A ruggedly handsome actor whose best-known work has been on American TV, Antonio Sabato Jr. came to the US from his native Italy at age 12. He first won notice as a young actor playing the brooding Jagger Cates on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital" (1992-94). Sabato's smoldering good-looks and sexy demeanor turned him into a frequent pin-up and he was the only daytime performer to be voted one of the world's "50 Most Beautiful" by PEOPLE Magazine in 1993. Soon thereafter, he was snatched by NBC to play the cocky but gifted pilot Alonzo Solace in the short-lived sci-fi series "Earth 2" (1999-95). He fared slightly better with a short-term role on Fox's primetime soap "Melrose Place". Cast as the first husband of vixen Amanda (Heather Locklear), Sabato was impressive as the abusive, hot-tempered Jack Parezi. The network was impressed by the young actor; he landed a co-starring role as a murderer in the based-on-fact "If Looks Could Kill: From the Files of 'America's Most Wanted'" (1996) and was later signed to a deal for three TV-movies in which he would play the same character/ The first of these, "Codename: Wolverine", aired in December 1996 and led to talk of an eventual series based on the character.

Sabato also played a small role in "Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride" (syndicated, 1991) and had a bigger part as a killer in "Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?" (NBC, 1993). In the 1994 Showtime original, he lured Shannen Doherty into his getaway plans in "Jailbreakers" and was Kellie Martin's beau in "Her Hidden Truth" (NBC, 1995). Sabato also won fans displaying his physique as Janet Jackson's love interest in the music video for "Love Will Never Do Without You" and as a model for Calvin Klein underwear.

• Born:
  February 29, 1972 in Rome, Italy
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Model

Family

• Father: Antonio Sabato Sr.
• Mother: Yvonne Sabato.
• Sister: Simone Sabato. older
• Son: Jack Antonio Sabato. born August 5, 1994; mother Virginia Madsen

Significant Others

• Companion: Virginia Madsen. together c. 1993-95; renewed relationship c. 1997; born 1961; mother of Sabato's son Jack

Milestones

• --- Portrays a gay man in the risqué black comedy, "Testosterone" (lensed 2004)
• 1991 Appeared in syndicated TV-movie "Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride"
• 1991 Co-starred in Italian feature film "If I Didn't Have Love"
• 1992 TV series debut in regular role as Jagger Cates on the ABC daytime drama "General Hosptial"
• 1993 Made primetime network debut in "Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter" (NBC)
• 1995 Played recurring role of Jack Perezi, ex-husband of Amanda (Heather Locklear) on Fox series "Melrose Place"
• 1996 Appeared in advertising campaign (print and TV commercials) for Calvin Klein underwear
• 1996 Signed deal with Fox Network to appear in recurring role in three TV-movies; made debut in December in "Codename: Wolverine"
• 1998 Named as celebrity spokesman for Durex condoms
• 2004 Cast in the comedy "Wasabi Tuna"
• 2004 Played Dwayne the personal trainer in the WB comedy "The Help"
• Had featured role as pilot Alonzo Solace on the sci-fi series "Earth 2" (NBC)
• Moved to USA from Rome at age 12

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