Anthony Mark Streeter
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Born in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, Anthony Mark O'Brien is the first born son of Denise Margaret O'Brien, his maternal grandfather hailed from Ballina, County Mayo.
Respectfully, Anthony had another grandfather whose presence in his life filled empty spaces with Irish flair and chocolate. He too had immigrated to England from Ireland during the 1950's, though originally a Corkonian. It is these family roots that hold a deep and dear understanding of the Emerald Isle's appeal, belonging and sense of adventure, though a tip o' the hat must be given to his late grandmother, Margaret 'Nana' Dineen née Searle, leading by example always.
Raised within a foster family for eleven years, Helen & Peter Taylor, both teachers, gave all their seven children a stable and adventurous upbringing, woodcraft folk, or intellectual hippies if you prefer. Instilling a creative freedom set in the fields and forests of the United Kingdom with an organisation aptly named Forest School Camps throughout his childhood. Growing up on a healthy dose of spaghetti westerns & chapters from the ultimate spy, he would perform blue-sky plays with his sisters & brothers, taking part in theatrical productions within the scout movement & school. Throughout the eleven years Anthony would keep in regular contact with his mother, herself an athletic adventurer taking part in competitive sport including cross-country and a high performance triathlete, who Anthony would return to during his high school years.
Educated at St John Fisher R.C. High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, it was his form and drama tutor Mrs Hambley, "Though she be but little, she is fierce," who gave him inspiration, encouragement also the introduction to Shakespeare, specifically, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", a line was cast.
Anthony has two younger sisters, Laura & Sarah, both accomplished athletes in swimming, tennis and Ironman triathlon, also with their own creative talent running in the family veins.
At 19, Anthony would volunteer to join H.M Forces, trained and drilled by British Army Guardsmen, recipient of top recruit and best at physical training during the passing out parade at A.T.R. Pirbright, Surrey. Joining 29 Commando Regiment after successfully completing the arduous All Arms Commando course, rewarded with the much coveted green beret from the CTCRM in Lympstone, Devon. Time well spent learning to specialise in amphibious operations, mountain, desert, jungle and arctic warfare, also providing offensive support for 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines. Visiting a plethora of countries with such climates, a favourite being northern Norway. A special place Anthony would reside in for a couple of years later in life only to cement his fondness for the Norwegian way of life, they do try harder, of course the double figures spent re-watching Les héros de Télémark (1965), directed by Anthony Mann offered some northern lights.
After leaving the army in 1999, standing at a crossroads in life, a new millennium on the horizon, now with the benefit of hindsight, he signed up for an acting course at the City of Glasgow College, Scotland. Though not fully completing the study, feeling longer in the tooth and a little out of place, he was introduced to the well respected Susan C. Triesman from the renown Ramshorn Theatre, a former church building located on Ingram Street in the Merchant City area of Glasgow - this is where Anthony began to blossom as an actor with the advantage to volunteer and audition for as many productions as he possibly could, working alongside peers and seasoned professionals came the realisation that the study will never really be complete, such is the marathon of an actors life.
Securing roles with award winning directors namely the UK's foremost political filmmaker and naturalistic director Ken Loach in Le vent se lève (2006), multi award winning director of television series drama, the actor's director Michael Lacey in his debut super 16mm short film Touch Down, later Emmerdale Farm (1972) and also the much loved actor and director Dominic Brunt in Shell Shocked (2013) & Bait (2014). Anthony has also enjoyed collaborating with exciting up and coming writers, directors & producers who offer boundaries to be overstepped, Daz Spencer-Lovesey in the feature film Vacation Hunter (2013) shot on Canon 5D and 7D, Anthony Z. James in short films The Roof (2014), Day One (2018) and his critically acclaimed debut feature film shot entirely on iPhone with improvised dialogue, Le Fantôme de Mon Père (2020).
Whilst working on feature films early in his career he gained invaluable experience as a film crew member, roles including clapper loader, camera assistant and grip using ARRI 35mm film camera's prior to the introduction of the digital age, another solid foundation sought in the pursuit of technical know-how within the creative film making process.
