Editing Anthony De Longis

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'''Anthony Charles De Longis'''<ref name="imdb">{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209815/bio|title=Anthony De Longis biography at the Internet Movie Database|date=|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> (born 23 March 1950 <ref name="imdb"/>) is an American actor, fight director, sword master, professional weapons trainer, horseman, and writer<ref name="off">{{cite_web|url=http://www.delongis.com/ADLbio.html|title=Anthony De Longis biograhy at De Longis's Official Website|date=|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> who portrayed [[Taba]], the young [[Borellian Nomen]] in the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}.

Born in [[w:Glendale, California|Glendale, California]]<ref name="imdb"/>, De Longis has appeared in many genre and popular television series, including 1980s' version of ''[[w:The Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone]]'', 1990s' version of ''[[w:The Outer Limits|The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'', ''[[w:The A-Team|The A-Team]]'', ''[[w:Highlander: The Series|Highlander: The Series]]'', and ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]]''.

In ''Star Trek: Voyager'', he portrayed First Maje [[MemoryAlpha:Culluh|Culluh]], a [[MemoryAlpha:Kazon|Kazon]], though this was not his first trek into the ''Star Trek'' franchise: he provided voices for various characters in [[w:Interplay Entertainment|Interplay Entertainment]]'s two ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' games, ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (PC)|Star Trek: 25th Anniversary]]'' and ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Judgment Rites|Star Trek: Judgment Rites]]''.

Apart from acting, he works as the fight director at the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, a position he's occupied since 1985.<ref name="off"/> 

De Longis is also an instructor in professional stage movement and combat, having taught [[w:Michelle Pfeiffer|Michelle Pfeiffer]] whip handling for the movie ''[[w:Batman Returns|Batman Returns]]'', [[w:Angelica Houston|Angelica Houston]] for ''[[w:Buffalo Girls|Buffalo Girls]]'' and [[w:Ellen Barkin|Ellen Barkin]] for ''[[w:Wild Bill|Wild Bill]]''.<ref name="off"/> Additionally, from 1974 to 1993, De Longis taught fencing, stage combat, and character movement at the Theater Arts Department at [[w:University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name="fdr">{{cite_web|url=http://www.delongis.com/ADLfightresume.html|title=Anthony De Longis' Fight Director Resume at De Longis's Official Website|date=|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

As an experienced horseman, De Longis is a founding member of The Australian Light Horsemen, a "mounted calvary team that performs realistic combat routines with sabers, lances, bullwhips and pistols".<ref name="off"/>

De Longis has also been awarded with the Dramalogue Award for choreography in Mark Taper Forum's ''Julius Caesar''.<ref name="fdr"/>

According to actor [[Robert Feero]] (who played fellow Nomen [[Bora]]), as of 1979 De Longis had achieved a [[w:Black belt (martial arts)|Black belt]] in [[w:Kung Fu|Kung Fu]].<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978---interviews/robert-feero-galactica.tv-interview.html|title=Robert Ferro GALACTICA.TV Interview|date=30 November 2006|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=Egnor|first=Mike|format=|language=}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [[MemoryAlpha:Anthony De Longis|Anthony De Longis]], at Memory Alpha, the ''Star Trek'' wiki.

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