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Antony Thekkek, also known as Thampy Antony, is an Indian-American film actor, writer, activist and producer. As a writer he has published books in Malayalam and English. He is the author of the books Koonampara County, Life of Ouso, Lady Biker and Vasco da Gama. As an actor, he is active primarily in Malayalam cinema. He is also the elder brother of Malayalam actor Babu Antony.[1] He is the first Malayalam actor to own a Tesla car.[2] The actor has won the Basheer Amma Malayalam Award for his book Vasco da Gama.[3]

Antony Thekkek
Born	Ponkunnam, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actor, producer, author
Relatives	Babu Antony (brother)

Early life

Thampy Antony was born in Ponkunnam into a Kerala Christian family. He is an architect by profession. He immigrated to the United States and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 3 decades.[4]

Film career

Antony made his film debut, with ‘Arabia’, a film that starred his younger brother Babu Antony in the lead. He has since then acted in many American and Indian productions, predominantly in Malayalam language. He won the Best Actor Award at the Honolulu International Film Festival in 2005 for portraying the role of Dr. Acharya in the English film 'Beyond the Soul', directed by Rajeev Anchal.[4] In 2010, he featured in the Hollywood film Cash (2010 film).

Thampi Antony produces films under the banner of 'Kayal Films' [5] and has produced critically acclaimed movies like “Kalkata new “ Made in USA “ Parudeesa, Sufi Paranja Katha' Papilio Buddha“ Janaki”Monsoon mangoes “ and “Naam” (film)]].

Filmography

1. Headmaster ( 2022) as Ramakrishnen Menon.
2. Puzhayamna (2021)As Avinash
3. Elam(2020)as Old man in the bar
4. Changapuzha park(short)as Narayanankutty
5. Naam(2018) as Priest Pavanakuzhi
6. 10 Kalpanakal (2016)
7. EMSum penkuttyum (In post production)
8. Monayi engene anayi
9. ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi(2013)
10. Papilio Buddha (2013) as Gandhian Ram Das
11. Kalimannu (2013) as Doctor
12. Celluloid(2013)
13. Parudeesa (2012) as Fr. Mannooran and Decon Jose
14. Ivan Megharoopan (2012) as Publisher Swamy
15. Dam999(2011) as The Architect
16. Abu, Son of Adam (2011) as Ustad
17. A Million Dollars (short) (2011) as Thampy
18. Yathra Thudarunnu(2011)
19. The Wedding (short) (2010) as Michael
20. Ca$h (2010) as Bahadurjit Tejeenderpeet Singh
21. Sufi Paranja Katha (2010) as Shanku Menon
22. In Ghost House Inn (2010) as Dr. George Christopher
23. Yugapurushan (2010) as Bhadran
24. Janaki(2009)
25. Bhramaram(2009)
26. Calcutta News (2008) as Doctor
27. Palunku (2006) as Prof. Sukumaran Nair
28. Made in United States (2005)
29. Nothing But Life (2004) as Col. Abdullah
30. Beyond the Soul (2002) as Dr. Acharya
31. Jananayakan(1999) as Prabhakara Kaimal
32. Arabia (1995) as Zapher Ali

References

  6.https://abc7news.com/gateway-nursing-home-hayward-ca-coronavirus-antony-thekkek/6109546/

Sources

6 https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2020/03/07/eelam-malayalam-movie-wins-award-golden-state-film-festival.html 7 https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2020/03/19/malayalam-film-eelam-wins-award-at-golden-state-film-festival-440537/ https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/04/19/coronavirus-nursing-homes-with-covid19-deaths-have-history-of-serious-problems/

External links

• Profile in Rotten Tomatoes
• Antony Thekkek at IMDb
• Thampi Antony at MSI

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