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{{Short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Anthony Montgomery
| image         = Anthony Montgomery 2004.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption       = Montgomery in 2004
| birth_name    = Anthony Dwayne Montgomery
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1971|6|2}}
| birth_place   = [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], U.S.
| height        = {{height|ft=5|in=10.25}}
| years_active  = 1995–present
| children      = 2
| spouse        = Adrienne Montgomery<br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 2007; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 20??)
| relatives     = [[Wes Montgomery]] (grandfather) 
}}
'''Anthony Dwayne Montgomery''' (born June 2, 1971) is an American actor and graphic novelist. He is best known for his portrayal of Ensign [[Travis Mayweather]] on the [[UPN]] [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. Montgomery played [[Andre Maddox (General Hospital)|Andre Maddox]] on the [[ABC (U.S. TV network)|ABC]] daytime [[soap opera]] ''[[General Hospital]]'' from 2015 to 2019. He is the grandson of guitarist [[Wes Montgomery]].

==Early life==
Montgomery was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite report|work=[[Ancestry.com]]|title= U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993|volume=1 |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |date= 2010 }}</ref> He graduated from [[Ball State University]] with a degree in performance theater and drama. Montgomery did stand-up comedy briefly after graduation, before moving to [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.anthony-montgomery.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=41|work=The Artist|publisher=AGR Television Records|access-date=August 14, 2009|archive-date=February 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222041811/http://www.anthony-montgomery.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=41|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
===Film and television===
Sometimes credited as "A.T. Montgomery", his first starring role was in the horror-comedy ''[[Leprechaun in the Hood]]'' (2000), for which he also contributed writing and vocals for several songs. He had a recurring role on the television series ''[[Popular (TV series)|Popular]]'' before being cast as Ensign [[Travis Mayweather]] in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' in 2001. In 2004, he returned to stand-up comedy.

Montgomery starred in the film ''[[I'm Through with White Girls]]'' in 2007. In January 2009, Montgomery appeared in an episode of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. In 2013, he appeared briefly as a dud romantic-interest in the show ''[[Baby Daddy]]'', playing a handsome but boring drycleaner the show's (young) grandmother was interested in. In 2013 he also produced and starred in the independent film ''Chariot'', about seven amnesiac strangers who awake on an airliner mid-flight.

In 2015, Montgomery joined the cast of the ABC daytime soap ''[[General Hospital]]'' playing Dr. Andre Maddox.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2015/10/anthony-montgomery-joins-general.html/|title=Anthony Montgomery Joins 'General Hospital' as Dr. Andre Maddox|publisher=[[We Love Soaps]]|date=October 22, 2015|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>

===Stage===
In 2004, Montgomery returned to the stage in [[Los Angeles]], producing the show ''[[Dutchman (play)|Dutchman]]'' by [[Amiri Baraka|LeRoi Jones]]. He has also performed in a number of stage productions. His other stage credits include productions of ''Working'', ''Oliver'', ''Othello'', and ''Much Ado About Nothing''.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} In the summer of 2005, Montgomery returned to Indiana to star in theatrical fundraisers for charity.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

===Music===
Montgomery has produced one CD of his own music, ''What You Know About...'', featuring four songs about ''Star Trek'' themes.{{sfn|Star Trek: The Magazine Staff|2002|pages=14–19}} In April 2007 Anthony Montgomery signed with the Germany-based AGR Television Records. His (Hip-Hop) debut-album,  titled ''A.T.'', was released in November 2008. In the TV series ''Single Ladies'' that he had a recurring role in, a single he wrote and performed, entitled "Stimulation", was included for the music-heavy show's mood soundtrack for Episode 9. The single also featured rapper J. Naught-T.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anthony-montgomery.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=1&Itemid=30 |title=de beste bron van informatie over anthony-montgomery |publisher=anthony-montgomery.com |access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.amazon.com/T-Anthony-Montgomery/dp/B001CSQJNG/ref=sr_1_1/187-2120240-2758853?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1229944128&sr=1-1|title=A.T.|medium=[[Compact Disc Digital Audio|Audio CD]]|work=Universal Pictures International|publisher=[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]]|location=[[London]]|date=November 25, 2008|access-date=August 27, 2017|asin=B001CSQJNG}}</ref>

