Tony Ganios is an American actor. In 1979 he made his film debut as a heroic tough-guy named 'Perry' in The Wanderers. He is probably best known for his role as Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello in the 1982 hit comedy Porky's, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge!. Tony's other well-known role is in the 1990 hit film Die Hard 2 as Baker, a member of the terrorists. And he played a former football player turned mountain man in the John Belushi film Continental Divide. Ganios had appeared in a couple of episodes of the 1980s TV series Wiseguy as Mike 'Mooch' Cacciatore, he made a guest appearance in an episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King. He semi-retired from acting after Die Hard 2 to be an insurance agent in New York City, but returned to Hollywood to do a little more acting, writing and producing. [More at Wikipedia]

October 21st, 1959 in Brooklyn  /  Died:   Feb 18th, 2024 - complications from surgery, aged 64