Antonio Sabàto Jr.
Antonio Sabàto Jr. | |
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 Sabato photographed by Jerry Avenaim for the cover of The Advocate magazine, 2006 | |
| Spouse | Alicia Tully Jensen (1992–93) |
| Partner(s) | Virginia Madsen (1993–95) Kristin Rossetti (2001–07) |
Antonio Sabàto, Jr. (born February 29, 1972) is an American actor and male model. Born in Italy and raised in the U.S., Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Early life
Sabàto was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Yvonne, a realtor, and Antonio Sabàto, Sr., an actor.[1] His father is Italian and his mother was born in the former Czechoslovakia to a Jewish family.[2][3] Sabàto's family moved to the United States when he was 12, in 1985.[2] He attended St. Bernard High School (Los Angeles, California) before transferring to Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. Sabàto became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1996.[4]
Career
Sabàto first gained attention as a Calvin Klein underwear model,[5] and appeared in Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" music video along with actor Djimon Hounsou, who is also a former CK underwear model, in 1990. Moving into acting, from 1992 through 1995 he appeared on the soap opera General Hospital, the science fiction series Earth 2 and on the prime-time soap opera Melrose Place.
In 2005, Sabàto joined the cast of the soap The Bold and the Beautiful as Dante Damiano. In October 2006, Sabàto was let go from the show after one year.
Sabàto appeared on But Can They Sing?, a celebrity reality singing competition on VH1, and in the 2008 NBC competition Celebrity Circus, winning it on July 16, 2008. He said on air, "My grandfather from my mother's side and my mother were both in the circus."[6]
Sabàto reprised his role of Jagger Cates on the second season of General Hospital: Night Shift, in 2008.[7] In August 2009, he began starring in his own dating reality show for VH1 called My Antonio, airing on Sundays in August. His mother will be participating in the show. Also, his ex-wife will be competing for his love in the show.
Sabato is featured in the book "About Face" shot by celebrity photographer John Russo, published by Pixie Press Wordwide.
Personal life
Sabàto was married to Alicia Tully Jensen from May 16, 1992 to October, 1993.[8] He has a son, Jack Antonio (born August 6, 1994), from his relationship with actress Virginia Madsen and a 6 year old daughter, Mina Bree, with longtime girlfriend Kristin Rosetti (2001–07).
Film and television appearances
- General Hospital as Jagger Cates (1992-1994, 1995)
- Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993) as A.J. Treece
- Jailbreakers (1994) as Tony
- Earth 2 as Alonzo Solace (1994-1995)
- Melrose Place as Jack Parezi (1995)
- If Looks Could Kill as John Hawkins (1996)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Earl Gregg, aka Bob Stanford, aka Deathstroke in the episode "Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark" (1996)
- Code Name: Wolverine as Harry Gordini a.k.a. 'Wolverine' (1996)
- The Big Hit as Vince (1998)
- Ally McBeal as Kevin Wyatt (1999). Episode 221 - The Green Monster.
- Tribe' as Jack Osborne (1999)
- Guilty as Charged (Base II) as Sgt. Hawks (2000)
- Charmed as Bane Jessup (2000)
- " Flavor of Love: Season 1 Himself" (2006)
- The Chaos Factor (2000)
- The Outer Limits as Chad Warner in the episode "Skin Deep" (2000)
- Testosterone as Pablo Alesandro (2003)
- The Help as Dwayne (2004)
- Deadly Skies as Donovan (2005)
- Crash Landing as Major John Masters (2005)
- The Bold and the Beautiful as Dante Damiano (2005-2006)
- Ghost Voyage as Michael (2008)
- Celebrity Circus as himself (2008)
- General Hospital: Night Shift as Jagger Cates (2008)
- Ugly Betty as himself (2009)
- My Antonio as himself (2009)
- Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as notorious serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas (2009),
References
- ^ Carter, Alan (1993-04-23). "Raising TV's Pulse Rate". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b Elkin, Michael (2009-08-13). "The Mysteries of a Mystery Woman". The Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Hoffman, Allison (2009-08-13). "A Nice Jewish Boy: Hunky [[Antonio Sabato Jr]]. looks for love on TV, with help from his mother". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ "Antonio Sabato, Jr. Biography (1972-)". Filmreference. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Antonio Sabato Jr./Calvin Klein; Star Masculine Nues; retrieved on 2009-01-22
- ^ Rocchio, Christopher (2007-07-17). "Antonio Sabato Jr. wins NBC's Celebrity Circus reality series". Reality TV World. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "General Hospital: Night Shift Returns on July 22 with Antonio Sabato Jr". BuddyTV. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Antonio Sabato Jr". People. 1994-05-09.
External links
- 1972 births
- American boxers
- American practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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- Italian Jews
- American male models
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- American soap opera actors
- American Jews
- American television actors
- Czech Americans
- Italian actors
- Italians of Czech descent
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Participants in American reality television series
- People born on February 29
- People from Rome (city)