Antony Thekkek

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. His latest books ‘Lady biker’ and ‘Vasco da Gama' are available in Amazon. 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
aka
Thampi Antony
Born
Ponkunnam, Kerala
OccupationActor, Producer, Author

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)]].

Thekkek has also been accused in a lawsuit of fraudulently withholding their employees’ health insurance. https://www.mercurynews.com/nursing-home-workers-claim-owners-of-hayward-facility-with-large-coronavirus-outbreak-and-other-facilities-withheld-their-healthcare Thekkek is also involved in health care business in the United States. He and his wife own a poorly run nursing home that sustained a lot of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. His nursing homes have poor infection control and have been previously cited for abuse of patients and lack of effective administration. https://abc7news.com/bollywood-actor-owns-east-bay-nursing-home-under-criminal-investigation-after-covid-19-deaths/6109546/

Filmography
  1. Elam(2020)as Old man in the bar
  2. Changapuzha park(short)as Narayanankutty
  3. Naam(2018) as Priest Pavanakuzhi
  4. Puzhayamna (2018)As Avinash
  5. 10 Kalpanakal
  6. EMSum penkuttyum (In post production)
  7. Monayi engene anayi
  8. ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi(2013)
  9. Papilio Buddha (2013) as Gandhian Ram Das
  10. Kalimannu (2013) as Doctor
  11. Celluloid(2013)
  12. Parudeesa (2012) as Fr. Mannooran and Decon Jose
  13. Ivan Megharoopan (2012) as Publisher Swamy
  14. Dam999(2011) as The Architect
  15. Abu, Son of Adam (2011) as Ustad
  16. A Million Dollars (short) (2011) as Thampy
  17. Yathra Thudarunnu(2011)
  18. The Wedding (short) (2010) as Michael
  19. Ca$h (2010) as Bahadurjit Tejeenderpeet Singh
  20. Sufi Paranja Katha (2010) as Shanku Menon
  21. In Ghost House Inn (2010) as Dr. George Christopher
  22. Yugapurushan (2010) as Bhadran
  23. Janaki(2009)
  24. Bhramaram(2009)
  25. Calcutta News (2008) as Doctor
  26. Palunku (2006) as Prof. Sukumaran Nair
  27. Made in United States (2005)
  28. Nothing But Life (2004) as Col. Abdullah
  29. Beyond the Soul (2002) as Dr. Acharya
  30. Jananayakan(1999) as Prabhakara Kaimal
  31. Arabia (1995) as Zapher Ali
gollark: I have an ethics machine which makes any decision I make objectively ethical.
gollark: While I believe the set of people who knows my views is well-defined, I don't know who's in it.
gollark: You don't know my views. NOBODY knows my views. Except those who know my views, and I think they're quite knowable.
gollark: Fascinating. However, I own testbot, and testbot owns an infinite amount of ethics bees.
gollark: No, it just equivocates a bit with "tolerate".

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://english.manoramaonline.com/business/autos/2019/03/21/thampy-antony-malayalam-actor-tesla.html
  3. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/060819/on-a-creative-expedition.html
  4. "A success story in acting". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 9 April 2006.
  5. Sathyendran, Nita (25 October 2012). "Parudeesa produced by Thampy Antony under the banner of Kayal films". The Hindu. Kerala India.

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/?fbclid=IwAR2u92LMXSJlmgVtqtGZl-7Ub-xXRzOPIojHRL_hGPgkuMT1B_ZB3MFLu5o

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/04/19/coronavirus-nursing-homes-with-covid19-deaths-have-history-of-serious-problems/?fbclid=IwAR2u92LMXSJlmgVtqtGZl-7Ub-xXRzOPIojHRL_hGPgkuMT1B_ZB3MFLu5o

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