Tony Plana (born 19 April 1954; age 71) is an actor who was originally from Cuba. He played Amaros in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine second season episodes "The Maquis, Part I" and "The Maquis, Part II". He has been married to Ada Maris since 1988.
Plana has appeared in many other popular television series such as What's Happening!! (with Malachi Throne and Jeff Corey), Seinfeld, The West Wing, 24, Monk (2003, starring Ted Levine, with Jorge Cervera, Jr. and Marcelo Tubert), Beauty and the Beast (1990, starring Ron Perlman, with Stephen McHattie), The Golden Girls (1991, with Leland Orser, Nicholas Kepros, Claudette Sutherland and Zach Grenier), T. J. Hooker (starring William Shatner and James Darren), and Lethal Weapon.
His motion picture credits include An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Three Amigos (1986). He has worked with Oliver Stone multiple times, appearing in Salvador (1986), JFK (1991), Nixon (1995), and Primal Fear (1996, with Terry O'Quinn, Alfre Woodard, Kenneth Tigar, Brian Reddy, Christopher Carroll, Mike Boss, Greg Bronson, and Azalea Davila).
Plana also provided voices for 500 Nations (1995).
From 2006 to 2010, Plana played the father of the titular character in Ugly Betty, co-starring Vanessa Williams, Alan Dale and Rebecca Romijn.
He is perhaps best known as the voice of protagonist Manny Calavera in the video game Grim Fandango.
External links[]
- Tony Plana at Wikipedia
- Tony Plana at the Internet Movie Database
- Tony Plana at the 24 Wiki