Anthony Russell

Anthony Russell is an actor and musician who turned a background in music into a career in stage, film and television. He played several instruments as a child, paid his way through college singing and playing in a show band, and later studied acting at HB Studios in New York before joining the Actors Studio, where he appeared in four of its stage productions. His theater credits included Lamppost Reunion, which won an ensemble acting prize at Hollywood's Court Theater, as well as A Streetcar Named Desire, Guys and Dolls and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He also performed stand-up comedy in clubs and on television. His film work included Bugsy, Casino, Ed Wood, Suddenly, Winchell and Living Out Loud (1998), and on television he had a recurring role on The Fanelli Boys and guest appearances on NYPD Blue, Roseanne and Becker.