1. Mario Cantone was born on December 9,1959 and is an American comedian, writer, actor, singer and television host best known for his numerous stage shows.
23 Facts About Mario Cantone
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Mario Cantone hosted children's television program Steampipe Alley, which aired on WWOR-TV from 1988 to 1993.
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Mario Cantone's style is fast-paced and energetic, with much of his humor coming from his impersonations of characters ranging from family members to celebrities to stereotypes.
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Mario Cantone was the fourth of five children of Mario Sr.
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Mario Cantone's father moved the family to Stoneham, according to Cantone in a 2004 New York Times interview to get her away from her bookie relatives.
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Mario Cantone graduated from Stoneham High School in 1978 and Emerson College in 1982.
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Mario Cantone moved to New York City in 1983 and got a job as a chocolate vendor at Trump Tower.
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Mario Cantone later worked as a jewelry salesman, quitting a year later to pursue comedy full time.
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Mario Cantone began his professional career hosting a children's show called Steampipe Alley, which aired on New York-New Jersey superstation WWOR-TV from 1988 to 1993.
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Mario Cantone, who is gay, has said that he considers himself an actor and comedian who happens to be gay rather than a gay comic relying on gay jokes.
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Several years later, Mario Cantone did a workshop for The Lion King as Timon but was not comfortable with the makeup or manipulating a puppet and eventually left the project.
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In 2004, Mario Cantone appeared as Samuel Byck in Stephen Sondheim's musical Assassins.
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In 2001, Mario Cantone had turned down the role of Carmen Ghia in Mel Brooks's The Producers.
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In September 2010, Mario Cantone appeared in a staged reading of the Charles messina play A Room of My Own at The Theatre at 45 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village.
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Mario Cantone started his career as the host of children's show, "Steampipe Alley," which aired in the late 1980s through 1993.
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Mario Cantone has appeared in the Comedy Central roasts of Joan Rivers and fellow Boston-area native and Emerson College alumnus Denis Leary.
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Mario Cantone has appeared frequently on the Opie and Anthony radio show.
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Mario Cantone was a regular guest on the ABC daytime talk show The View since at least 2003 and became a guest co-host in 2005.
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Mario Cantone was among the judges of the Miss America 2014 pageant.
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Mario Cantone has appeared several times on The $100,000 Pyramid and Match Game as a celebrity guest star.
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In 2022, Mario Cantone competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Maize".
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Mario Cantone was eliminated on "Andrew Lloyd Webber Night" alongside Gloria Gaynor as "Mermaid".
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In October 2011, Mario Cantone married his partner of 20 years, musical theater director Jerry Dixon.