Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

Infobox actor
name = Antonio Fargas


imagesize = 180px
caption = photographed, 2005
birthname = Antonio Juan Fargas
birthdate = birth date and age|1946|8|14
birthplace = New York City, New York, USA
occupation = Actor
spouse = Sandra Fargas
yearsactive =
website = http://www.AntonioFargas.com

Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor made famous for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies.

Biography

Fargas, one of eleven children, was born in New York City to a Trinidadian mother, Mildred (née Bailey), and a Puerto Rican father, Manuel Fargas. [cite web | title=Antonio Fargas Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/Antonio-Fargas.html | work=filmreference | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-06] [cite web | author= | title=Antonio Fargas - On The Box Interviews: | url=http://www.memorabletv.com/onthebox/interviews/antoniofargas.htm | work=Memorable TV | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-06] His father worked as a refuse collector.

After starring in a string of blaxploitation movies in the early '70s e.g. as Link Brown in the movie "Foxy Brown", he gained recognition as Huggy Bear in the mid-'70s television series "Starsky and Hutch". Argentine band Babasónicos released a song in their 1998 B-sides album "Vórtice Marxista" called "Antonio Fargas". The song's chorus repeats the phrase "Antonio Fargas is Huggy Bear", in Spanish, and is meant to be homage to Antonio.

As a nod to his early roles, he also had a role in the blaxploitation spoof, "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka". He was in series 4 of the UK reality series "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" which began in November 2004. He recently played the part of Toledo in a revival of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (2006). He has a regular role as 'Doc' on "Everybody Hates Chris".

Fargas also played the driver in the music video of Backstreet Boys hit "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)". He currently lives in Las Vegas.Fact|date=July 2008

Fargas's son Justin is the starting running back for the Oakland Raiders.

External links

* [http://www.AntonioFargas.com Antonio Fargas official website]
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