Chi-Town Tony

About Me: Thanks for all the support people. You guys are the best, I really mean it. Thank you and be blessed. Before anything else, go ahead and send me a friend add request! I want you as my friend. Why not,I don't bite!? Well... actually... I've been known to knibble a little. be sure to catch my latest film Go For It to be released May 13th, 2011 see the trailer here: http://www.goforitmovie.com/represent Ok, now my blurb about me, I truly hope you find a part of me in you. (that does not sound right or does it?) a part of me inside you? Hmmmm.... I'm just another guy doing what he loves to do. My career somehow chose me. At least that's how it feels.I like the fine things in life and enjoy simple things like peanut butter and jelly! I'm no different from you. I work everyday and live life (by choice) to the fullest. How do you choose to live your life? Here is my take... We are here for a short time, so why not make the best of it? You only get one shot to make it count. Make no excuses! The world is yours, you just don't know it yet!!! Well, now you do! Make a difference, it's all up to you! What one can conceive, one can achieve. If you dream it, you can do it! NO MORE EXCUSES!!!

I was born in Chicago on January 1968 in the Humbolt park / logan Square area of Chi-town.
I know about the fame my "neck of the woods" has throughout the nation. There have been more murders in my city than in bagdad!

Yes, it is a gangster town. For those who give in. For the rest of us it's just the will to survive the concrete jungle.
Yes, I know where I came from! I would never deny it. A talent agent (Myrna Salazar) many years ago made a statement about me and it was something like this " You can take the boy out of Humboldt park, but, you can't take Humboldt park out of the boy!"
To this day I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or an insult!
Depending on how I feel at the time it feels one way or the other, in any case I am a Chi-Town Baby and proud of where I came from.
It builds character to roll the dice every so often.
Yea, I know it sounds froggish, and un-professional. Yet because of my background I'm always ready to jump on it!
I am a survivor and I need no one to make my reality, mine.

I have never joined any of the street gangs and I have the scars to prove it!
I did hang out, but never felt the need to be a part of something that was not my style! It was tough, but I knew that I had to be me and stand up for me not some turf and a crazy conception of a failing brotherhood to the death.
I walk to the beat of my own drum, even today, I do what feels right in my heart and in my mind! I never follow, I make my own path. Remember: It is impossible to soar with the eagles if you surround yourself with turkeys. You become a part of your environment, as it becomes a part of you. Just a little tid bit of the things that I ponder in my mind.

I had the great honor of attending Lane tech in Chicago, a high School that at the time was the place to be if you had some kind of brains. I met amazing people there who to this day I think of. Back then and I guess even today dancing was the main factor in the lives of the youth. There were dance groups and dreams to die for. As life went on it seems that some lost their dreams to drugs and other bad choices. God bless them all! Yet there are some who have made tough choices that made them the butt of every joke and thought of as fanciful. Those choices have made them serious professionals who are respected in their industries and are people to be proud of. I was a break dancer and also battled with the rest of the free style dancers. I was not able to practically live in Jenal's like many of my friends did. My father made sure I stayed in line. Thanks Dad! Still I can say those were the best days of my life. Thanks to all the people who made it real. Fortunately for me I had some insight and always sought out and surrounded myself with great, creative and spartan type people to guide me, inspire me and help my dreams soar. Life has not always been a bowl of cherries, yet I must admit that I would not trade my life time experiences for that of another.
Life is what you make of it. You are the author.
I've always been a self starter. I live to dream and live the dream. I was discovered as a talented person by NBC Channel 5 in Chicago in 1984. There is where my life really began to enrich my library of experiences. For those of you who need representation in the tv/film industry in Chicago I recommend my personal friend, the incredible and may I say attractive, Susan Acuna.
President and Owner of Encore Talent Agency in chicago, she is simply the best! I hope she does not mind me putting her out this way. I just can't help bragging about my incredible friend and representative. I met Susan while I was acting in the early 90's. I was then represented by Salazar & Navas Talent Agency. Suazan still today is as warm and fuzzy with me as she was over 30 years ago. With that said: