Antico, Pete (Peter Antico)

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Antico, Pete (Peter Antico)

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Publicist—Jo-Ann Geffen, JAG Entertainment, 4265 Hazeltine Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career:

Actor, producer, director, writer, and stunt coordinator. Also worked as fight choreographer; stunt performer or stunt double for dozens of films, including Tuff Turf, 1985, and 15 Minutes, 2001.

Awards, Honors:

Stuntman Award (with others), best fight sequence, 1986, for Tuff Turf; Taurus Award nomination (with others), best fight, World Stunt Awards, 2002, for 15 Minutes; American Choreography Award nomination (with Todd Bryant), outstanding achievement in fight choreography, 2002, for Deuces Wild; Method Fest Award (with others), best ensemble cast, 2007, for Man in the Chair.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Peter Antico) Flyer, Playing for Keeps, Universal, 1986.

(Uncredited) Balsamo, Streets of Gold, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986.

(As Peter Antico) Mr. Paginini, The Beat (also known as The Conjurer), 1988.

Patrolman Dotson, The Presidio (also known as The Presidio: The Scene of the Crime), Paramount, 1988.

First sparring partner, Split Decisions (also known as Kid Gloves), New Century Distribution, 1988.

First "townie", Best of the Best, Taurus Entertainment, 1989.

Seaman on U.S.S. Dallas, The Hunt for Red October, Paramount, 1990.

Vice cop in bar, Impulse, Warner Bros., 1990.

Corda (some sources cite appearance as Trout; credited as Peter Antico), Highlander II: The Quickening (also known as Highlander 2 and Highlander—Le retour; director's cut released as Highlander II: The Renegade Version), Interstar, 1991.

Tony, 20th Street, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991.

First henchman and Hubert Bartholomew Smith, Lethal Weapon 3, Warner Bros., 1992.

Foreman, Mission of Justice (also known as Martial Law III), Image Organization/Westwind Productions, 1992.

First cop, Surf Ninjas (also known as Surf Ninjas of the South China Sea and Surf Warriors), New Line Cinema, 1993.

Dumb kid, Class of 1999 II: The Substitute, Vidmark Entertainment, 1994.

Third assassin, Grosse Pointe Blank, Buena Vista, 1997.

Guard Garner, Con Air, Buena Vista, 1997.

The man, The Adventures of Ragtime (also known as Barclay's Big Adventure), Showcase Entertainment, 1998.

Cowboy, A League of Old Men, 1998.

Jack Carpenter, Hijack (also known as The Last Siege), Artisan Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment, 1999.

(Uncredited) Member of Republican Guard and shooter in Oasis bunker, Three Kings, Warner Bros., 1999.

Jeff, Saved by the Rules, 2003.

Cuban bartender, Pray Another Day, Millenium Concepts, 2003.

Frank Knight, Timecop: The Berlin Decision (also known as Timecop 2), Universal, 2003.

Third cop, Hood of Horror (also known as Snoop Dogg's "Hood of Horror"), Freestyle Releasing/Xenon Pictures, 2006.

Murray, Man in the Chair, Transmedia International Relations, 2007.

Joey, Afghan Knights, Curb Entertainment, 2007.

Film Stunt Coordinator:

Fathers & Sons, Pacific Films, 1992.

Rain (also known as Lluvia), First Look International, 2001.

(And fight choreographer) Deuces Wild (also known as Deuces Wild—Wild in den strassen), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002.

Man in the Chair, Transmedia International Releasing, 2007.

Film Work; Other:

Executive producer, A Little Tailor's Christmas Story (short film), We Care about Kids, 1994.

Producer, A League of Old Men, 1998.

18 Shades of Dust (also known as Hitman's Journal and The Sicilian Code), New Films International, 1999.

(As Peter Antico) Director, Newton's Law (short film), 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Road pig, Motorcycle Gang, Showtime, 1994.

Sheriff, The Assassination File (also known as Out in the Cold), Starz, 1996.

(As Peter Antico) Biggs, Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail, I Network, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Sailor's trainer, The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (also known as The Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns), NBC, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ritchie, "Leapin' Lizards," L.A. Law, NBC, 1988.

Joss, "High Rise," B. L. Stryker, ABC, 1990.

First tough guy, "Honor among Strangers," Martial Law, CBS, 2000.

(Uncredited) Kane, "Turning Point," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBC, 2000.

(Uncredited) Kane, "Retribution," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBC, 2000.

Commando, "12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.," 24, Fox, 2002.

Barnes, "8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.," 24, Fox, 2002.

Eddie Postiglione, "Under the Gun," Blind Justice, ABC, 2005.

Appeared as Terrence Gault in an episode of Nash Bridges, CBS; and as Phil in an episode of Perfect Strangers, ABC.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts:

(As Peter Antico) Newton's Law (short film), 2003.

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