# Anthony De La Torre
**Anthony De La Torre** (born 1993) is a Cuban American actor and musician from Bowling Green, Ohio, known for playing Young Jack Sparrow in *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017), the black-metal drummer Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg in *[Lords of Chaos](https://www.edgepedia.org/lords-of-chaos-film)* (2018), and the title role in *Johnny Gruesome* (2018).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/) He is also the frontman of the self-titled rock band De La Torre, which he formed in Nashville, and in 2020 he released the single "Raining in London" from his debut EP, *Find Me*.[3](https://suncityparadise.com/article/travel-profile-anthony-de-la-torre/) • [4](https://www.theitalianreve.com/5-talkie-minutes-with-anthony-de-la-torre-find-me-now/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993, Bowling Green, Ohio; sources differ on the exact date: 1993 (Famous Birthdays) versus 1993 (TV Insider)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/) • [5](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre.html) • [6](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre/) |
| Breakout role | Young Jack Sparrow in *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017); a 3D digital model of Johnny Depp's face was superimposed onto his body for the flashback[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/) • [7](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/retroframing-the-future-digital-de-aging-technologies.pdf?c=jcms%3Bidno%3D18261332.0061.509%3Bformat%3Dpdf) |
| Other screen roles | Johnny Grissom in *Johnny Gruesome* (2018); Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg in *Lords of Chaos* (2018); Jackson in *Vida* (2018); Chaz in *American Horror Stories* (2022); Jason Roberts in *Elsbeth* (2025)[6](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/) |
| First acting credit | 2015, as Anthony Del Rey in Nickelodeon's *100 Things to Do Before High School*; an earlier appearance came at age 11 on *Go Diego Go*[5](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre.html) • [8](https://spillmagazine.com/spill-feature-pirates-fell-conversation-anthony-de-la-torre/) |
| Music career | Frontman of the rock band De La Torre, formed in Nashville with producer Desmond Child; debut EP *Find Me* with the single "Raining in London" (2020)[3](https://suncityparadise.com/article/travel-profile-anthony-de-la-torre/) • [9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) • [4](https://www.theitalianreve.com/5-talkie-minutes-with-anthony-de-la-torre-find-me-now/) |
| Marriage | Married actress Lana Condor in a private ceremony in Malibu, California, in late October 2024 (one source dates it November 2024)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/) • [5](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre.html) • [10](https://ediciones.laprensa.hn/media/pdfs/LP2024-11-07-klDMqEXVcF48.pdf) |
## Early life and background
De La Torre is a second-generation Cuban American, fluent in English and Spanish, with an older brother, Nicholas, and an older sister, Angelica.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/) His parents met in Florida, where his two older siblings were born; around the time he was about to be born, his father was admitted to [Bowling Green State University](https://www.edgepedia.org/bowling-green-state-university) to study psychology, and the family settled in Bowling Green, Ohio, where his mother, Esther, works as a high school Spanish teacher.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/) He attended St. Aloysius Elementary and Junior School.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/)
Music entered his life before acting. In interviews he recalls singing and dancing salsa with his mother at nursing homes from age five, and appearing at age 11 on *Go Diego Go*, a spin-off of *Dora the Explorer*.[8](https://spillmagazine.com/spill-feature-pirates-fell-conversation-anthony-de-la-torre/) His acting career began in 2015 with the part of Anthony Del Rey on Nickelodeon's *[100 Things to Do Before High School](https://www.edgepedia.org/100-things-to-do-before-high-school)*, followed by the title role of Johnny Grissom in the horror film *Johnny Gruesome*.[5](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre.html) • [3](https://suncityparadise.com/article/travel-profile-anthony-de-la-torre/)
## Young Jack Sparrow
De La Torre has said he was obsessed with the *Pirates of the Caribbean* films as a child and prepared for the audition by rewatching all of them several times, competing, in his account, against hundreds of other candidates for the part.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) • [8](https://spillmagazine.com/spill-feature-pirates-fell-conversation-anthony-de-la-torre/) In the finished film, he appears in a flashback sequence explaining the origins of Captain Jack Sparrow's rivalry with Captain Armando Salazar ([Javier Bardem](https://www.edgepedia.org/javier-bardem)). A 3D digital model (known as a *naguette*) of 53-year-old [Johnny Depp](https://www.edgepedia.org/johnny-depp)'s face was superimposed onto De La Torre's body for the sequence.[7](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/retroframing-the-future-digital-de-aging-technologies.pdf?c=jcms%3Bidno%3D18261332.0061.509%3Bformat%3Dpdf)
