Troy O'Donovan Garity (born 7 July 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film actor. He is best known for his role as "Isaac Rosenberg" in the Barbershop films. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type mayor-council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  465. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Barbershop is a motion picture directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures, and released by MGM on September 13, 2002. ...

Family and personal life

Garity is son of actress Jane Fonda and activist/politician Tom Hayden. He is grandson of Henry Fonda, nephew of Peter Fonda, and cousin of Bridget Fonda. His half-sister is Vanessa Vadim. Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ... Tom Hayden outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention Thomas Emmett Tom Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. ... Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Bridget Fonda and Luc Besson at Cannes, 2001 Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress. ... Vanessa Vadim (born 28 September 1968 in Paris, France) is an independent producer and cinematographer. ...

Garity was given his paternal grandmother's surname, and his given names were in reference to two militant activists. According to his father's autobiography: A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Naming my son Troy O'Donovan Garity was an act of nostalgia. My wife and I did not want to choose between our public last names, so we selected "Garity" to keep alive my mother's plainly Irish one. "Troy" was an Americanization of the name of a young Vietnamiese man accused of conspiring to kill US officials. Though I regret the association, if indeed it was true, at that time all I knew of the Vietnamese Troi was that his death was unusually brave, a gesture of sacrifice against overwhelming odds. [...] O'Donovan" was for a militant nineteenth century Irishman, O'Donovan Rossa. ^[1]

In 2006 Garity became engaged to Simone Bent, an African-American actress who has worked with the Rising Sun Theater Company in NYC ^[2] and made a short film called Escape from Eden. She also managed the Mercer Bar in NYC. ^[3] Jane Fonda encouraged the relationship, referring to Simone as her "future daughter in law" and her "son's fiancee" before the engagement ^[4]. Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1947 [1] – October 15, 1964) was a Vietnamese electrical worker and Viet Cong urban guerrilla. ... Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa. ...

Roles

Garity had an uncredited appearance as a young boy in the film On Golden Pond, starring his mother and grandfather. He played his father in the 2000 film Steal This Movie based on the life of Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman. On Golden Pond (1981) was a successful Broadway play written by playwright Ernest Thompson which was turned into a successful and popular movie starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steal This Movie (2000) is an American biographical film of 1960s radical figure Abbie Hoffman. ... The Youth International Party (whose adherents were known as Yippies, a variant on Hippies) was a highly theatrical political party established in the United States in 1967. ... Abbott Howard Abbie Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. ...

In addition to his breakout role in the Barbershop series, his performance as Barry Winchell in the 2003 film Soldier's Girl earned Garity a Golden Globe nomination for Actor, Mini-series or a Motion Picture Made for Television. Barry Winchell (31 August 1977—6 July 1999) was a soldier in the United States Army, whose murder by fellow soldiers became a point of reference in the ongoing debate about the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy enforced by the military regarding sexual orientation. ... Soldiers Girl is a 2003 dramatic film produced by Showtime. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Garity stars as Harvey in the Danny Boyle/Alex Garland film Sunshine (2007 film). Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is a film director and film producer born in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England to Irish Catholic immigrant parents. ... Image:Alex Garland and Danny Boyle. ... This article is about Danny Boyles 2007 science fiction film. ...

References

External links

• Troy Garity at the Internet Movie Database
• Sunshine Official Site
• E! network profile
• Fonda Family Genealogy
• Sunshine Fan Online - fansite of the film, Sunshine, where Troy Garity plays Harvey