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No soap stud sizzled like Antonio Sabàto, Jr.. This actor and model hit it big on General Hospital and moved quickly to movies and is not shy to show his fans all he can do.
Antonio Sabàto, Jr. (born February 29, 1972) is an American actor and model. Born in Italy and raised in the United States, Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He has continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Sabàto was born in Rome, Italy. His mother, Yvonne Kabouchy, is a realtor born in Prague (in the former Czechoslovakia), and his father, Antonio Sabàto, Sr., is an Italian actor. His maternal grandfather was a Czech aristocrat, and his maternal grandmother was Jewish and survived the Holocaust. Sabàto's family moved to the United States when he was 13, in 1985. 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.
Sabàto first gained attention as a Calvin Klein underwear model, and in 1990 he 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. 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. From 2005 to 2006, Sabàto played Dante Damiano on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, and in 2008, Sabàto reprises his role of Jagger Cates on the second season of General Hospital: Night Shift.
Sabàto appeared on But Can They Sing?, a celebrity reality singing competition on VH1, and in the 2008 NBC competition Celebrity Circus, which he won on July 16, 2008. He said on air, "My grandfather from my mother's side and my mother were both in the circus."
In August 2009, Sabàto starred in his own dating reality show for VH1 called My Antonio. It was announced that his mother would be participating in the show, and that his ex-wife would be competing for his love in the show.
Sabàto is featured in the book "About Face" shot by celebrity photographer John Russo, published by Pixie Press Worldwide.
Sabàto made an appearance on Bones as a bouncer from a Jersey Shore club in season 6, episode 3, "The Maggots in the Meathead."
Sabàto and his family appeared on ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap on January 31, 2012. His wife Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes traded places on the show with WWE wrestler Mick Foley's wife, Colette Foley.
On May 13, 2013 Sabàto was named the international celebrity spokesperson for AnastasiaDate, one of the fastest growing online dating services.
Sabàto was married to Alicia Tully Jensen from May 16, 1992 to July 1993. He has a son, Jack Antonio (born August 6, 1994), from his relationship with actress Virginia Madsen and a daughter, Mina Bree (born August 29, 2002), with longtime girlfriend Kristin Rossetti (2000–07). In May 2011, Sabato Jr. announced that he and Cheryl Moana Marie had welcomed a son, Antonio Kamakanaalohamaikalani (meaning “a beloved gift from the heavens") Harvey Sabàto. Sabato Jr. and Marie were married in Kauai on September 25, 2012.
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