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Anthony Edwards: Biography

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Birth Name: Anthony Peter Planck Edwards
Birth Place: Santa Barbara, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/19/1962, Cancer
Profession: Actor; director; producer

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Anthony Edwards Fast Facts:

Acted in high-school plays with friend Eric Stoltz.
Breakthrough role was as Tom Cruise's ill-fated friend Goose in 1986's Top Gun.
Dated and lived with Meg Ryan for two years after they met on the set of Top Gun.
Met his wife in 1992 on the set of Pet Sematary Two, where she worked as a makeup artist.
Was on the verge of giving up acting in 1994 after appearing in a series of poorly received movies when writer-producer Michael Crichton invited him to audition for ER.
Returned for a 2008 ER episode in which his character appeared in flashbacks.
Active with Shoe4Africa, a New York-based charity which operates mostly in Africa. It promotes such health initiatives as AIDS awareness; he has served as chairman of its board of directors.
Cast as famed beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in a film based on Jack Kerouac's novel, Big Sur.

Anthony Edwards Relationships:
Bailey Edwards - Son
Erika Planck Edwards - Mother
Esme Edwards - Daughter
Jeanine Lobell - Wife
Meg Ryan - Ex-significant Other
Peter Edwards - Father
Poppy Edwards - Daughter
Wallis Edwards - Daughter
Anthony Edwards Awards:
1995 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor for a Drama Series - Nominee
1997 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1998 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
1997 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Winner
1999 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
1995 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series - Winner
2010 Emmy: Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Winner
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
1998 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Winner
1998 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Winner
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series - Winner
1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Winner
1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Winner
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series - Winner
1994 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
College:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (BA in Drama, 1988)