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= Tony Masek =

Tony Masek is an actor born in the Czech republic. He was born into a family of lawyers. His father Peter Masek is Co-owner, along with his wife Shimona Maskova, of a law company in Prague. Thanks to his dad Tony speaks English and German. Tony’s dad always placed importance on languages, therefore Peter spoke with Tony in English from a young age. Later on, Tony was taught by professional teachers and vocal coaches, and nowadays he speaks three languages (English, Czech, and German) and three accents in English (USA Midwestern accent, UK RP accent, and a German accent). Tony grew up in a small village in the suburbs of Prague. That is also where he went to elementary school. When he was 15 years of age, he proceeded to go to high school “Prague conservatory of acting”. His passion for acting started earlier though. When he was 14, he decided to go on an acting summer camp, as an activity for his summer holiday. Tony immediately fell in love with acting, from that point on he wanted to become a pro. Tony started taking acting and singing lessons so that he would be accepted to the “Prague conservatory of acting”, meanwhile his preparations for the high school of his dreams, he acquired his first professional acting job in the Czech soap opera “Ordinace v růžové zahradě”. Throughout his time in high school, Tony was taught various skills and acting techniques, that would later come in handy for him. Tony was an ambitious young man and during his summer holiday between ages 15-18, he attended various acting courses all around the world, such as NYFA in LA (New York Film Academy) or LAMDA Shakespeare summer school (London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts). By the age of 19, Tony graduated high school and considered going to college. In the end, he decided to not go as he was already in the business and did not want to fall out. His first international role was in the title “Whiskey Cavalier”. Later on, he proceeded to get multiple different roles in different titles such as “Shadow and Bone”, “Das Boot” or “The Letter For The King” more about that below. Tony is putting in work not only in his acting craft but also in his extra skills. He loves martial arts, he started training Kick-Box when he was 13 years old and had to end when he was 15 years old due to his school, but later on, he came back to martial arts and started training Krav Maga when he was 18 years old. He switched up again when he was 21 and this he came back to Kick-Box and in tandem trained BJJ (Brazilian jiu-jitsu). Nowadays he trains MMA. Along with his skills in martial arts, he is training tactical shooting. When he was 22 years of age he started training gun tactics and CQB (Close Quarter Battle).