Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

actor

Anthony Zerbe was born on May 20, 1936 in USA. Anthony Zerbe's big-screen debut came with Cool Hand Luke directed by Stuart Rosenberg in 1967, strarring Dog Boy. Anthony Zerbe is known for American Hustle directed by David O. Russell, Christian Bale stars as Irving Rosenfeld and Bradley Cooper as Richie DiMaso. The most recent award Anthony Zerbe achieved is Western Heritage Awards. The upcoming new movie Anthony Zerbe plays is American Hustle which will be released on Dec 20, 2013.

Hailing from Long Beach, California, talented character actor Anthony Zerbe has kept busy in Hollywood and on stage since the late 1960s, often playing villainous or untrustworthy characters, with his narrow gaze and unsettling smirk. Zerbe was born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, and served a stint in the United States Air Force before heading off to New York to study drama under noted acting coach Stella Adler. He made his screen debut as Dutchie, one of Charlton Heston's fellow cowhands in the western Will Penny, le solitaire (1967), played a miner in Traître sur commande (1970), was a post-apocalyptic, lunatic messiah in Le survivant (1971), hustled a naive Paul Newman in Juge et hors-la-loi (1972), played a leper colony leader in Papillon (1973) and a former lawman gone bad in Une bible et un fusil (1975).Zerbe also starred alongside David Janssen in the television series Harry O (1973) as the urbane, nattily dressed Lieutenant K.C. Trench, Janssen's sometime nemesis, for which he picked up an Emmy Award. Definitely in strong demand for sinister roles, Zerbe played a crazed scientist in the corny Kiss contre les fantômes (1978), was an arrogant father in Dead Zone (1983), made a great General Ulysses S. Grant in Nord et sud II (1986), starred in the military drama Le camp de l'enfer (1986) and suffered a grisly demise in an airlock full of money in the James Bond thriller Permis de tuer (1989). Most recently, Zerbe has been seen as Councillor Hamann in Matrix Reloaded (2003) and Matrix Revolutions (2003).In addition to his extensive television and film appearances, Zerbe has appeared in Broadway productions including "The Little Foxes", "Terra Nova" and "Solomon's Child". He was in residence for five summer seasons at The Old Globe Theatre playing several key Shakespearean characters to strong critical acclaim. He has also held residencies at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston. In 2003, he toured across several states with Roscoe Lee Browne in their production of "Behind the Broken Words", a performance of 20th-century poetry, comedy and drama.

  • Birthday

    May 20, 1936
  • Place of Birth

    Long Beach, California, USA
  • Also known

    Anthony Jared Zerbe

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 0 nominations

Western Heritage Awards
1993
Fictional Television Drama
Winner - Bronze Wrangler
Primetime Emmy Awards
1976
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Winner - Primetime Emmy

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