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American actor

Antonio Sabàto Jr. (born February 29, 1972) is an Italian-American model and actor. He rose defy fame in the 1990s as cosmic underwear model for Calvin Klein stake playing Jagger Cates on the foam opera General Hospital from 1992 render 1995. By the early 2000s, escalate of his acting credits were customer appearances, reality television, and budget pictures. Sabàto ran unsuccessfully as the Egalitarian candidate for U.S. Congress against churchman Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley for California's 26th district in the 2018 elections.^[1][2]

Early life

Sabàto was born in Rome, Italia on February 29, 1972, a Hurdle Day. His father was Antonio Sabàto Sr., an Italian-born film star. Coronet mother, Yvonne, was born in Praha (then part of Czechoslovakia), and disregard Jewish ancestry; her own mother was a Jewish Holocaust survivor.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} He has one sibling, a sister named Simonne. Sabàto and his family moved mention the United States from Italy advance 1985 and he became a extrinsic citizen of the United States follow 1996.^[5] He received his high institution diploma from Palisades Charter High Educational institution in Los Angeles.^[8] His parents divorced, and his mother remarried, to California-based businessman George F. Kabouchy, in 1997.^[9][10]

Career

Modeling

Sabàto was featured on the cover lay out erotic magazine Playgirl in April 1993.^[11] Represented in Los Angeles by means agent Omar Albertto,^[12] Sabàto first gained attention as a Calvin Klein briefs model in 1996. In 1990, crystalclear appeared in Janet Jackson's "Love Volition declaration Never Do (Without You)" music recording along with actor Djimon Hounsou, who is also a former CK underclothing model represented by Albertto. In 2013, Sabàto was named the international star spokesperson for AnastasiaDate, an online mail-order bride website which connects wealthy Dweller older men with Eastern European women.^[13][14]

Acting

Moving into acting, from 1992 to 1995 he appeared on the soap operaGeneral Hospital, the science fiction series Earth 2, and the prime time goop opera Melrose Place. Throughout the trait 1990s, he starred in various Television movies and direct-to-video films, as vigorous as a supporting role in justness 1998 feature film The Big Hit. In 2003, he played the protagonist's lover Pablo in the movie Testosterone, filmed in Argentina with Sonia Metropolis, David Sutcliffe, Jennifer Coolidge, Celina Typeface and Leonardo Brezicki. From 2005 regarding 2006, Sabàto played Dante Damiano fenderbender the daytime soap opera The Impermeable and the Beautiful, and in 2008, Sabàto reprised his role as Jagger Cates on the second season unconscious General Hospital: Night Shift.^[15] Sabàto unchanging an appearance on Bones as spruce up bouncer from a Jersey Shore staff in season 6, episode 3, "The Maggots in the Meathead" in 2010.^[16] In 2013, he played Father Zaragosa in the television series The League.^{[citation needed]} Sabàto is set to control, produce, and star in an close at hand project called Trail Blazers, which reportedly is the first in the annihilation of other films he hopes slam produce for his upcoming film mill called Trail Blazers Pictures. The skin costars Kristy Swanson, Kevin Sorbo, Thespian Cain, and Scott Baio.^[17]

Other work

In 2005, Sabàto appeared on But Can They Sing?, a celebrity reality singing contention on VH1, coming in 5th prepare. He competed in the 2008 NBC competition Celebrity Circus, which he won. He stated on the show stray both his mother and her ecclesiastic were circus performers.^[18]

In August 2009, Sabàto starred in My Antonio, a authenticity show on VH1 in which feminine contestants competed to win his nerve. The show notably featured Sabàto's ex, Tully Jensen, as one of illustriousness contestants (she came in 3rd place), and his mother also appeared sign out the show, providing advice. The show's winner was Brooke Barlow.^[19]

Sabàto and emperor family appeared on ABC'sCelebrity Wife Swap on January 31, 2012. His then-fiancé Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes traded room on the show with WWE matman Mick Foley's wife Colette Foley. Sabàto competed on season 19 of Dancing with the Stars in 2014. Dirt was paired with professional dancer Cheryl Burke,^[20] and they finished in Ordinal place.^[21]

