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Tony Ganios (born October 21, 1959) is an American actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. In 1979 he made his film debut as a heroic tough-guy named 'Perry' in The Wanderers
The Wanderers (1979 film)

The Wanderers is a 1979 in film drama film based on the novel by Richard Price ....
. He is probably best known for his role as Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello in the 1982 hit comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 Porky's
Porky's

Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day
Porky's II: The Next Day

Porky's II: The Next Day is the 1983 in film sequel to the 1982 in film hit film Porky's. The film is written and directed by Bob Clark....
 and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge
Porky's Revenge

Porky's Revenge is the 1985 third and final installment to the Porky's movie trilogy. The movie was directed by James Komack....
. Tony's other well known role is in the 1990 hit film Die Hard 2: Die Harder as Baker, a member of the terrorists.






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Tony Ganios (born October 21, 1959) is an American actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. In 1979 he made his film debut as a heroic tough-guy named 'Perry' in The Wanderers
The Wanderers (1979 film)

The Wanderers is a 1979 in film drama film based on the novel by Richard Price ....
. He is probably best known for his role as Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello in the 1982 hit comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 Porky's
Porky's

Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day
Porky's II: The Next Day

Porky's II: The Next Day is the 1983 in film sequel to the 1982 in film hit film Porky's. The film is written and directed by Bob Clark....
 and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge
Porky's Revenge

Porky's Revenge is the 1985 third and final installment to the Porky's movie trilogy. The movie was directed by James Komack....
. Tony's other well known role is in the 1990 hit film Die Hard 2: Die Harder as Baker, a member of the terrorists. And he played a former football player turned mountain man in the John Belushi
John Belushi

John Adam Belushi was an United States comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers ....
 film Continental Divide
Continental Divide

The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Divide or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the drainage basin that drain into the Pacific Ocean from, 1) those river systems which drain into the Atlantic Ocean , and 2)...
.

Ganios had appeared in a couple of episodes of the 1980s TV series Wiseguy
Wiseguy

Wiseguy was a United States television program about Vincent "Vinnie" Terranova, an undercover agent of the OCB , a fictional division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation....
 as Mike 'Mooch' Cacciatore, he made a guest appearance in an episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an United States television program that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner....
. He semi-retired from acting after Die Hard 2 to be an insurance agent in New York City, but returned to Hollywood to do a little more acting, writing and producing.

Filmography

  • Rising Sun
    Rising Sun (film)

    Rising Sun is a 1993 in film film directed by Philip Kaufman. The film stars Sean Connery , Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa....
     (1993)
  • Ring of the Musketeers (1992) (TV)
  • The Taking of Beverly Hills
    The Taking of Beverly Hills

    The Taking of Beverly Hills is a 1991 in film action film, film director by Sidney J. Furie. An action film in the vein of Die Hard, the film stars Ken Wahl, fresh off the success of the TV series Wiseguy, as football hero Boomer Hayes, with Matt Frewer stepping up to the plate as his sidekick, Beverly Hills policeman Ed Kelvin....
     (1991)
  • Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
  • Porky's Revenge
    Porky's Revenge

    Porky's Revenge is the 1985 third and final installment to the Porky's movie trilogy. The movie was directed by James Komack....
     (1985)
  • Porky's II: The Next Day
    Porky's II: The Next Day

    Porky's II: The Next Day is the 1983 in film sequel to the 1982 in film hit film Porky's. The film is written and directed by Bob Clark....
     (1983)
  • Porky's
    Porky's

    Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
     (1982)
  • Continental Divide
    Continental Divide

    The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Divide or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the drainage basin that drain into the Pacific Ocean from, 1) those river systems which drain into the Atlantic Ocean , and 2)...
     (1981)
  • Back Roads
    Back Roads

    Back Roads is the 2000 novel by the United States writer Tawni O'Dell, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in March 2000....
     (1981)
  • The Wanderers
    The Wanderers (1979 film)

    The Wanderers is a 1979 in film drama film based on the novel by Richard Price ....
     (1979)


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