## Film and television after *Pirates*
The *Pirates* role raised his profile in casting rooms, and he followed it with genre and television work. He played the Norwegian black-metal drummer Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg in [Jonas Åkerlund](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonas-akerlund)'s *Lords of Chaos* (2018), a film about the rise of black metal in Norway in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and says he met the real drummer while shooting in Oslo.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) His later screen credits include Jackson in the Starz series *Vida* (2018), Chaz in one 2022 episode of *American Horror Stories*, and Jason Roberts in a 2025 episode of *Elsbeth*.[6](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/)
## Music
De La Torre grew up listening to salsa, [Frank Sinatra](https://www.edgepedia.org/frank-sinatra), Disturbed, Linkin Park, and urban music, a range he attributes to his Cuban-American family.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) The songwriter and producer [Desmond Child](https://www.edgepedia.org/desmond-child) discovered him on YouTube, and the two began writing together.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) At 18 he moved to Nashville, where he formed the rock band De La Torre with lead guitarist Johnny Prentice and drummer Landon Hall.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) In 2017, during promotion for *Pirates*, he also sang with the rock band The Fell.[8](https://spillmagazine.com/spill-feature-pirates-fell-conversation-anthony-de-la-torre/)
The band released the single "Paradise" and opened for [Bon Jovi](https://www.edgepedia.org/bon-jovi) at Viejas Arena in San Diego in 2017.[9](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/) In 2020 he released the single "Raining in London" from his debut EP *Find Me*, on which *To All the Boys I've Loved Before* star [Lana Condor](https://www.edgepedia.org/lana-condor) made her music debut.[4](https://www.theitalianreve.com/5-talkie-minutes-with-anthony-de-la-torre-find-me-now/) Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EP was made remotely: he learned to record his own vocals, which he says was what allowed the project to be finished.[4](https://www.theitalianreve.com/5-talkie-minutes-with-anthony-de-la-torre-find-me-now/)
## Personal life
De La Torre proposed to actress Lana Condor in January 2022, and the couple married in late October 2024 in a private ceremony at the Serra Retreat center in [Malibu, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/malibu-california), when he was 30 and she was 27.[5](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre.html) • [10](https://ediciones.laprensa.hn/media/pdfs/LP2024-11-07-klDMqEXVcF48.pdf)
## Not to be confused with
The Spanish actor **Antonio de la Torre Martín** (born 1968, Málaga), a two-time Goya Award winner, is a different person whose name differs by one word; the two are frequently mixed up in searches.[11](https://www.antoniodelatorre.es/en/biografia/)
## References
1. [Anthony De La Torre, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/)
2. [Anthony De La Torre – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8068214/bio/)
3. [Travel Profile: Anthony De La Torre, SunCity Paradise](https://suncityparadise.com/article/travel-profile-anthony-de-la-torre/)
4. [5 Talkie Minutes With Anthony De La Torre: 'Find Me' Now, The Italian Rêve](https://www.theitalianreve.com/5-talkie-minutes-with-anthony-de-la-torre-find-me-now/)
5. [Anthony De La Torre – Age, Bio, Family, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre.html)
6. [Anthony De La Torre – Actor, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/anthony-de-la-torre/)
7. [Retroframing the Future: Digital De-aging Technologies, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/retroframing-the-future-digital-de-aging-technologies.pdf?c=jcms%3Bidno%3D18261332.0061.509%3Bformat%3Dpdf)
8. [From Pirates to The Fell: A Conversation with Anthony De La Torre, Spill Magazine](https://spillmagazine.com/spill-feature-pirates-fell-conversation-anthony-de-la-torre/)
9. [Anthony De La Torre Talks About Being Young Jack Sparrow and Working with Desmond Child](https://desmondchild.com/anthony-de-la-torre-young-jack-sparrow-talks-about-working-with-desmond-child/)
10. [La Prensa (Honduras), 7 November 2024, wedding report](https://ediciones.laprensa.hn/media/pdfs/LP2024-11-07-klDMqEXVcF48.pdf)
11. [Biografía, Web oficial de Antonio de la Torre](https://www.antoniodelatorre.es/en/biografia/)
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