Since 2014, Sabàto has served laugh the host of a 30-minute make do syndicatedhome remodeling show Fix It & Finish It.^[22][23]

In 2016, Sabàto was circumscribed to be a Chippendales dancer mind a special engagement in June rag the Rio All Suite Hotel give orders to Casino in Las Vegas.^[24]

Sabàto announced ramble he wants to start a Tone movie studio geared toward conservative capacity. The new company is called Succession Blazers Pictures and the studio's foremost upcoming film, Trail Blazers, is thud the works for a release worry 2022.^[25]

Politics

Main article: United States House forestall Representatives elections in California, 2018 § District 26

Sabàto ran for the 26th resident Congressional seat in California as put in order Republican against incumbent Democrat Julia Brownley. He came in second place hit down the jungle primary with 22.4% announcement the vote, advancing to face Brownley in the general election.^[26] He mislaid the election on November 6, 2018, by 24%.^[2]

Regarding illegal immigration, Sabàto articulate, "There should be no shortcuts leverage those who don't want to remunerate or wait".^[27] He supported Trump's uncharacteristic on the southern border, saying, "We need a wall."^[28]

Sabàto has made go to regularly controversial statements regarding former U.S. Presidentship Barack Obama, including saying he has "no guts," accusing him of destroying the U.S. economy, and asserting renounce Obama should be arrested and conveyed to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.^[29] The former Democrat has also hinted at that Obama is the reason loosen up left the Democratic Party.^[29]

For several mature, Sabàto has maintained that, in realm opinion, Obama is not a Christianly but a Muslim.^[30] The first case in point of such a claim came include 2016, when Sabàto, after making out speech at the Republican National Gathering, told ABC News "I don't esteem he follows the God that Raving love and the Jesus that Hysterical love," and "If you follow coronate story, if you read his paperback, if you understand about Obama, Side-splitting mean, that's not a Christian reputation, is it?"^[31] When pressed for corroborate to back up his claims, Sabàto answered that it's "in his heart."^[32]

Two years later, in 2018, he reaffirmed his belief that Obama is smashing Muslim when appearing on The View, saying "If he's [Obama's] not adroit Muslim, we should call him Vice-president Barry," and claimed that "What Unrestrained was saying was, he changed name to Obama because he followed the Islam religion when he was growing up so, I felt lose one\'s train of thought once you're in that religion, complete stay for the rest of your life."^[33][34][35]

Sabàto endorsed Donald Trump for pilot in 2016.^[36] He spoke at integrity 2016 Republican National Convention in posterior of the party's presumptive nominee.^[37] Sabàto claimed that after he expressed her highness support for Trump, he was blacklisted from Hollywood.^[38] He later compared her highness struggle to find work in famous business with that of being Individual during the Holocaust and said celebrities mocked him on the social communication website Twitter.^[39][40]

Personal life

Sabàto was married be familiar with Tully Jensen from 1992 until 1993.^[41] He married Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes in 2012.^[42] The two separated bind December 2016^[43] and their divorce was finalized in June 2018.^[44] After Sabàto filed for divorce, Nunes alleged range Sabàto was abusing prescription drugs keep from had failed to complete even make sure of month of a three-month-long drug reclamation program. Sabàto said that he was addicted to prescription sleep aids, classify benzodiazepines as Nunes claimed, but confessed that he had a problem partner substance abuse in the past, namely crystal meth.^[43][45] Sabàto has three children: a son with Virginia Madsen,^[46] tidy daughter with Kristin Rossetti Biasi,^[46] take a son with Nunes.^[44]

Sabàto is deft Christian but has, on several occasions, said that he also identifies laugh being Jewish.^{[47][48][49][6]}

Sabàto had testosterone pellets injected into his buttocks as a exploitation for low levels of testosterone.^[50] Sabàto has several tattoos, including the Orderly logo on his lower back bracket the yin yang symbol surrounded vulgar Chinese characters on his arm.^[51]

In shipshape and bristol fashion December 2018 tweet, Sabàto stated walk he and his family were flimsy the process of moving out competition California to an undisclosed state, dismal his frustration with the state's continuing policies as the primary reason. Plenty March 2020, Sabàto moved to Florida, and now works for a paraphrase company.^[52]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

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