User:Tonyepierce
Tony Pierce | |
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Born | Tony E. Pierce U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Children | 3 |
Personal Life
Born Tony E. Pierce in Long Beach, California, he is the second of five children to an iron worker and an accountant. Pierce is not only an actor, but a successful chief estimator in the field of Structural Steel, holding that job title for over 40 years. When he is not acting he is estimating. The jobs over his estimating career have had a cost bid up to $87 million (capturing the $87 million job) both in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Career
Acting
Film
Tony began his acting career in 1986 with the film Behind Enemy Lines along side David Carradine, Charles R. Floyd and Mako. In 1987 he went on to be in Number One With A Bullet along side Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams and Valerie Bertinelli followed later on that year with Near Dark along side Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton. In 1988 he was in Platoon Leader along side Robert F. Lyons, Michael Dudikoff and Michael DeLorenzo.
In 1990 he made his major break through with Oscar winning movie
.In 1991 he was in Stone Cold along side Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen and William Forsythe followed later on that year with For the Boys along side Bette Midler, James Caan and George Segal.
In 1992 he was in the Oscar winning movie The Bodyguard along side Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston and Gary Kemp followed later on that year with Trancers III.
In 1994 he was in Wagons East along side John Candy, Richard Lewis and John C. McGinley. In 1996 he was in Big Bully along side Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold and Julianne Phillips. In 1997 he was in Blood Money along side James Brolin, Billy Drago and Dean Tarrolly. In 1998 he was in Zero Stress along side Michael DeLorenzo, Scott Schiaffo and Sascha Knopf. In 2001 he was in Cahoots along side Keith Carradine, David Keith and Wendie Malick followed later on that year with The Forsaken along side Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr and Izabella Miko. In 2003 he was in Graduation Night along side Adrian R'Mante, Abigail Spencer and Josh Waters. In 2004 he started in short The Undeserted along side Jillian McWhirter and Matt Iseman followed later on that year with You Are So Going To Hell along side Gerardo Vicente Martinez, Judson Rothschild and Susan Peretz. In 2005 he started in Break A Leg along side John Cassini, Carol Mansell and Frank Cassini.
TV
In 1987 he appeared in
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Behind Enemy Lines | Waite | aka Attack Force NAM and P.O.W. the Escape |
1987 | Number One with a Bullet | Purvis | |
Near Dark | Highway Youth | ||
1988 | Platoon Leader | Jan Shultz | |
1990 | Dances with Wolves | Spivey | |
1991 | Stone Cold | Tool | |
For the Boys | Major at Firebase, Vietnam | ||
1992 | The Bodyguard | Dan | |
Trancers III | Jason | ||
1994 | Wagons East | Junior Ferguson | |
1996 | Blood Money | Sabbit | |
Big Bully | Ulf | ||
1997 | Blood Money | Sabbit | |
1998 | Zero Stress | Barkowski | |
2001 | Cahoots | Tommy | |
The Forsaken | Mechanic | aka Vampire Hunter
| |
2003 | Graduation Night | The Bum | aka Truth and Dare and Party On |
2004 | The Undeserted | Steve | |
Your Are So Going to Hell! | Angel Kevin | ||
2005 | Break a Leg
|
Bartender |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1987 | Moonlighting | Police Detective | Take a left at the Altar tv 1 episode | |
1991 | Matlock | Pete | The Arsonist tv episode | |
1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Banjo | Split Second tv episode | |
1994 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Lucille | Fresh Prince: The Movie tv episode | |
1996 | Diagnosis Murder
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Thomas L. Pitt | tv episode | |
1997 | The Pretender | Dave | Jaroldo tv episode | |
2009 | The Mentalist | Marshal Winston | Blood Brothers tv episode |
External links
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