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Quick facts for kids Gary Anthony Sturgis
Sturges in February 2008
Born	Gary Anthony Sturgis (1966-11-03) November 3, 1966 (age 58) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Other names	Gary Sturgis
Occupation	Actor musician writer teacher entrepreneur
Years active	1986–present

Gary Anthony Sturgis is an American actor, musician, writer, teacher, and entrepreneur. He is well-known for his role as a Bar Patron and other characters in the TV show America's Most Wanted. He also gave his voice to the character Ebon in the cartoon series Static Shock. Gary Sturgis is also a rapper known as Illuminati and has released several albums.

Early Life

Gary Sturgis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the second of four sons born to Abraham and Sarah Sturgis. He grew up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

At McDonogh Senior High School, Gary played the piccolo and led the band as a drum major. He loved acting, and after writing an essay about it, a teacher invited him to a play reading. He started as an understudy and later played the main role in the play A Raisin in the Sun.

Acting Career

Gary Sturgis started his acting journey in the movie The Big Easy (1986). He later appeared in the film Blaze (1989).

He played a bad guy in two of Tyler Perry's movies: Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Daddy's Little Girls (2007). He also acted in the movie Pride (2007) with Terrence Howard. Gary also had TV roles in shows like Port Charles, NYPD Blue, and Girlfriends.

Voice Acting

In the mid-1990s, Gary Sturgis began doing voice-over work for commercials and movie trailers. He became the voice for many Hollywood movie trailers. These included Bones, The Wood, and The Others.

Gary has voiced many animated characters in cartoons, movies, and video games. Some of his cartoon roles include Ebon in Static Shock, a character in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the Phantom Virus in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. He also voiced characters in Batman Beyond and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

For video games, he has lent his voice to titles like True Crime: New York City, Evil Dead, Spider-Man 2, and Red Faction. He played the DC Comics hero Bronze Tiger in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the video game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. In 2009, he voiced Biskit in the animated web series Blokhedz.

Writing Work

In 2008, Gary Sturgis started working as a writer for Tyler Perry Studios. He wrote for the TV series Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns. This was his first professional writing job.

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