Tony Ganios

Tony Ganios

Born: October 21, 1959
Died: February 18, 2024
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Tony Ganios (October 21, 1959 - February 18, 2024) was an American actor. He was probably best known for his roles as heroic tough-guy Perry in the 1979 film The Wanderers, and Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello in the 1981 comedy Porky's and its sequels.

Movies for Tony Ganios...

Rising Sun
Title: Rising Sun
Character: Perry
Released: July 30, 1993
Type: Movie
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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Ring of the Musketeers
Title: Ring of the Musketeers
Character: Tony
Released: December 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.
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The Taking of Beverly Hills
Title: The Taking of Beverly Hills
Character: EPA Man
Released: October 10, 1991
Type: Movie
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight...both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
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Die Hard 2
Title: Die Hard 2
Character: Baker
Released: July 3, 1990
Type: Movie
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Serge
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Porky's Revenge
Title: Porky's Revenge
Character: Meat Tuperello
Released: March 22, 1985
Type: Movie
As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game since he has bet on the opposing team.
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Body Rock
Title: Body Rock
Character: Big Mac
Released: September 28, 1984
Type: Movie
A disco owner lures a New York breakdancer away from his rapping and dancing friends.
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Porky's II: The Next Day
Title: Porky's II: The Next Day
Character: Meat
Released: June 24, 1983
Type: Movie
When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production.
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Porky's
Title: Porky's
Character: Meat
Released: November 13, 1981
Type: Movie
In 1954 Florida, a group of high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
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Continental Divide
Title: Continental Divide
Character: Max Bernbaum
Released: September 18, 1981
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
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Back Roads
Title: Back Roads
Character: Bartini
Released: March 13, 1981
Type: Movie
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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The Wanderers
Title: The Wanderers
Character: Perry
Released: July 13, 1979
Type: Movie
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’