Anthony is a freelance actor, also an accomplished photographer based in the UK, dedicated to his craftsmanship with thanks to those who left their own indelible impressions.
Respectfully, Anthony had another grandfather whose presence in his life filled empty spaces with Irish flair and chocolate. He too had immigrated to England from Ireland during the 1950's, though originally a Corkonian. It is these family roots that hold a deep and dear understanding of the Emerald Isle's appeal, belonging and sense of adventure, though a tip o' the hat must be given to his late grandmother, Margaret 'Nana' Dineen née Searle, leading by example always.
Raised within a foster family for eleven years, Helen & Peter Taylor, both teachers, gave all their seven children a stable and adventurous upbringing, woodcraft folk, or intellectual hippies if you prefer. Instilling a creative freedom set in the fields and forests of the United Kingdom with an organisation aptly named Forest School Camps throughout his childhood. Growing up on a healthy dose of spaghetti westerns & chapters from the ultimate spy, he would perform blue-sky plays with his sisters & brothers, taking part in theatrical productions within the scout movement & school. Throughout the eleven years Anthony would keep in regular contact with his mother, herself an athletic adventurer taking part in competitive sport including cross-country and a high performance triathlete, who Anthony would return to during his high school years.
Educated at St John Fisher R.C. High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, it was his form and drama tutor Mrs Hambley, "Though she be but little, she is fierce," who gave him inspiration, encouragement also the introduction to Shakespeare, specifically, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", a line was cast.
Anthony has two younger sisters, Laura & Sarah, both accomplished athletes in swimming, tennis and Ironman triathlon, also with their own creative talent running in the family veins.
At 19, Anthony would volunteer to join H.M Forces, trained and drilled by British Army Guardsmen, recipient of top recruit and best at physical training during the passing out parade at A.T.R. Pirbright, Surrey. Joining 29 Commando Regiment after successfully completing the arduous All Arms Commando course, rewarded with the much coveted green beret from the CTCRM in Lympstone, Devon. Time well spent learning to specialise in amphibious operations, mountain, desert, jungle and arctic warfare, also providing offensive support for 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines. Visiting a plethora of countries with such climates, a favourite being northern Norway. A special place Anthony would reside in for a couple of years later in life only to cement his fondness for the Norwegian way of life, they do try harder, of course the double figures spent re-watching Les héros de Télémark (1965), directed by Anthony Mann offered some northern lights.
After leaving the army in 1999, standing at a crossroads in life, a new millennium on the horizon, now with the benefit of hindsight, he signed up for an acting course at the City of Glasgow College, Scotland. Though not fully completing the study, feeling longer in the tooth and a little out of place, he was introduced to the well respected Susan C. Triesman from the renown Ramshorn Theatre, a former church building located on Ingram Street in the Merchant City area of Glasgow - this is where Anthony began to blossom as an actor with the advantage to volunteer and audition for as many productions as he possibly could, working alongside peers and seasoned professionals came the realisation that the study will never really be complete, such is the marathon of an actors life.
Securing roles with award winning directors namely the UK's foremost political filmmaker and naturalistic director Ken Loach in Le vent se lève (2006), multi award winning director of television series drama, the actor's director Michael Lacey in his debut super 16mm short film Touch Down, later Emmerdale Farm (1972) and also the much loved actor and director Dominic Brunt in Shell Shocked (2013) & Bait (2014). Anthony has also enjoyed collaborating with exciting up and coming writers, directors & producers who offer boundaries to be overstepped, Daz Spencer-Lovesey in the feature film Vacation Hunter (2013) shot on Canon 5D and 7D, Anthony Z. James in short films The Roof (2014), Day One (2018) and his critically acclaimed debut feature film shot entirely on iPhone with improvised dialogue, Le Fantôme de Mon Père (2020).
Whilst working on feature films early in his career he gained invaluable experience as a film crew member, roles including clapper loader, camera assistant and grip using ARRI 35mm film camera's prior to the introduction of the digital age, another solid foundation sought in the pursuit of technical know-how within the creative film making process.
Anthony is a freelance actor, also an accomplished photographer based in the UK, dedicated to his craftsmanship with thanks to those who left their own indelible impressions.
