Joey Fatone is best known as a member of the boy band NSYNC, in which he sang baritone.
32 Facts About Joey Fatone
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Joey Fatone was the host of the US and Australian versions of The Singing Bee, which aired on NBC in the United States.
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Joey Fatone was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Joe and Phyllis Joey Fatone.
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Joey Fatone has a brother, Steven, and a sister, Janine, and was raised at 2140 84th Street in the Bensonhurst neighborhood.
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Joey Fatone's father had sung in a doo-wop group called the Orions.
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Joey Fatone sang baritone with the band from their formation to 2002, when they went on an indefinite hiatus, during which time they sold more than seventy million records worldwide.
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Joey Fatone performed lead vocals on the single "Together Again" and the No Strings Attached album track "I Thought She Knew".
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NSYNC have long been subject to speculation of a reunion, to which Joey Fatone has given the answer: "Never say never".
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In 2002 Joey Fatone played Cousin Angelo in the comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a role he reprised in the TV spin-off My Big Fat Greek Life and the 2016 sequel.
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Joey Fatone went on to act in the critically acclaimed movie The Cooler and had minor roles in the experimental film Red Riding Hood and Homie Spumoni, the latter alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
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Joey Fatone returned to Broadway in 2004 in a revival of Little Shop Of Horrors and later appeared in productions of The Producers and 42nd Street in Pittsburgh and Rock of Ages at Bally's Las Vegas.
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Joey Fatone played himself in the kung fu skit "Enter the Fat One" in the first season of Robot Chicken, later making more appearances on the show including the first Star Wars episode.
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Joey Fatone played himself in the Syfy film Jersey Shore Shark Attack, the TV series Return of the Mac and the Comedy Central feature Cursed Friends.
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Joey Fatone has guest-starred in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, Imagination Movers and Kim Possible in addition to various other TV shows and horror films, including Inkubus and Dead 7.
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Joey Fatone was the "ringmaster" for NBC's reality series Celebrity Circus in 2005.
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In 2009 Joey Fatone co-hosted the live pre-show for TNA Wrestling's biggest annual pay-per-view event, TNA Bound for Glory, alongside Jeremy Borash.
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From 2010 to 2015, Joey Fatone served as the announcer for host Steve Harvey on the show Family Feud.
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In January 2012, Joey Fatone was one of eight celebrities participating in the Food Network reality series Rachael vs Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.
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In February 2014 Joey Fatone made an appearance on the hidden camera show Impractical Jokers, standing in for show regular Brian Quinn, during a challenge.
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Joey Fatone made repeat appearances on the show as host or featured guest in a number of specials, including a 2017 episode based at his Orlando hot dog restaurant, Fat One's.
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Joey Fatone is the permanent host of the spin-off series Impractical Jokers: After Party and he made a cameo in Impractical Jokers: The Movie in 2020.
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Joey Fatone portrayed "Rabbit" on season one of the singing competition show The Masked Singer, tying with Rumer Willis as "Lion" for fourth place overall.
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On February 1,2007, the ABC television network announced that Joey Fatone would participate in season 4 of the American version of Dancing with the Stars, which debuted March 19,2007.
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Joey Fatone ended up placing second, losing the mirror ball to Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough.
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Joey Fatone participated in the 15th season of Dancing with the Stars for a second chance to win a mirror ball trophy, again dancing with Kym Johnson.
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Joey Fatone later returned in season 27 during Trio Week as a trio partner to John Schneider and Emma Slater.
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In February 2013, Joey Fatone appeared on Holland America Line's "Dancing with the Stars at Sea", aboard the MS Eurodam.
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Joey Fatone returned to Dancing with the Stars at Sea on Holland America Line's MS Nieuw Amsterdam in January 2014.
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Joey Fatone was paired with Lacey Schwimmer and appeared alongside Mark Ballas, Sabrina Bryan, and a dance ensemble.
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Joey Fatone met his wife, Kelly Baldwin, while they were still in high school in 1993.
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On September 9,2004, Joey Fatone married Baldwin at Oheka Castle on Long Island, New York, in a ceremony that was attended by all his NSYNC bandmates.
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Joey Fatone and his wife have two daughters: Briahna Joely, born March 21,2001, and a second daughter, Kloey, born January 2010.