ANTHONY ANDERSON (Tommy) is a hot new star taking Hollywood by storm. In the last three years alone his career box office gross reached nearly $1 billion dollars domestically and he has starred in six number one films. Last year he also received his second NAACP Image Award nomination, and became a television star/creator/producer as he sold a sitcom – based on his life – to The WB.
2003 will truly be the year that Anderson becomes an established star and a household name. Anderson recently starred opposite Jerry O’Connell in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced hit Kangaroo Jack, which opened at number one in January. Upcoming projects for Anderson include joining Jamie Kennedy in the Warner Bros. Pictures comedy Malibu’s Most Wanted and starring with Eddie Griffin in the comedy My Baby’s Mama. All of this happens just in time for the premiere of his WB series, All About the Andersons, which will feature Anthony in an episode that he also wrote.
Though still in his twenties, Anderson is well prepared for the attention. Raised near Los Angeles, he is the son of a career film extra and her entrepreneur husband. As a toddler he accompanied his mother to several film sets and by age four he knew acting was his destiny. While attending the High School for the Performing Arts, Anderson earned first place in the NAACP’s ACTSO Awards by performing the classic monologue from The Great White Hope. His dedication and talent earned him a dramatic arts scholarship to Howard University. Then he headed home to Hollywood.
In early 1996, Anderson landed his first gig as a series regular in NBC’s long-running kids’ series Hang Time. That was followed by guest star turns in primetime shows J.A.G. and NYPD Blue. His breakout feature film roles include Life with Eddie Murphy; Big Momma’s House with Martin Lawrence; Me, Myself and Irene with Jim Carrey; Romeo Must Die with Jet Li; and the recent blockbuster hit from MGM, Barbershop. He also starred in Fox Searchlight’s Kingdom Come and Warner Bros. Pictures’ Exit Wounds. On the small-screen, kingmaker David E. Kelley was so impressed with Anderson that he tailor-made a two-episode arc for him on the hit series Ally McBeal.
Anderson is married to his college sweetheart and is a father of two. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
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