Tony Cox

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Biography

Tony Cox can be an remarkable talent within the 12-string classical guitar which he continues to be taking part in since he was a son. He is one particular South African music artists who appear continuously in the neighborhood music picture but seldom have the ability to occur any interest internationally. This will not stage at an unhealthy quality of musicianship, but instead sheds light on what very much musical jewels still lay undiscovered within the musicscape of Southern Africa. Cox requires the large number of styles obtainable in the Southern African diaspora and mixes them into his personal musical cocktail. Created in a little mining city of that which was after that Southern Rhodesia and is currently Zimbabwe, Tony Cox used acoustic guitar lessons from age nine. He remembers that he constantly strolled the 12 kilometers between his and his acoustic guitar tutor’s house, which certainly added to his endurance to accomplish what he really wants to. Your guitar lessons halted when his instructor moved back again to his indigenous Portugal as well as the Cox family members settled in the administrative centre Salisbury, right now Harare. His teacher had actually trained Hawaiian acoustic guitar; the somewhat different playing technique brought the youthful Tony Cox to build up his have fingerpicking and slipping style that is feature for his playing. In 1970 he remaining Zimbabwe along with his family members to stay in Cape City, South Africa, and 3 years later on, he started to pursue his musical passions seriously. He fulfilled another guitarist, Steve Newman, who ten years later on would discovered the music group Tananas. They created a strong creative relationship and became probably the most widely recognized acoustic guitar duo of the united states, still occasionally carrying out. Their 1981 display 101 Methods to Make use of an CLASSICAL GUITAR was a huge hit throughout the nation. To inhale some oxygen, Tony Cox made a decision to travel across Africa towards Britain where he once more performed with Steve Newman and toured thoroughly. All of the different musical designs he experienced during his period and his personal, very African encounters, transformed his musical conception totally and paved just how for his very own blending style he’d develop afterwards. After his go back to South Africa in 1986, he collaborated with a number of performers like Lesley Rae Dowling, a South African vocalist, or the Malawian vocalist/songwriter Wambali Mkandawire and composed scores for Television shows and movies. The noninterest from the South African music sector in locally harvested talent made comprehensive touring and live performances even more required. In 1991, Tony Cox released his initial album In-to-Nation, nonetheless it was Great Friction (1996) which gained him the best acclaim and should be considered among the landmark albums of South African electric guitar music. In 1998, Tony Cox went on the musical trip to his root base in Zimbabwe. The outcomes of the voyage were shown on his record Searching for Zim, released exactly the same calendar year. It included visitor shows of Wambali Mkandawire and South African vocalist Wendy Oldfield. Matabele Ants (2000), a cooperation with percussionist Barry truck Zyl, continuing the trip in discovering the African spirit in Tony Cox’ nearly magical electric guitar playing.

Quick Facts

Full Name Tony Cox

Height 1.07 m

Profession Stunt Performer

Education Alabama State University

Nationality American

Spouse Otelia Cox

Parents Joe Cox, Henretta Cox-Penn

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0185272

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000006707

Music Songs Bush Telegraph, Bluegrass Safari, Enormous Flowers, Padkos, Impi, Jambanja, Slap Chips, Baby Elephant Walk, Dollar's F, Midnight Sweeper, Anthill Rag, Invisible, Rainbow Rag, The Summer Comes My Loves, Christy Boy, Blue Anthem, Kwe-Kwe, Southern Hymn, Watertree, Sadless Blues, We'll Get High, Kierboom, Anthole, Dinaledi, Ancient Dust, Hold Me Angeline, Sandwoman, Bush 1, Dave and Julie, Out of My Mind, Long Walk to Nkandla, Swinging Safari/ Sarie Marais

Albums My African Heart, Enormous Flowers, Looking For Zim, About Time, Blue Anthem, Audient, In Concert at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival 2005, On the Way, Padkos, Matabele Ants, Return of the Road Warriors, Cool Friction, Roots of Tony Cox, The Summer Comes My Loves

Movies Bad Santa 2, Bad Santa, Oz the Great and Powerful, Date Movie, Epic Movie, The Warrior's Way, Me, Myself & Irene, Disaster Movie, Willow, Friday, The Legend of Awesomest Maximus, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, Captain EO, Strange Magic, Who's Your Caddy?, Guns, Girls and Gambling, A Fairly Odd Christmas, White T, Blankman, Leprechaun 2, Partysaurus Rex, The Hustle, Nice Dreams, The Hebrew Hammer, Meet Monica Velour, Ghoulies IV, Spaced Invaders, National Lampoon's TV: The Movie, Black Supaman, Valet Girls, Bird, The Fantasticks, Bank Brothers, Hollywood Zap!, Miss Famous, The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards, God's Gift

