Tory Belleci started working for Jamie Hyneman in 1994 after graduating from San Francisco State University. Tory began working as a gopher, running errands and cleaning the shop before moving up the ranks. In a few years time Tory started work at Industrial Light and Magic building models for films including "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the...
ASTRA Awards for Favourite International Personality or Actor
Movies
"Star Wars: "The Phanton Menace", “Attack of the Clones","Starship Troopers", "Galaxy Quest", "Bicentennial Man", "Terminator 3", "The Matrix", "The Matrix Reloaded", "Sand Trooper" (1999)
TV Shows
'Red Flag to a Bull', "Mythbusters", "Soda Cup Killer", "Punkin Chunkin", "Thrill Factor" (2015)
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Trademark
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Snake Dance
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Quote
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When I was in high school I did a report on movie special effects and in a book I saw a picture of the Millennium Falcon in front of a bluescreen at ILM. I thought to myself, 'I want to do that someday.' It wasn't until the Episode I issue of Cinefex came out, and I found a picture of me standing by the Federation battleship in front of a bluescreen, that I remembered that childhood dream.
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Fact
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One of a handful of celebrities passing through Los Angeles International Airport (1 November 2013) when a gunman opened fire killing a TSA official.
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Still mythbusting and miming [September 2005]
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His parents owned a deli in Monterey, California.
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Was almost arrested when he was 19 for detonating a pipe bomb at his home. The responding officer spoke with Tory and told him to find a career where could put his fascination with explosives to good use. Belleci credits this officer with setting him straight and speaks highly of him to this day.
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Belleci went on a mercy mission to Haiti following the devastating earthquake there in 2010; he went with a Christian non-profit organization called Life Giving Force. There, he visited orphanages and helped install systems providing clean water to those who were without it.
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Once made a flame thrower out of his parents' paint sprayer and nearly set his house on fire.
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