===Writing===
In 2013, Montgomery created ''Miles Away'', a hoped-to-be media franchise, about a teenager with special needs who battles aliens. A graphic novel was published in June 2013.<ref name="Glyph">{{cite web|url=http://www.trektoday.com/content/2014/04/miles-away-glyph-award-nominations/#more-33554|title=Miles Away Glyph Award Nominations|date=April 14, 2014|author=T'Bonz}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Anthony Montgomery and his wife Adrienne Montgomery were wed in August 2007. They have a son together (born 2010), and he has a daughter from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/anthony-montgomery-fan-qa-part-i|title=Anthony Montgomery Fan Q&A, Part I|work=Startrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Television Distribution]]|date=June 14, 2011|access-date=April 23, 2016}}</ref> His grandfather was jazz musician [[Wes Montgomery]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony Montgomery ("Travis Mayweather" - ENT)|url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/community/chat/archive/transcript/1250.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004181930/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/community/chat/archive/transcript/1250.html|archive-date=October 4, 2003|date=June 2, 2003|publisher=StarTrek.com|access-date=May 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=ALLMUSIC>{{cite web|author=Scott Yanow |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wes-montgomery-mn0000248392/biography|title=Wes Montgomery &#124; Biography & History|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|location=United States|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> 
Montgomery is a [[martial arts]] student. He studied Hapkido and Koga Ryu Ninjutsu.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MrAMontgomery|first=Anothony|last=Montgomery|author-link=Anthony Montgomery|number=748278131216113664|date=June 29, 2016|title=Soooo...guess I earned my Green Belt in Hapkido while having a torn meniscus. X-rays were negative. MRI is coming.|link=https://twitter.com/MrAMontgomery/status/748278131216113664|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|- 
|rowspan="2"| 1998
| ''[[Hard Rain (film)|Hard Rain]]'' 
| –
|
|- 
| ''ESP: Extra Sexual Perception'' 
| Tony 
| [[Direct-to-video]]
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Leprechaun in the Hood]]''
| Postmaster P.
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2007
| ''[[I'm Through with White Girls]]''
| Jay Brooks 
| 
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''An American in China''
| Sha
|
|- 
| ''The Porter'' 
| Thomas Dodd (adult)
| [[Short film]]
|-
| 2009
| ''Why Am I Doing This?''
| Lester
|
|-
| 2012
| ''Directing Reality''
| Kevin
| Short film
|-
| 2013
| ''Chariot''
| Cole
|
|-
| 2015
| ''The Man in 3B''
| Avery
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2017
| ''The Preacher's Son''
| Rev. Reynolds
|
|- 
| ''DDX: Department of Disclosure'' 
| William Bennett
| Short film
|-
| 2019
| ''#Truth''
| Patrick Winter
| 
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2020
| ''Long Lost Sister''
| Corey's Lawyer Friend
|
|-
| ''[[Unbelievable!!!!!]]''
| The Launchman
|
|-
| ''Angie: Lost Girls''
| Chase
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2022
| ''Without Ward''
| Billy
|
|-
| ''Down & Out''
| Mack
| Short film
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2023
| ''Maya''
| Detective Chase Dawson
|
|-
| ''The Do Over''
| Man
| Short film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' 
| Himself
| Episode: "1691: Mad Feelings" 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]''
| State Trooper
| Episode: "Deer Hunters"
|-
| 1998–99
| ''[[Awesome Adventures]]''
| Himself
| Host (seasons 1–2)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999
| ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
| Seaman Hendrix
| Episode: "Dungaree Justice"
|-
| ''[[Stark Raving Mad (TV series)|Stark Raving Mad]]''
| Waiter
| Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2000
| ''[[Frasier]]''
| Waiter
| Episode: "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue: Part 1 & 2"
|-
| ''[[Movie Stars (TV series)|Movie Stars]]''
| Male Student
| Episode: "Two Guys, Two Girls and a Guest House"
|-
| ''[[Charmed]]''
| Paramedic
| Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
|-
| 2000–01
| ''[[Popular (TV series)|Popular]]''
| George Austin
| Recurring role (season 2)
|-
| 2001–05
| ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
| [[Travis Mayweather|Ensign Travis Mayweather]]
| Main cast
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2003
| ''[[Half & Half]]''
| Ron Brown
| Episode: "The Big Keep Your Eyes Off My Prize Episode"
|-
| ''[[Players (G4 TV series)|Player$]]''
| -
| Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode"
|-
| ''[[Boomtown (2002 TV series)|Boomtown]]''
| Recruit Dwight Baker
| Episode: "Wannabe"
|-
| 2008
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
| Corporal George Linden
| Episode: "Collateral Damage"
|-
| 2009
| ''[[House M.D.]]''
| James Carlton
| Episode: "Painless"
|-
| 2011–12
| ''[[Single Ladies (TV series)|Single Ladies]]''
| Darryl
| Recurring role (seasons 1–2)
|-
| 2011–19
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| [[Andre Maddox (General Hospital)|Andre Maddox]]
| Regular cast
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Client List (TV series)|The Client List]]''
| Tim
| Episode: "Tough Love"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2013
| ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| Chris Ward
| Episode: "Sleeping Monster"
|-
| ''[[Baby Daddy]]''
| Marcus
| Episode: "I'm Not That Guy"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Greenleaf (TV series)|Greenleaf]]''
| Garner
| Recurring role (season 3)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)|Magnum P.I.]]''
| Roy Till
| Episode: "Day I Met the Devil"
|-
| ''Carole's Christmas''
| Marcus
| [[TV movie]]
|-
| 2020–21
| ''[[The Family Business (American TV series)|The Family Business]]''
| Elijah
| Main cast (season 2), recurring role (seasons 3–4)
|-
| 2021
| ''[[All the Queen's Men (TV series)|All the Queen's Men]]''
| Allen Fisk
| Recurring role (season 1)
|-
| 2022
| ''[[B Positive]]''
| Kyle
| Episode: "Louisville, Bubbaroo and Sully"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of acting awards and nominations
|-
!  scope="col" | Year
!  scope="col" | Award
!  scope="col" | Category
!  scope="col" | Title
!  scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| {{center|2014}}
| [[Glyph Comics Award]] 
| Best Writer
|  ''Miles Away''
| {{nom }}
|{{center|<ref name="Glyph"/>}} 
|-
! scope="row"| {{center|2018}}
|  [[Daytime Emmy Award]] 
|   [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|  ''[[General Hospital]]''
| {{nom }}
|{{center|<ref name="NATAS 2018">{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_nominations.pdf|title=The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 21, 2018|year=2018|location=New York|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322081954/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_nominations.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite magazine|author=Star Trek: The Magazine Staff|url=https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Magazine-July-Issue/dp/B000KGROXA|title=Anthony Montgomery|magazine=[[Star Trek: The Magazine]]|publisher=Fabbri Publishing|location=United States|date=July 2002|access-date=August 27, 2017|pages=14–19|asin=B000KGROXA}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{IMDb name}}

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