Antonio Fargas

Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor made famous for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies. Fargas, one of eleven children, was born in New York City to a Trinidadian mother, Mildred (née Bailey), and a Puerto Rican father, Manuel Fargas. His father worked for the city og ny After starring in a string of blaxploitation movies in the early '70s, such as his role as Link Brown in the movie Foxy Brown, he gained recogni... more

Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor made famous for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies. Fargas, one of eleven children, was born in New York City to a Trinidadian mother, Mildred (née Bailey), and a Puerto Rican father, Manuel Fargas. His father worked for the city og ny After starring in a string of blaxploitation movies in the early '70s, such as his role as Link Brown in the movie Foxy Brown, he gained recognition as streetwise informant "Huggy Bear" in the mid-'70s television series Starsky and Hutch. As a nod to his early roles, he had a part in the blaxploitation spoof, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, as well as another Wayans brothers "hood" parody, Don't Be a Menace. Some notable appearances on British television shows include participating in series 4 of the reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! which began in November 2004 and an appearance on Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show in early 2006. He also appeared in ABC's All My... less