Anthony Skordi


Anthony George Skordi is a British voice, screen and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Admiral Garrick Versio in Star Wars Battlefront II, and The Dealer in the Hand of Fate series of games. In addition to his voiceover work in video games, he has narrated audiobooks, and has worked on screen and stage as an actor, producer, and writer.

Biography

Skordi was born in London to Greek Cypriot parents with Italian/Sicilian and Eastern European heritage. He attended Drama Centre London, and later toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990-1992 and Vanessa Redgrave's Moving Theatre.
He is a United States citizen, and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Career

Some of his early roles include British television series including episodes of Soldier Soldier, The Bill and Thief Takers.
Skordi wrote, produced and starred in the one-man show Onassis, The Play at the Stella Adler theater to favorable reviews, being praised as a "Master of Storytelling".
Though he had been providing narration for commercials and audio books, he was introduced to a new audience through voice acting in video games, his first role being God of War III, alongside other notable actors Kevin Sorbo, Gideon Emery, and Rip Torn. He went on to provide voices for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the Mass Effect series, Diablo III, and starred as Valenos, the Dealer, in the Hand of Fate series by Defiant Development. In 2017, he had a prominent role in Star Wars Battlefront II, both as a voice actor and motion capture actor, as Admiral Garrick Versio. He had also previously provided motion capture for Sleeping Dogs.
His work in television continued in the United States, where he featured in episodes of Scorpion, The Blacklist, The Last Ship, and others. British TV appearance as series regular as Silas Manatos in Prime Suspect 1973
Skordi is also a prolific film actor. A short film portraying the Armenian genocide, Straw Dolls features Anthony Skordi in the lead role as Ahmet, a conflicted Turkish soldier. He acted alongside Kevin Spacey in the short film Envelope. He portrayed Father Nicolas in Don Quixote, which was featured at the in 2015. August in Stage Mother playing opposite Jacki Weaver
In addition to his work in the US, he has additionally worked in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Brazil.