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Tony Schiena

Bio

Tony Schiena got his first break with the William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. Tony's cameo performance was as the character Leonardo. His performance included having to spit Al Pacino in the face. A somewhat daunting feat for a debut performance. Tony then ventured to the other end of the spectrum in Wake of Death. Tony co-starred with Jean Claude Van Damme in this exciting actioner, which had a theatrical release in many territories including Europe and Asia. Critics labelled the pic as Van Damme's best movie ever and one of the best action movies of 2004.

In his quest for diversity, Tony then acted opposite, Emmy winner, Armand Assante as his rookie cop partner in Dot Kill, directed by John Irvin (Hamburger Hill, Dogs of War etc). Tony quickly progressed to starring role. Tony played a playboy movie star in The Number One Girl, opposite Vinnie Jones (Snatch, X-Men 3 etc).

Tony ventured into the role of bad guy as Dr Kerwin Mathers in the Sci-Fi feature Saurian. He then won the romantic lead in the drama He & She. Tony plays an artistic photographer who falls in love with a women who he thinks is his soul-mate. He is caught in a web of deceit. Culminating in a climatic ending. The pic is expected to have a 2007 release.

Tony Schiena's love for acting continue's to drive his focus on diversity. His love for the action genre has however, of late, become more of a focus. Tony has various action features in development. He is expected to star in two action features with a 2007 release.

His debut performance on television was a prominent guest star opposite Gary Sinise in CSI NY. Tony garnered great revues for his potrayal of the cool, indifferent, Paul Martin.

Tony's artistic talents are not confined to acting. Tony's debut as a producer is with Salomaybe, based on Oscar Wilde's, Salome. Starring and directed by Al Pacino, Tony is Executive Producing this pic, which is scheduled for a 2007 release.

Tony Schiena has truly had an interesting past. He studied shipping and international trade and London's Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Department of Trade and Industry and Foreign Trade Organization for a period of five years. He plied his trade in the shipping centres of New York, London and South Africa.

His next challenge was the security industry. Having been involved in various police agencies, including SANAB (Narcotics & Arms Bureau - an affiliate of Interpol), the NYPD Academy etc., Tony established a very successful security firm in London. Tony remains a member of the International Police Association and the International Bodyguard and Security Services Association. Tony was awarded the rank of Colonel by the Hungarian Government, for meritorious service and bestowed the honour of Knighthood in a celebration at Rochester Cathedral, England, by the Knightly Order of St George.

As a martial artist, Tony, underwent rigorous training in Tokyo. As a champion of well over a hundred tournaments, Tony eventually won the World Traditional Karate Championships. Tony also captained team USA to gold in the team event.

Appearing as:

Dalton Hunt