Antonio Sabàto, Jr.

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name = Antonio Sabàto Jr.


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spouse = Alicia Tully Jensen (1992-1993) (divorced)

Antonio Sabàto, Jr. (born February 29, 1972 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian/American actor.

Biography

Early life

The son of Italian actor Antonio Sabàto Sr., and his Czech-born wife Yvonne Kabouchy, the family moved to the United States when he was 12. 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 November of 1996.

Career

Sabàto first gained attention as a Calvin Klein underwear model, 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 SF series "Earth 2", and on the prime-time soap opera Melrose Place.

He played a part in the movie 1998 film "The Big Hit", showing him naked in a locker room and in 2003 shot "Testosterone" which includes full frontal nudity. In June 2005, Sabàto Jr. 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. [ [http://soapcentral.com/bb/news/2006/1009-sabato.php Sabáto to Exit B&B By Year's End] "October 9, 2006"]

Sabato 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". [ [http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/antonio-sabato-jr-wins-nbc-celebrity-circus-reality-series-7450.php "Antonio Sabato Jr. wins NBC's 'Celebrity Circus' reality series" by Christopher Rocchio, 07/17/2008] ]

It was announced in June 2008Fact|date=July 2008 that Sabàto Jr. would reprise his role of Jagger Cates on the second season of "".

Personal life

Sabàto was married to Alicia Tully Jensen from 1992 to 1993. He also dated Nicolette Scorsese in the 1980s. He has two children, a son, Jack Antonio (born August 6, 1994) with actress Virginia Madsen, and a daughter, Mina Bree (born August 29, 2002) with his then girlfriend Kristin Rossetti.

Film and Television appearances

* "General Hospital" as Jagger Cates (1992-1994, 1995)
* "Moment of Truth: Why my Daughter (1993) as A.J. Treece
* "Earth 2" as Alonzo Solace (1994-1995)
* "Melrose Place" as Jack Parezi (1995)
* "If Looks Could Kill" as John Hawkins (1996)
* "" 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)
* "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)
* "" as Jagger Cates (2008)

References

External links

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* [http://www.soapcentral.com/ns/theactors/sabato_antonio.php SoapCentral.com: Sabato profile]