Anthony Molinari

Anthony Molinari (born May 9, 1974; age 50) is a stunt performer and actor who had two roles in Season 6 and Season 8 of 24. He also had a role as a bank robber during Coffee Run, the first day of The Rookie.

Biography and career[]

Anthony Molinari was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to William and Joyce. He has two siblings, Billy and Christina. Molinari showed interest in sports since a young age, being an all-around athlete and captain of his high school and college football teams. He completed a degree in Sociology and Education from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and began teaching early elementary education after graduating.

Molinari moved to Hollywood to become a stunt performer after a student inspired him to follow his passion. Since 2002, he has been performing steadily as both an actor and stunt performer in numerous films and TV shows. Some of the shows he has worked on are E-Ring, Heroes, NCIS, Breaking Bad, The Vampire Diaries, Stalker and True Detective. He has also worked on films like Poseidon, Crank, The Town, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Patriots Day, Live By Night and Jason Bourne.

As a stunt performer and part of a stunt ensemble, Molinari has won an Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Taurus World Stunt Awards. He has doubled for actors like Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, George Clooney, Greg Ellis, and Dermot Mulroney.

Role on 24[]

Molinari had two different roles during 24, and another additional role during The Rookie: Coffee Run:

In Day 6: 7:00am-8:00am, he played a train passenger who sat behind of terrorist Nasir Trabelsi. When Jack and Nasir struggled, he quickly ran away. After Nasir was kicked out of the train and the bomb detonated in the tunnel, he was knocked down to the ground by explosion with his head tumbled on the railing.
In Day 8: 6:00pm-7:00pm and Day 8: 7:00pm-8:00pm, he played a CTU agent that escorted Farhad Hassan out of the United Nations building.
In The Rookie: Coffee Run, he played a bank robber.