Tony Besson(I)
- Director
- Actor
- Stunts
Born into an entrepreneurial family in Omaha, Nebraska, Tony Besson
began his life in a constant state of change. Moving between 14
different schools from California to Hawaii, ending in Las Vegas, Tony
was always the new kid in school. Due to the need to continually
introduce himself, Tony naturally became an outgoing and witty person,
which consistently put him in the center of attention. Whether
animatedly reenacting a story about a past school to his friends in the
cafeteria, or impeccably drifting inches between light poles and cars
before e-braking into his spot in the parking lot; when you met Tony,
you were not likely to forget him. Tony loved engaging people into his
stories and plots, and later realized he had a natural talent for
stage, which was for him like telling a story in the cafeteria.
However, despite the natural talent of this young man, his aspirations
to pursue his passion of acting were hindered by the upheavals of an
inconsistent place to call "home." Entering his freshman year of high
school, Tony took a stand against his inconsistencies, and enrolled in
acting classes to focus on his passion. This however was a short lived
commitment, as Tony was forced to move to Las Vegas during his senior
year of high school, unwillingly removing him from his acting classes
and training. Once in Las Vegas, and starting to "grow-up," Tony
embodied the entrepreneurial and independent spirit he had grown up
around in his family, and moved out of his loving parent's house at age
17. Tony began his "professional life" managing multiple cell phone
accessory stores, until he purchased the company for himself, all
before he was 20. With his life following the familiar successful path
of his business savvy father, Tony realized he was successful, however
not passionate about his work; as his passion was still pursuing a
career in acting and that dream was slipping away. So, in 2005 Tony
sold his company, packed his life up and moved to Hollywood. It took a
few trials in Los Angeles before he made a final and permanent plunge
into Hollywood when his hard work began to bring to fruition his
dreams. Since being in Hollywood, Tony studied at Howard Fine,
completed Improvisation at Groundings, and studied stunts at XMA World
Headquarters. His natural talents and desire to learn brought in a
fairly consistent string of work including parts in Spiderman 3,
episodes on Entourage and Nip/Tuck and several smaller appearances.
Still a new actor to Hollywood he still finds himself with streaks of
down time in Hollywood, where he enjoys taking those times to engage in
classes, international opportunities, as well as returning back "home"
to Las Vegas to try and capture some luck, and bring it back to
California with him.