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Mark Consuelos Born Mark Andrew Consuelos
March 30, 1971
Zaragoza, SpainSpouse Kelly Ripa (1996-present) Mark Andrew Consuelos (born March 30, 1971) is a Spanish-born American television and film actor.
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Personal life
Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain[1] to a Mexican father and an Italian mother.[2] He is the youngest of three children, he has a brother, who is a doctor, and a sister, who is a lawyer. Consuelos has lived in Italy and the United States since childhood. He explained on Live with Regis and Kelly that while he does not speak Spanish, he does speak Italian. He grew up in Lebanon, Illinois, and later in Tampa, Florida.[1] He attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida, and then went to University of Notre Dame before transferring to and graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in marketing, in 1994.[3]
In 1995, Consuelos met Kelly Ripa, his co-star on All My Children. The two eloped on May 1, 1996. The couple have three children: Michael Joseph (born June 2, 1997), Lola Grace (born June 16, 2001), and Joaquin Antonio (born February 24, 2003).
Career
Consuelos had a starring role in the educational serial Connect With English, which aired on public television stations as part of the Annenberg/CPB Project.[citation needed]
In February 1995, Consuelos had his breakthrough when he landed the role of Mateo Santos on the soap opera All My Children.[1] There, he fell in love with his on-screen love interest Kelly Ripa, and secretly married her in Las Vegas, in May 1996. At the time, he lived on co-star Winsor Harmon's sofa; Harmon was one of the few to know that co-stars Ripa and Consuelos were not only dating, but married.
Ripa and Consuelos continued to tape episodes of All My Children until 2002, when Ripa wished to focus more on her other job: taking over for Kathie Lee Gifford as host of what now has become Live with Regis and Kelly. Consuelos has filled in for Philbin.
Since leaving All My Children, Consuelos has starred in the feature film The Great Raid, which debuted in theatres in 2005. In 2006, he appeared in the movie My Super Ex-Girlfriend as "Steve", and in 2007 he appeared in Wedding Daze.[1] He has been seen on the Lifetime series Missing, with Vivica A. Fox.[1] He also had a part in Ugly Betty.
Consuelos can also be seen hosting two reality dating shows, Age of Love[1] and Science of Love, both airing on NBC. He guest-starred on Third Watch, Friends, American Family, Fortune Hunter, SeaQuest and Hope & Faith.[1]
On 3 October 2008 he performed the marriage ceremony for Howard Stern and model/actress Beth Ostrosky at the Le Cirque restaurant in New York City. The two couples had grown close, which was why Stern asked Consuelos to perform the wedding ceremony. Consuelos agreed, and took it upon himself to seek ordination to make it an official ceremony for Stern and Ostrosky. The guest list for the wedding included Joan Rivers, Barbara Walters, Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, and Stern's radio co-host Robin Quivers.
A weekly live episode of the "Oprah Winfrey Show" premiered in the show's 23rd season with a panel consisting of Mark Consuelos, Ali Wentworth, Oprah Winfrey, and Gayle King. The panel discussed the week's news and highlighted events in the media and on the show. In the 2009-10 season, Winfrey hosted this segment on her own. Fridays Live did not return for the show's 25th season.
Awards and honors
In 1998 and 1999, Consuelos won the American Latino Media Arts Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Soap Opera." Consuelos won "Hottest Romance" along with Ripa in 1997 at the Soap Opera Awards.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mark Consuelos". NBC. http://www.nbc.com/Age_of_Love/bios/bio_host.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ^ Atkins, Ace (February 25, 1996). "TV role brings dream to life". St. Petersburg Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/22788377.html?dids=22788377:22788377&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+25%2C+1996&author=ACE+ATKINS&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=TV+role+brings+dream+to+life&pqatl=google.
- ^ a b "Mark Consuelos". ABC. http://www.wchstv.com/abc/allmychildren/markconsuelos.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
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Categories:- 1971 births
- American film actors
- American soap opera actors
- American television actors
- American people of Mexican descent
- American people of Italian descent
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from St. Clair County, Illinois
- People from Zaragoza
- Spanish emigrants to the United States
- Spanish people of Mexican descent
- Spanish people of Italian descent
- University of South Florida alumni
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