Although born in Florida, Anthony was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and attended Virginia Tech. His original plans were to become a tree surgeon…more
In the '80s Anthony screen tested for a role on the NBC soap opera Another World but ultimately rejected the part because he didn't want to move from California to New York where the show was filmed.
Anthony's Guiding Light co-star, Brittany Snow, has said that her least favorite story-line on the show was when Anthony's character, Jim Lemay, was killed off. She loved working with Anthony and says that she "learned a great deal from him."
When Generations was cancelled in early 1991, Anthony and several other members of the shows cast and crew reunited on the short lived prime time serial Dangerous Woman.
Anthony: (on starting his career as a model) At first I thought, 'No way. Me? Are you kidding?' I didn't know you could make a business out of it. When I found that out, and I knew that people wanted to take my picture, well that's all I needed to know. I went right into it.