1. Antonio Rosato was a Canadian actor and comedian, who appeared in television and films.
14 Facts About Tony Rosato
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Tony Rosato was best known as a cast member on both SCTV and Saturday Night Live, and for voicing Luigi in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros.
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Antonio Tony Rosato was born in Naples, Campania on 26 December 1954, and came to Canada at age four.
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Tony Rosato planned to study chiropractic medicine, but dropped out of the University of Toronto after he began doing improv comedy at The Second City.
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Tony Rosato first gained attention when he and Robin Duke joined the cast of the first incarnation of SCTV in its third season during the fall of 1980.
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Tony Rosato is one of three SCTV cast members to appear on Saturday Night Live and the first SNL cast member to not be born in either the United States or Canada.
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Tony Rosato next appeared on the Canadian police drama Night Heat, playing Arthur "Whitey" Morelli, from 1985 through 1989.
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Tony Rosato has appeared in television and film throughout the 1990s.
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Tony Rosato continued his role as Luigi in 1991 for the Super Mario World cartoon.
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Tony Rosato had a small voice part in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis as Dario Rosso and the titular creature.
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Tony Rosato provided voices for many other animated series including Pelswick, George and Martha, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Adventures of Sam and Max: Freelance Police, Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend, Monster by Mistake, The Ripping Friends, Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge, Da Boom Crew, Get Ed and Odd Job Jack.
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Tony Rosato married Leah Murray on 31 December 2003; together they have a daughter.
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Tony Rosato was released from the hospital in March 2009 but remained on probation until September 2010.
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Tony Rosato died of a heart attack on 10 January 2017, at the age of 62.