# Gary Anthony Sturgis

Gary Anthony Sturgis is an American actor, musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur, known for his role as Bar Patron and other characters in the television series America's Most Wanted, and for providing the voice of Ebon in the animated series Static Shock. He is also known by the rap moniker of Illuminati, having successfully promoted a few albums on iTunes.

## Early life

Sturgis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the second oldest son of four born to Abraham and Sarah Sturgis. He grew up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended McDonogh Senior High School where he played piccolo and served as drum major for the band. After writing an essay for a class assignment expressing his love and desire for acting, a teacher invited him to a table read for a play, and Sturgis was cast as the understudy; later going on to play the lead role of A Raisin in the Sun.

## Career

Sturgis made his acting debut in the romantic thriller film The Big Easy (1986). He later starred in the film Blaze (1989) as Marquez' Son.
Sturgis later appeared as an antagonist in two of Tyler Perry's movies, Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Daddy's Little Girls (2007), as well as the movie Pride (2007), starring Terrence Howard, and co-stars in the independent feature directed by Cedric the Entertainer, Chicago Pulaski Jones. He landed television roles in his early career such as a recurring character by the name of Caz in the General Hospital spin-off, Port Charles, as well as smaller roles on The District, NYPD Blue, Malcolm and Eddie and Girlfriends.
In the mid-1990s, he began booking voice-over jobs in commercials and trailers. He served as the voice of the Monday night (and later Tuesday night) lineup on the now defunct UPN network, promoting such series as The Parkers, Moesha, Half & Half, Girlfriends, The Hughleys and many others. Simultaneously in 1997 and 1998, he was also the daily announcer for the late night talk show, VIBE, starring Chris Spencer and later, comedian Sinbad. Sturgis never had a contract for either job stating that he would just "keep coming everyday until they tell me to stop." This lasted for the duration of the network and the talk show respectively.
Sturgis appeared on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter in 2002 in celebration of his voice over efforts. In addition to promos for network television, he also did several Hollywood movie trailers such as Bones, The Wood, Crossroads, Two Can Play That Game and The Others.
Sturgis was interviewed by fashion editor Antoine Von Boozier exclusively for Floss Magazine. The interview was published on March 7, 2016.
Sturgis played several animated roles landing himself in cartoons, feature films and in video games. A partial list includes, Static Shock, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Batman Beyond, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Fairly OddParents: Wishology. Video game titles include Shout About Music, True Crime: New York City, Evil Dead, Spider-Man 2 and Red Faction. His role in Batman: The Brave and the Bold as the DC Comics anti-hero Bronze Tiger was also reprised in the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS video game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. In February 2009, he worked on Blokhedz animated web series on Missiong.com and did the voice of Biskit, the leader of the biker gang Wild Dawgs.
In October 2008, Sturgis began working as a staff writer for Tyler Perry Studios on the series Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns, both on TBS. This would mark his first professional writing job. His first credited episode of Tyler Perry's House of Payne aired on December 16, 2008. Outside of acting, he works as a musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | The Big Easy | Car vandel #1 | |
| 1989 | Blaze | Marquez' Son | |
| 1994 | Virtuosity | Officer at Video Store | |
| 1995 | Tornado Run | Pilot | |
| 1997 | Volcano | Homeless Man in Park | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | The Phantom Virus | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2005 | The Crib | Rapping Mike | Short film |
| 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Jamison Milton Jackson | |
| 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls | Joe | |
| 2007 | Pride | Franklin | |
| 2009 | The Adventure of Umbweki | Pretty Tony | |
| 2010 | A Gang Land Love Story | Paul Revere | |
| 2011 | Joshua Tree | Darryl | |
| 2011 | Dance Fu | Daddy J | |
| 2012 | Battlefield America | Eric Smith Sr. | |
| 2012 | The Devil Is My Witness | Larcen | Short film |
| 2012 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1 | Silk | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Day of Redemption | Daryl | |
| 2014 | Justice League: War | Teammate #2 | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Lucky Girl | Darnell Riggins Sr. | |
| 2016 | Dirty | Detective Bishop | |
| 2016 | Hav Faith | Xavier Dunbar | |
| 2017 | CainAbel | Adam | |
| 2017 | Busted | Nathan | |
| 2018 | We Belong Together | Jefferson | |
| 2018 | The Stuff | Sonny | |
| 2018 | Everything That Glitters | Carl Robinson | |
| 2018 | Ole Bryce | Malcolm Wyatt | |
| 2020 | The Regiment | | |

### Television

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1988–1989 | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Bar Patron, Lee Nell Carter's victim, Leroy Carter | TV documentary series; 3 episodes |
| 1996 | High Society | Paramedic | Episode: "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore" |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | Larry Blueford | Episode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis" |
| 1997 | Chicago Sons | Waiter | Episode: "A Foursome Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing" |
| 1997 | Malcolm & Eddie | Richard | Episode: "The Commercial" |
| 1997 | High Incident | Unknown role | Episode: "Excessive Force" |
| 1997 | Extreme Ghostbusters | Roland | Voice, episode: "Darkness at Noon: Part 1"; uncredited |
| 2000–2004 | Static Shock | Ivan Evans / Ebon, Duke | Voice, 10 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Batman Beyond | Kobra Driver, Howard Reubens, Punk | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | The District | Henry G. Charters, Officer Cory Willis | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Port Charles | Caz | 11 episodes |
| 2005 | Teen Titans | Gordanian, Trogaar | Voice, episode: "Go" |
| 2006 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Gow | Voice, episode: "Zuko Alone" |
| 2008 | Girlfriends | Contractor | Episode: "Adapt to Adopt" |
| 2008–2009 | K-9 Cops | Narrator | Voice, 16 episodes |
| 2009 | Meet the Browns | Teddy, Theodore | Episode: "Meet the Dangerous and the Deadline" Also writer |
| 2009 | House of Payne | Mr. Orlando | Episode: "Slightly Payneful Truth" Also writer |
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Bronze Tiger | Voice, episode: "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!" |
| 2009 | The Fairly OddParents | Lead Eliminator, Destructinator, Huginator | Voice, episode: "Wishology" |
| 2012 | The Soul Man | Parishioner | Episode: "Lost in the Move" |
| 2012–2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Officer Davenport, Cop | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Beware the Batman | Guard | Voice, episode: "Attraction" |
| 2015 | Will to Love | John Hawkins | Television film |
| 2016 | The Sin Within | James Morris | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | 5th Ward | Blue | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | The Probe | Nard | Television film |
| 2020 | Pole Magic | Terrance Coleman | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Corpse Killer | Fleming | |
| 2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | Phantom Virus | |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Kraven the Hunter, Dr. Rue | |
| 2002 | Red Faction 2 | Lars Repta | |
| 2003 | Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick | | |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Luke Cage, additional voices | |
| 2005 | True Crime: New York City | | Credited as Gary Sturgis |
| 2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate | Bronze Tiger | |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Blokhedz | Biskit | Animated web series on Missiong.com |