Tony Alcantar

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caption = Tony Alcantar (left) and Dan Castellaneta (right) on the set of "Behind the Camera: The Charlie's Angels Story"
birthname = Anthony Joseph Alcantar
birthdate = birth date and age|1960|08|13
location = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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occupation = Actor
othername = Tony Alcanta
Tony Alcanter
spouse = Maria Kustkova (2003-present)
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Tony Alcantar is an American actor. He is best known for his improv work with the Wind City Women Improv Troupe.

Alcantar toured and performed with The Second City in both Toronto and London, Ontario.From 1989 to 1998, Alcantar taught at the Players Workshop of The Second City, directing 16 shows there. He has a BA in Theater and MFA in Acting from Chicago's Roosevelt University, where he taught as well.

After relocating to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1999, Alcantar landed guest star or recurring roles on numerous shows, including "Stargate SG-1", "Dead Like Me", "Da Vinci's Inquest", "The Dead Zone", "The Collector", "Andromeda", "Dark Angel", "Millennium", "Strange World", "", "Just Deal", "Cold Squad", "Los Luchadores", "The Outer Limits", and "Breaking News". He had a recurring role on NBC's Emmy Award Winning Sunday night primetime hit, "American Dreams".

Alcantar performed in the all improvised award-winning feature "Best in Show", and in "MVPII", "The Rhino Brothers", "", "The Charlie's Angels Story", "Chestnut: Hero of Central Park", "Hope Springs", "Fantastic Four", "In the Land of Women".

Alcantar has had lead and principal roles in the animated shows "Slammin' Sammy", "Being Ian", "Evolution", "Inspector Gadget and the Gadgetinis", "Kong", "Gundam Wing", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", and "Megaman Net Warrior". He has provided both voice and body to the upcoming Electronic Arts' video game "", as well as doing multiple voices for multi-award winning "SSX On Tour". Alcantar has also been the dialect coach on the features "Slither", "Whisper", and "The Wicker Man" with Nicolas Cage.

Notable students

* Sean Hayes, Emmy winner, and star of "Will & Grace" studied under Tony at the Players Workshop of The Second City.
* Stephnie Weir, star of "MADtv", studied under Tony at the Players Workshop of The Second City in the 90's.
* Grace Park, who plays Boomer in "Battlestar Galactica" studied with Tony at Improv Chicago in Vancouver.

External links

* [http://www.improvchicago.ca "Windy City Women"] Official website
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