1. Antony Starr was born on 25 October 1975 and is a New Zealand actor.
25 Facts About Antony Starr
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Antony Starr is best known for his television roles, such as the dual roles of Jethro and Van West in the series Outrageous Fortune, Lucas Hood in the Cinemax series Banshee, and Homelander in Amazon Prime Video's superhero streaming television series The Boys and its spin-offs, for which he gained wider acclaim.
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Antony Starr was nominated for the New Zealand Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in After the Waterfall.
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Antony Starr is multilingual and can speak English, Indonesian, Norwegian, and Spanish.
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Antony Starr took drama classes in school and worked as an extra in various productions, eventually pursuing acting full-time.
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Antony Starr began his professional acting career early in the 1990s with a small part in Shortland Street and had guest roles in Xena: Warrior Princess.
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In 2001, Antony Starr was cast in Mercy Peak as Todd Van der Velter, a guest role that he had throughout the show's three seasons.
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Antony Starr received a role as the brother of long running character Waverley Wilson in the soap opera Shortland Street.
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Antony Starr appeared for several weeks as part of the write out of the Minnie Crozier character.
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Antony Starr stated he did not like the fast pace of the show and thought his performances suffered because of it.
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Between series two and three of Outrageous Fortune, Antony Starr worked on a collaborative short film with some friends.
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Between filming Outrageous Fortune seasons five and six, Antony Starr starred in feature film After the Waterfall and the telefeature Spies and Lies.
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In 2011, Antony Starr joined the cast of the Australian police drama Rush, playing Senior Sergeant Charlie Lewis.
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Antony Starr had a role in the second series of Lowdown.
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From 2013 to 2016, Antony Starr starred in the television series, Banshee, his first role on US television.
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In January 2018, it was announced that Antony Starr was cast as The Homelander in The Boys, Amazon Studios's adaptation of the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic book of the same name.
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Antony Starr's performance emerged as a stand-out element of the show and established him as an actor, although he was originally dismissive of the role.
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Since the release of the first season, audiences and critics alike have campaigned for Antony Starr to receive an Emmy Award.
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Antony Starr presented the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, alongside Giancarlo Esposito and Kathy Bates.
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Antony Starr won two Critics' Choice Super Awards in 2023, for Best Actor in a Superhero Series and Best Villain in a Series, and a Saturn Award in 2025 for Best Supporting Actor on Television.
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Antony Starr appeared as a terrorist leader in the Viola Davis starrer action thriller G20.
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Jordan Hoffman of Entertainment Weekly, in a mixed review, praised Antony Starr's imposing portrayal and dialogue delivery.
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Antony Starr is set to return as Homelander in the fifth season of The Boys.
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On 4 March 2022, it was reported that Antony Starr was arrested in Alicante, Spain, after assaulting a 21-year-old man at a local pub.
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Antony Starr was sentenced to a 12-month suspended prison sentence and paid $5,530 in restitution to avoid prison time.