Antony Hegarty (born 1971), often referred to simply as Antony, is an English singer, composer, and visual artist, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.Antony was born in the town of Chichester, South East England, in 1971. In 1981 Antony's family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. Becoming influenced by British synthpop, in 1990 he moved to Manhattan, New York to study at New York University; here, he founded a performance art collective, Blacklips, with Johanna Constantine.Entering a musical career, he began performing with an ensemble of NYC musicians as Antony and the Johnsons. Their first album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released in 2000 on David Tibet's label Durtro. Their second album, I Am a Bird Now (2005), was a commercial and critical success, earning Antony the Mercury Music Prize.
American Gothic, Banshee, Tricky Business, Rush, Outrageous Fortune
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When I was seven, I bought The Kick Inside by Kate Bush, and it opened up this mystical world to me. I really believe in the magical garden as a safe place where a child can explore and develop and emerge, it's absolutely necessary for this safe place to exist and it's a feminine circle, the circle of family. The Kick Inside opened up a universe inside me - of dreams and happiness and possibilities.
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I think back to a time before computers and cell phones, and it was a more creative time. For all the convenience involved in digital technology, I don't see what it's done other than helped create a monoculture and what use is that?
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The first single he bought was the 7-inch "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush. (Source: Uncut Magazine - January 2007).
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
El sopar
2017
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lion
2016
writer: "Blind"
Allegiant
2016
performer: "Janitor of Lunacy" - as Anohni
Les deux amis
2015
performer: "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy"
Rock the Casbah
2013
writer: "The Great White Ocean"
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
2012
Documentary performer: "I Cried for Us" - as Antony
No me la puc treure del cap
2010-2012
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Late Show with David Letterman
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
Documentary performer: "If It Be Your Will" - as Antony
The Secret Life of Words
2005
writer: "Hope There's Someone"
Wild Side
2004
lyrics: "I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy", "Frankenstein", "I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy" Film Version - as Antony / performer: "I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy", "Frankenstein", "I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy" Film Version / writer: "I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy", "Frankenstein", "I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy" Film Version - as Antony
The Event
2003
writer: "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy"
Animal Factory
2000
performer: "Rapture" - as Antony / writer: "Rapture" - as Antony
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Händel
announced
Hidden Inside Mountains
2005
Short
Wild Side
2004
Le chanteur du café
Animal Factory
2000
Toni Johnson (as Antony)
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
HOPELESSNESS
2016
Short
Christina
2012
Short
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012
Documentary
Turning
2012
Documentary
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
TV Movie documentary composer: song "Bird Girl"
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2005
Documentary featured performer - as Antony
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Turning
2012
Documentary producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Temporary Road - (una) Vita di Franco Battiato
2013
Documentary thanks
Elah and the Moon
2009
Short very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kulturzeit
2012
TV Series
Himself
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
2012
Documentary
Himself (as Antony)
Mi reino por un caballo
2012
TV Series
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
2005-2010
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Live from Abbey Road
2009
TV Series
Himself (as Antony and the Johnsons)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2009
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
The Family Jams
2009
Documentary
Himself
Berlin
2007
Documentary
Himself (as Antony)
The Culture Show
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2005
Documentary
Himself (as Antony)
Late Review
2005
TV Series
Himself - Performer
Later... With Jools Holland
2005
TV Series
Himself
Wigstock: The Movie
1995
Documentary
Himself
Channel 4 News
2016
TV Series
Himself
The 88th Annual Academy Awards
2016
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Song
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012
Documentary
Turning
2012
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Banda sonora
2008
TV Series
Himself
Loops!
2005
TV Series
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song