Anthony Starke is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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. Starke is well known for his one episode role in Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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, playing the 3rd person-speaking character Jimmy in "The Jimmy", as well as playing Jack on The George Carlin Show

The George Carlin Show

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, on Fox

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Biography

Anthony Starke attended Marquette University 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 Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common is a 1986 comedy-drama film, directed by Garry Marshall. It stars Tom Hanks and, in his last movie role, Jackie Gleason. The film proved to be Gleason's final film role, as he was suffering from colon cancer, liver cancer, and thrombosed hemorrhoids during production.The film,...

with Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason

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 and Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

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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.

Anthony Starke played Truman-Lodge in the James Bond film License To Kill in 1989 and a U.S. Embassy consultant in the 2007 NCIS

NCIS (TV series)

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episode "Designated Target". Starke also co-starred as the smooth-talking gambler, Ezra Standish in The Magnificent Seven between 1998 and 1999.

In 2009, Starke had a recurring role on the ABC Family

ABC Family

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 television series Make It or Break It as the father of one of the gymnasts.

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