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Anthony Charles De Longis (born March 23, 1950) is an American
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, stuntman, and fight choreographer.


Early life

De Longis was born in
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. He attended
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where he was initiated into the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Originally from
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,
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.


Career

He is well known for his recurring role during the first two seasons of the TV series '' Star Trek: Voyager'', as First Maje Jal Culluh, leader of the Kazon-Nistrim. A very experienced swordsman, he is also known for his roles on '' Highlander: The Series'', as Lymon Kurlow in the third-season episode "Blackmail", and as Otavio Consone in the fifth-season episode "Duende". De Longis auditioned and was considered for the lead role in the series. A martial artist and weapon master in several disciplines, he played a swordsman opposite
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in the 2006 martial arts epic '' Fearless'', and gave
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extensive whip training for the 2008 film ''
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''. He also taught Michelle Pfeiffer how to use the bullwhip for her role as
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in the 1992 film ''
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''. De Longis provided the voice of
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Leigh Johnson in the 2010
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, '' Red Dead Redemption''. He also appeared in the
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pack '' Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare''. De Longis' best known film role was as the character
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in the 1987 film ''
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'', in which he was also
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's stunt double. He also portrayed Gary Ketchum in '' Road House'', performing featured fights against
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's Dalton. He appeared as Claus Van Zandt in 1985 on the
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''
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'', and as Leo Mitchell in 1989 on '' Santa Barbara''. He has also made guest appearances on many other TV series, including ''
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'' (original series), '' V'', ''
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'', '' Queen of Swords'', and ''
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''. De Longis provided his voice in a ''Star Trek'' video game. De Longis was the voice actor as the main antagonist Lord Zygon in '' Starchaser: The Legend of Orin'' on 1985 film. De Longis was also the swordmaster and stunt co-ordinator on the first six production episodes of the syndicated TV series '' Queen of Swords'' (101-107, not 105). The Queen of Swords was portrayed by newcomer Tessie Santiago and he trained her for two months in pre-production in California in the use of the rapier and dagger in the Spanish mysterious circle ( Destreza) style to give the heroine a unique fighting style. He had used this style in the episode "Duende" of '' Highlander: The Series''. He also trained Santiago in the use of the whip before moving to Texas Hollywood,
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, Spain for the filming of the series. He appears in episode 1, "Destiny", as Maestro Torres the fencing instructor of Tessa Alvarado and episode 16, "The Hanged Man", as the ruthless Krane of the title. In the series he trained guest stars
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and
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and also doubled for him. In 1999, De Longis formed Palpable Hit Productions, a production company specializing in bladed weapons and bullwhip training videos. The initial productions presented swordplay for performance, but in 2002 branched out to include historically correct combative fencing techniques in conjunction with the Martinez Academy of Arms. In 2009, De Longis appeared on an episode of the '' Deadliest Warrior'' as an expert for the weapons and tactics used by William Wallace. In 2015, De Longis appeared on an episode of ''
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'', teaching
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and
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how to use a bullwhip so they could test
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myths. In 2018, De Longis appeared as a guest on an episode of '' Good Mythical Morning'' in which he whipped
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on the buttocks. In April 2023, De Longis returned to the show, prompting Rhett & Link to play a memory game revisiting the details of his initial appearance.


Personal life

He and his wife live at Rancho Indalo, Canyon Country.


Filmography


Acting


Film


Television


Video games


Stunts/miscellaneous

*'' Good Mythical Morning'' (2018) - volunteered in Rhett and Link's mirror-touch synesthesia experiment *''
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'' (2015) - helped teach Adam and Jamie how to use a bullwhip to test Indiana Jones myths *'' DC Nation Shorts'' (2011) - tested
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's boxing glove arrow *'' La Verdadera Destreza: The True Art and Style of Spanish Swordsmanship'' (1999/2001) (with ''Maestro'' Ramon Martinez) *'' Queen of Swords'' (2000) - first six production episodes as swordmaster/stunt co-ordinator *''
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'' (1994) *'' Far and Away'' (1992) *'' Dangerously Close'' (1986)


Honours

* Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers (1 August 2016).www.hemanworld
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See also

* Roberta Brown


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Longis, Anthony American action choreographers Male actors from California American male film actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors American stunt performers Male actors from Greater Los Angeles 1950 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Actors from Glendale, California