Troy Garity
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| Troy Garity | |
| Birth name | Troy O'Donovan Hayden |
| Born | August 7, 1973 (age 33)  Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
|---|---|
| Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television (2003) for Soldier's Girl | |
Troy O'Donovan Garity (born 7 July 1973) is an American film actor. He is best known for his role as "Isaac Rosenberg" in the Barbershop films.
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[edit] Family and personal life
Garity was born in Los Angeles, California to actress Jane Fonda and activist/politician Tom Hayden. He is grandson of Henry Fonda, nephew of Peter Fonda, and cousin of Bridget Fonda. His half-sister is Vanessa Vadim. Garity was given his paternal grandmother's surname, and his given names were in reference to two militant activists. According to his father's autobiography:
- Naming my son Troy O'Donovan Garity was an act of nostalgia. My wife and I did not want to choose between our public last names, so we selected "Garity" to keep alive my mother's plainly Irish one. "Troy" was an Americanization of the name of a young Vietnamiese man accused of conspiring to kill US officials. Though I regret the association, if indeed it was true, at that time all I knew of the Vietnamese Troi was that his death was unusually brave, a gesture of sacrifice against overwhelming odds. [...] O'Donovan" was for a militant nineteenth century Irishman, O'Donovan Rossa. [1]
[edit] 2006
In 2006 Garity became engaged to Simone Bent, an African-American actress who has worked with the Rising Sun Theater Company in NYC [2] and made a short film called Escape from Eden. She also managed the Mercer Bar in NYC. [3] Jane Fonda encouraged the relationship, referring to Simone as her "future daughter in law" and her "son's fiancee" before the engagement [4].
[edit] Roles
Garity had an uncredited appearance as a young boy in the film On Golden Pond, starring his mother and grandfather. He played his father in the 2000 film Steal This Movie based on the life of Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman. In addition to his breakout role in the Barbershop series, his performance as Barry Winchell in the 2003 film Soldier's Girl earned Garity a Golden Globe nomination for Actor, Mini-series or a Motion Picture Made for Television. Garity stars as Harvey in the Danny Boyle/Alex Garland film Sunshine.
[edit] Filmography
- A Day in the Life (2006/I) (in production) - Officer Klute
- Winged Creatures (2008) (filming)
- Lake City (2007) (post-production) - Billy
- Eichmann (2007) (post-production) - Avner Less
- Sunshine (2007) - Harvey
- After the Sunset (2004) - Luc
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) - Isaac Rosenberg
- Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003) - Albert Burroughs
- Soldier's Girl (2003) (TV) - Barry Winchell
- Barbershop (2002) - Isaac Rosenberg
- Lather. Rinse. Repeat. (2002) - John Donnelly
- Bandits (2001) - Harvey 'Dog' Pollard
- Perfume (2001) - Simon
- Code Blue (2000) (VG) - Daniel Mosley
- Solomon Bernstein's Bathroom (2000) - Solomon Bernstein
- Rude Awakening (2000) (TV series) - Vin
- Steal This Movie! (2000) - Tom Hayden
- Conspiracy Theory (1997) - Intern
- The Cherokee Kid (1996) (TV) - Bartender
- On Golden Pond (1981) (uncredited) - Young Boy on Jetty
[edit] References
- ^ Hayden, Tom (2003). Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America. Verso, ISBN 1-85984-477-4
- ^ Rising Sun Theater Company website
- ^ Forman, Janet (March 29, 2003). Hotel bars: The new scene. Globe and Mail
- ^ Malkin, Marc (October 24, 2006). Rosie, the Gossipmonger