TV Shows Pryor's Place

#	Fact
1	By the age of 10, became an avid drummer.
2	Met his future wife, Otelia, during high school.
3	He is a dwarf, who was born in Manhattan, New York. He spent his childhood in Uniontown, Alabama with his grandfather and grandmother.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards	2017	post-production	Mr. Chubb
Bad Santa 2	2016		Marcus Skidmore
Miss Famous	2015	Short	Mr. Chubs
Strange Magic	2015		Plum Elf (voice)
Almost Human	2014	TV Series	Di Carlo
White T	2013		Head Bouncer
Oz the Great and Powerful	2013		Knuck
A Fairly Odd Christmas	2012	TV Movie	Elmer the Elder Elf
Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex	2012	Short	Chuck E. Duck (voice)
Guns, Girls and Gambling	2012		Little Person Elvis
The Legend of Awesomest Maximus	2011		Minoritees
Tumor & Gooch	2011	Short
Monster of the House	2011	TV Movie	Marty
The Warrior's Way	2010		Eight-Ball
Meet Monica Velour	2010		Petting Zoo Club Owner
The Mail Man	2009		Randy Johnson
Disaster Movie	2008		Indiana Jones
The Hustle	2008		Biggman
Carpoolers	2007	TV Series	Seth
Who's Your Caddy?	2007		Big Willie Johnson
Uncle P	2007		Little Doctor
Epic Movie	2007		Bink
Instant Def	2006	TV Series	Mr. Boo-T
Date Movie	2006		Hitch
TV: The Movie	2006		Stubbs
Dante	2005	TV Movie	Uncle Goldey
Rescue Me	2004	TV Series	Arlo
Back by Midnight	2004		Smitty
Method & Red	2004	TV Series
Humor Me	2004	TV Movie	Roy
Bad Santa	2003		Marcus
The Hebrew Hammer	2003		Jamal
Frasier	2002	TV Series	Angel #1
Me, Myself & Irene	2000		Limo Driver
Stark Raving Mad	1999	TV Series	Goldy
The Jamie Foxx Show	1997	TV Series	Sweet & Low
Claude's Crib	1997	TV Series	Shorty - Reenactment
MADtv	1996	TV Series	Mr. White
W.E.I.R.D. World	1995	TV Movie	Dwarf Convience Store Clerk
Friday	1995		Mr. Parker
The Fantasticks	1995		His Assistant (as Joe Anthony Cox)
Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine	1994	Video Game	Bartender #1
Martin	1993-1994	TV Series	Mr. Johnson / Bennie
Blankman	1994		Midgetman
Ghoulies IV	1994	Video	Ghoulie Dark
Leprechaun 2	1994		African-American Leprechaun
The Silence of the Hams	1994		Dwarf Guard
Percy & Thunder	1993	TV Movie	Lester
In Living Color	1992	TV Series	Presenter
Mom and Dad Save the World	1992		Blaaatt (Bulldog)
The Dark Backward	1991		Human Xylophone
Nerds of a Feather	1990		Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
Married with Children	1990	TV Series	Alien
Spaced Invaders	1990		Pez
Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal	1990		Hot Dog Man
Rockula	1990		Big Al
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	1988		Wayne Evans
Rented Lips	1988		Tyrell
Bird	1988		Pee Wee Marquette
Willow	1988		Vohnkar Warrior
Beetlejuice	1988		Preacher
Thirtysomething	1987	TV Series	Dread
Spaceballs	1987		Dink
Retribution	1987		Hotel Resident
Valet Girls	1987		Sammy Rodenko
Captain EO Promo & Pre-show	1986	Short	Hooter
Hollywood Zap	1986		Kong
Captain EO	1986	Short	Hooter
Invaders from Mars	1986		Drone (as Joe Anthony Cox)
ABC Weekend Specials	1985	TV Series
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor	1985	TV Movie	Willy
Faerie Tale Theatre	1984-1985	TV Series	Herald / Bubba
Beaver Gets a Boner	1985	Short	Leroy
The Ewok Adventure	1984	TV Movie	Widdle
Pryor's Place	1984	TV Series	Allen
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	1983		Ewok
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	1982		Lawn Jockey #1
Penitentiary II	1982		Midget (as Joe Anthony Cox)
The Greatest American Hero	1982	TV Series	Circus Dwarf
Smokey Bites the Dust	1981		Desk Clerk (as Joe Anthony Cox)
Under the Rainbow	1981		Hotel Rainbow Guest (as Joe Anthony Cox)
Nice Dreams	1981		Midget Nut (as Joe Anthony Cox)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	1981	TV Series	Private Zedht
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype	1980		Bad William (as Joe Anthony Cox)

Stunts

Title	Year	Status
Leprechaun	1993	stunt performer
The Ewok Adventure	1984	TV Movie stunts - uncredited
Blade Runner	1982	stunts - uncredited

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Mail Man	2009	producer

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Your Mother Wouldn't Like It	1985	TV Series

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Real	2016	TV Series	Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan	2016	TV Series	Himself
The Hollywood Shorties	2016	Documentary	Himself
Psych	2010	TV Series	Himself
'Friday' Straight Up	2009	Video documentary short	Himself
In Bed with Carrie	2007	TV Series	Himself
The AMC Project: The Talent Collector	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Making the Video	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
3rd Annual BET Awards	2003	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Test	2001	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
Linc's	1999-2000	TV Series	Himself
The Making of 'Captain Eo'	1986	TV Special documentary	Hooter