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ANTONIO SABATO, JR.

Name: Antonio Sabato Jr.                                                             
Born: 29 February 1972 Rome, Italy                                                   
                                                                                     
Antonio Sabato, Jr. (born February 29, 1972 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian/American   
actor.                                                                               
                                                                                     
The son of Italian actor Antonio Sabato 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.                                     
                                                                                     
Sabato 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 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 also played a part in the movie 1998 film The Big Hit, showing him (but not       
the movie's lead Mark Wahlberg, another former CK underwear model) naked in a         
locker room.                                                                         
                                                                                     
In June 2005, Sabato 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 only       
one year.                                                                             
                                                                                     
Sabato was married to Alicia Tully Jensen from 1992 to 1993. He also dated           
Nicolette Scorsese in the 1980s.                                                     
                                                                                     
He has two children, a son and a daughter:                                           
                                                                                     
Jack Antonio (born August 6, 1994) with actress Virginia Madsen                       
                                                                                     
Mina Bree (born August 29, 2002) with his longtime girlfriend Kristin Rossetti.