Anthony Meindl
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Anthony Paul Meindl is an American
Yoga
Instructor, stage actor and film actor, and is the founder and artistic director
at the MetaTheatre Company and the Director's Workshop in Los Angeles, California
.
He worked and lived in New York in the early 1990s and moved to Los Angeles in 1997. He has been in many commercials for various products and companies, including Diet Coke
, Philips Electronics, Bank of America
, Nissan, Michelob Lite, Sears, Acura
, Del Taco
, Mervyns
, and Behr Paint, among others.
He's also appeared in non-Broadway
stage productions of Titus Andronicus
, Merrily We Roll Along, and the LA Weekly
Award-nominated Cabaret
, among many others.
His film credits are almost exclusively gay
-related, including the 1997
gay-themed drama
David Searching, the 1998
gay-themed drama Minor Details, and the 2000
gay-themed comedy
/drama Get Your Stuff
. His latest film role was in the 2005
mystery comedy Death of a Saleswoman. He also appeared in a 1998 episode of Will & Grace
.
In the 1990s, Meindl played a genie named "Hard Hat Harry" in a number of videos and DVDs aimed at introducing youngsters to trucks, cars, construction vehicles, and the like (usually using the name "Anthony Paul").
United States
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Yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
Instructor, stage actor and film actor, and is the founder and artistic director
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
at the MetaTheatre Company and the Director's Workshop in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
He worked and lived in New York in the early 1990s and moved to Los Angeles in 1997. He has been in many commercials for various products and companies, including Diet Coke
Diet Coke
Diet Coke is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. It was first introduced in the United States on August 9, 1982, as the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark...
, Philips Electronics, Bank of America
Bank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
, Nissan, Michelob Lite, Sears, Acura
Acura
Acura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. The brand has been available in the United States and Canada since March 1986, marketing luxury, performance, and near-performance vehicles. It was introduced to Hong Kong in 1991, Mexico in 2004, and China in 2006...
, Del Taco
Del Taco
Del Taco is a North American fast food restaurant chain which specializes in American-style Mexican cuisine as well as American foods such as burgers, fries, and shakes...
, Mervyns
Mervyns
Mervyns was an American middle scale department store chain based in Hayward, California. It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were in shopping malls...
, and Behr Paint, among others.
He's also appeared in non-Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
stage productions of Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were...
, Merrily We Roll Along, and the LA Weekly
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
Award-nominated Cabaret
Cabaret (musical)
Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
, among many others.
His film credits are almost exclusively gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
-related, including the 1997
1997 in film
-Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*...
gay-themed drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
David Searching, the 1998
1998 in film
-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
gay-themed drama Minor Details, and the 2000
2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
gay-themed comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
/drama Get Your Stuff
Get Your Stuff
Get Your Stuff is a 2000 gay-themed drama/comedy film that in particular deals with the issue of gay foster parents, troubled children, and alcoholism.-Plot synopsis:...
. His latest film role was in the 2005
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
mystery comedy Death of a Saleswoman. He also appeared in a 1998 episode of Will & Grace
Will & Grace
Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
.
In the 1990s, Meindl played a genie named "Hard Hat Harry" in a number of videos and DVDs aimed at introducing youngsters to trucks, cars, construction vehicles, and the like (usually using the name "Anthony Paul").