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Anthony Charles Edwards[According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com] (born
July 19,
1962) is an
American actor and
director.
[Advanced Primetime Awards, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website, retrieved 2009-04-17;] He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including
Top Gun,
Zodiac,
Revenge of the Nerds,
Northern Exposure and
ER.
Early life
Edwards was born in
Santa Barbara,
California, the son of Erika Planck (
née Weber), an artist/landscape painter, and Peter Edwards, an
architect.
[Anthony Edwards Biography (1962-)] He has two older sisters, Heidi and Ann-Marie, and two older brothers, Peter and Jeffrey. Edwards was encouraged by his parents to attend college before pursuing his interest in acting. He received a scholarship to the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England and studied theatre at
University of Southern California but by age 19 was offered enough acting work that he left college.
