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Anthony Edward Nolfi (born December 28, 1990) is an American actor and student athlete at Bowling Green State University.

Early Life
Anthony is the son of Edward A. Nolfi and Sheri Nolfi. He was born in Akron, Ohio. During his childhood, he would spend lots of time with brother playing Little League Baseball for 6 years. He was a student in Akron Public Schools. By the 6th grade, his family moved to Ravenna, Ohio and was a student in Southeast Local School District. At Southeast Middle School, he was very active playing football, basketball, and track & field.

High School
At Southeast High School, Anthony was a Honor Student all four years as well as being involved in many extracuricular activites such as Quiz Bowl, Speech & Debate, Foreign Language club, etc. He was able to excel most notably in track & field and theatre.

Track & Field
As a senior, he was able to complete a successful season, culminating in a 4th place performance at the Portage Trail Conference Championship Meet in the Discus Throw with a personal best throw of 124 feet, 5 inches. For his 4th place effort, he was named Portage Trail Conference Honorable Mention. His season ended at the Salem District Meet where he placed 13th in the Discus Throw with a toss of 124 feet, 5 inchs, which was ironically the exact samemeasurement that got him 4th place throw in the league meet 2 weeks earlier.

Theatre
After auditioning for a role in The Sting and getting the role of the Snyder in the fall his freshman year, he became heavily involved in theatre and acting. In his four years, he was in 8 different shows with a range of supporting roles and lead roles. He supporting roles in Dearly Departed, I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night, Greater Tuna, and Guys and Dolls. He would capture his first lead role as Cogburn in the murder mystery, Out of Sight...Out of Murder. He had the lead role of Tony in You Can't Take It With You and the lead role of Jonathon Brewster in Arensic and Old Lace. He was also a member and Vice President in the school's chapter of the International Thespian Society. He also earned the title of "Honors Thespian" for his extensive involvment in the theatre.

College
After receiving interest from a handful colleges for Track and Field, He ultimately decided to attend Bowling Green State University. He pledged and became a member of Alpha Phi Omega. At the end of the spring semester, he was elected to be the Fall 2010 Sergeant At Arms. But soon enough, he found himself getting back to track & field and theatre

Track & Field
He joined the Bowling Green State University Track and Field Club. In his freshman season, he competed in several indoor and outdoors meets located in all over Ohio, Michigan, and a spring break meet in Jacksonville, Florida. He competed in the Shot Put, Discus, and Javelin. He holds personal records of 10.20 meters in the Shot Put, 29.15 meters in the Discus, and 33.45 meters in the Javelin. His best performance of the season was a 8th place finish in the Men's Javelin Throw at the Dick Small Invitational at Defiance College. At the end of the season, He was named the Throwing Captain for the next year for his hard work and commitment to the team. Also he was elected as Trip Advisor for the team.

Theatre
It would not take long into his freshman year for Anthony to the catch the acting bug. With the motivation of his theatre professor and close friends, he audtioned for the BGSU Newcomers Showcase show, Almost, Maine. He was cast into the parts of Chad and Dave. The show was performed from February 25th-28th 2010. The show garned a postive review from the Bowling Green Sentitel Tribune by wishing the "best for [these] newcomers as they find their way through the BGSU drama scene."

Almost a year later, Anthony found himself in yet another show. He audtioned and was cast in the lead role of Jay in Mafia On Prozac. The show was performed on December 10th, 2010.