---
name: "Tony Ganios"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-ganios"
fi1m_id: "tony-ganios"
imdb_id: "nm0304393"
tmdb_id: 3010
wikidata_id: "Q516723"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 October 1959"
died: "18 February 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T18:19:47.049247+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tony Ganios

## Identity

Tony Ganios

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-ganios
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-ganios
- **IMDb ID:** nm0304393
- **TMDB ID:** 3010
- **Wikidata ID:** Q516723
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ganios, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304393/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3010

Actor. Born 21 October 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 18 February 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 October 1959, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 February 2024
- **Active:** 1981–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Bob Clark](https://film.one/person/bob-clark-12698.md), [Cyril O'Reilly](https://film.one/person/cyril-oreilly.md), [Dan Monahan](https://film.one/person/dan-monahan.md), [Don Carmody](https://film.one/person/don-carmody.md), [Mark Herrier](https://film.one/person/mark-herrier.md), [Roger Wilson](https://film.one/person/roger-wilson.md), [Wyatt Knight](https://film.one/person/wyatt-knight.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 60 (2), 1990s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $455m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ganios, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304393/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3010

## Biography

Tony Ganios (21 October 1959 – 18 February 2024) was an American actor. He made his screen debut as Perry LaGuardia in the 1979 film *The Wanderers* and played Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello in *Porky's* (1981) and its two sequels.

Ganios appeared in *Continental Divide* (1981), *Die Hard 2* (1990) and *Rising Sun* (1993). He also had roles in television series including *Wiseguy*. He largely retired from acting in the early 1990s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Die Hard 2* (1990), Fi1m 70, as Baker — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), Fi1m 61, as Meat — [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *Porky's* (1981), Fi1m 58, as Meat — [page](https://film.one/film/porkys.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rising Sun* (1993), as Perry
- *The Taking of Beverly Hills* (1991), as EPA Man
- *Die Hard 2* (1990), as Baker — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Serge
- *Porky's Revenge* (1985), as Meat Tuperello
- *Body Rock* (1984), as Big Mac
- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), as Meat — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *Porky's* (1981), as Meat — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/porkys.md)
- *Continental Divide* (1981), as Max Bernbaum
- *Back Roads* (1981), as Bartini
- *The Wanderers* (1979), as Perry

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