Anthony George Skordi is a British-American actor. He is best known for his roles as Admiral Garrick Versio in '' Star Wars Battlefront II'', and The Dealer in the '' Hand of Fate'' series of games. In addition to his voiceover work in video games, he has narrated audiobooks, and has worked on screen and stage as an actor, producer, and writer.

Career

Trained at the

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. Some of his early roles include British television series including episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Skordi wrote, produced and starred in the one-man show ''Onassis, The Play'' at the

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theater to favorable reviews,
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', Onassis, The Play
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', Onassis, The Play being praised as a "Master of Storytelling". It was originally planned to bring the play to

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in 2020, but the theatre production had to be delayed due to the restrictions put into place during the

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. He performed off Broadway to critical acclaim Feb-March 2022 at The American Theatre of Actors. Though he had been providing narration for commercials and audio books, he was introduced to a new audience through voice acting in video games, his first role being ''God of War III'', alongside other notable actors

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, and

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. He went on to provide voices for ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', the ''Mass Effect'' series, ''

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'', and starred as Valenos, the Dealer, in the '' Hand of Fate'' series by Defiant Development. In 2017, he had a prominent role in ''Star Wars Battlefront II'', both as a voice actor and

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actor, as Admiral Garrick Versio. He had also previously provided motion capture for '' Sleeping Dogs''. Since 2015, Skordi has also been narrating the audio for the drama series '' John Sinclair – Demon Hunter''. His work in television continued in the United States, where he featured in episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Last Ship'', and others. British TV appearance as series regular as Silas Manatos in ''

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''. In 2019, he appeared as the Caliph of Oran in the miniseries ''

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''. Skordi is also a film actor. A short film portraying the

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, ''Straw Dolls'' features Anthony Skordi in the lead role as Ahmet, a conflicted Turkish soldier. He acted alongside

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in the short film Envelope. Skordi portrayed Father Nicolas in ''

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'', which was featured at the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2015.
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'', playing opposite

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. Anthony recently portrayed Silas Manatos in ''

'' and Carlo Gambino in ''

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'' In addition to his work in the US, he has worked in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Brazil.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skordi, Anthony Living people Date of birth missing (living people) British expatriate male actors in the United States American male voice actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of Greek Cypriot descent Year of birth missing (living people)