Actor

Tony J. Scott

Tony J. Scott (Black Lightning, Tell Me A Story, Atlanta) is a Veteran US Army Ranger and Ranger school instructor, Department of the Army. He served eight years as a non commissioned officer for the US Army. His mother, Mary, is from Liverpool England. His Grandfather is from Sierra Leone and served in the British Navy. Tony studied acting in high school and then later in Palo Alto Ca. After ending time served in the US Army, high on the E7/SFC list, he moved to Atlanta Ga and returned to studying acting with The Company Acting Studio and Drama Inc while attending GSU, earning a BA in Religious Studies, and operating his own ballroom dance studio for 13 years. He still teaches ballroom dancing to senior citizens in Atlanta.

Notable work

6.3
Gemini Man (2019)
as High School Principal
6.9
Black Lightning (2018)
as Amos Tucker (uncredited)
6.3
Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)
as President Obama (uncredited)
5.9
The Front Runner (2018)
as Telecom Engineer
7.3
The Equalizer (2021)
as General Maxwell Stone

Full filmography · 12

RANCOR
as Arthur the Prophet
2024
Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes
as Lenny
2023
Gemini Man
as High School Principal
20196.3
The Front Runner
as Telecom Engineer
20185.9
Barbershop: The Next Cut
as President Obama (uncredited)
20166.3
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
20056.5