in '' Return of the Killer Tomatoes'' in 1988 and a U.S. Embassy consultant in the 2007 '' NCIS'' episode "Designated Target". Starke also co-starred as the smooth-talking gambler, Ezra Standish in ''

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'' between 1998 and 1999. In 2002, he also played the role of a demon in a fourth-season episode of ''

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''. In 2009, Starke had a recurring role on the

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television series ''

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'' as Steve Tanner, the rich father of one of the gymnasts from the training center 'The Rock', Lauren Tanner. He also played the role of Dr. Bob Taylor on '' Baby on Board''.Make It or Break It Pictures, Alya Kell and Cassie Scerbo Photos - Photo Gallery: Make It or Break It
He was also in four episodes of the Disney Channel series ''

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'' as the boyfriend of Cece's mother.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Official website
Living people Male actors from Los Angeles American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Marquette University alumni Male actors from Syracuse, New York Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-actor-1960s-stub