Antonio Sabàto Jr.
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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.[1]
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".[2]
It was announced in June 2008[citation needed] that Sabàto Jr. would reprise his role of Jagger Cates on the second season of General Hospital: Night Shift.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- General Hospital: Night Shift as Jagger Cates (2008)