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If acting is indeed genetic, then Troy Garity should have no worries: He is the grandson of screen legend Henry Fonda and the son of two-time Academy Award winner Jane Fonda. When his mother gave birth to him in 1972, she and then-husband Tom Hayden opted not to saddle their son with either well-known surname, thus allowing him to develop his own individuality. Clearly, acting was in his blood, though, and Garity began by spending his childhood summers at the Laurel Springs Camp for the Arts in Santa Barbara....
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Filmography

Kerosene Cowboys - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
Eichmann - ( Captain Avner Less / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Mercy - ( Dane / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Winged Creatures - ( Ron Abler / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Lake City - ( Billy / 2008 / Released / )
Sunshine - ( Harvey / 2007 / Released / )
Sir! No Sir! - ( Narrator / 2006 / Released / )
Milwaukee, Minnesota - ( Albert Burroughs / 2005 / Released / )
After the Sunset - ( Luc / 2004 / Released / Warner Home Video )
Barbershop 2: Back in Business - ( Isaac / 2004 / Released / )
Barbershop - ( Isaac Rosenberg / 2002 / Released / )
Bandits - ( Harvey Pollard / 2001 / Released / )
Steal This Movie - ( Tom Hayden / 2000 / Released / )

TV Credits
Soldier's Girl ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
The Cherokee Kid ( 1996 / Released ): Actor

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If acting is indeed genetic, then Troy Garity should have no worries: He is the grandson of screen legend Henry Fonda and the son of two-time Academy Award winner Jane Fonda. When his mother gave birth to him in 1972, she and then-husband Tom Hayden opted not to saddle their son with either well-known surname, thus allowing him to develop his own individuality. Clearly, acting was in his blood, though, and Garity began by spending his childhood summers at the Laurel Springs Camp for the Arts in Santa Barbara. In 1993, he moved to NYC to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and three years later headed back to Southern California to pursue a career. Almost immediately, he landed a small role in the HBO original "The Cherokee Kid" (1996) and secured his first big screen gig, a tiny part in "Conspiracy Theory" (1997). Garity's first major film role seemed like a natural; he was tapped to portray his own father in the Abbie Hoffman biopic "Steal This Movie!" (2000) and while he acquitted himself, the film barely registered with the public. Following an appearance in the ensemble of the Sundance-screened improvised film "Perfume" (2001), the good-looking, dark-haired actor landed what promised to be his breakthrough role in the crime comedy "Bandits" (2001). Cast as Harvey Pollard, a sweet-natured but excessively dim wannabe stuntman and movie special effects technician who doubles as a getaway driver for two bank robbers. Continuing to demonstrate his versatility, Garity was next cast as a mentally handicapped person in the cable telepic "A Soldier's Girl" (2002), playing a real-life soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer, and "Milwaukee, Minnesota" (2003) and saw his stock rise when he played Isaac Rosenberg in the hit comedy "Barbershop" (2002), a role he reprised in the 2004 sequel.

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Troy O Garity
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Family
cousin:Bridget Fonda
father:Tom Hayden
grandfather:Henry Fonda
half-sister:Vanessa Vadim (born in 1968)
mother:Jane Fonda
sister:Mary Williams (born in 1967; adopted by Fonda and then husband Tom Hayden; attended a children's camp run by by Fonda and Hayden)
step-father:Ted Turner (married to Jane Fonda from 1991 to 2001)
uncle:Peter Fonda
Companion(s)
Laura Bridge , Companion , ```..no longer together
Simone Bent , Companion , ```..engaged in 2006


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Education
Santa Monica High School Santa Monica, California 1988
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 1991
American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York, New York 1993
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2007 Co-starred in Danny Boyle's science-fiction thriller "Sunshine"
2005 Starred in "Milwaukee, Minnesota" with Randy Quaid and Bruce Dern
2004 Reteamed with Queen Latifah and Ice Cube for "Barbershop 2: Back in Business"
2004 Appeared in "After the Sunset" with Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek
2003 Starred in the drama feature "A Soldier's Girl"; earned Independent Spirit Award and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting male
2002 Co-starred in the comedy feature "Barbershop"
2001 Appeared in the ensemble of "Perfume", Michael Rymer's improvised feature about the fashion industry; screened at Sundance
2001 Breakthrough screen role as the dim-witted driver for bank robbers Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton in "Bandits"
2000 Portrayed his father, Tom Hayden, in the Abbie Hoffman biopic "Steal This Movie!"
1997 Feature film debut in "Conspiracy Theory"
1996 Returned to California to pursue acting
1996 Acting debut in small role in the HBO film "The Cherokee Kid"
1993 Moved to NYC to attend drama school
Raised in California
Attended Laurel Springs Camp for the Arts in Santa Barbara, California as a child
Will play a psychologist who is assigned to counsel the survivors of a random shooting in "Winged Creatures" (lensed 2007)

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