Anton Blake Horowitz

Anton Blake Horowitz (1962-) is a South African born actor

Also known as Anton Blake or Anton Horowitz.

Biography

Born on January 4, 1962 in East London, South Africa, he began his professional career in 1979 as a 16-year-old, playing small roles in the Space Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa.

He then moved to London two years later, where he performed at London's Old Vic, playing "Macheath" in a Youth Production of The Beggar's Opera (John Gay). Shortly thereafter, he began formal drama studies, attending the Drama Centre, London (University of the Arts), completing an MA Degree (with Distinction) at Royal Holloway, University of London and doing a short course in Directing at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

His ensuing actingcareer has been varied and He has performed extensively onstage in London, Edinburgh, New York, Johannesburg and Berlin, where noteworthy roles have included Mick in The Caretaker (Pinter), Cassius in Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), Martin Taylor in Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) and AA in Emigrants (Mroszek); eminent directors he has worked with include Luc Bondy and Stephen Daldry.

Anton played the vengeful aristocrat, Montresor, in Mario Cavalli's award-winning film The Cask of Amontillado, (based on Edgar Allan Poe's eerie short story); he has also appeared in a number of films and television series, most recently for the BBC, where roles have included Horatio Nelson's best friend, Henry Blackwood and heart-transplant pioneer, Christiaan Barnaard, in an upcoming dramatized documentary. His ability with accents has ensured a growing career as voice-over artist where he has played various Russians, Germans and Americans for international commercials.

In 2020 he decided to go back to the name Anton Blake Horowitz, with which he had begun when he joined the profession in 1979. After decades of working in the theatre and on the screen under the name of Anton Blake he finally reached the conclusion that, at this stage in his career, he should embrace his origins with pride.