Joey Fatone
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Joseph Anthony "Joey" Fatone, Jr. (last name pronounced fat-ass|}}; born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband, 'N Sync, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reality show Dancing With The Stars. He was also the host of the American and Australian versions of The Singing Bee and aired on National Broadcasting Company in the United States of America. Currently Fatone is the announcer on Family Feud.
Early life and career
Fatone, an Italian American,[2] was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, the son of Phyllis and Joseph Anthony Fatone, Sr., who is an actor and musician.[3] He has two older siblings, Janine and Steven. At age 13, Fatone and his family moved to Orlando, Florida. There, Fatone attended and graduated from Dr. Phillips High School. Reportedly, at his graduation, Fatone sang a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner", celebrated as a precursor to his future success.
Before becoming famous, Fatone appeared as a contestant on the classic Nickelodeon game show Nick Arcade. However, Fatone and his partner on that episode did not proceed to the bonus round because of buzzing in and answering a question about Abraham Lincoln incorrectly.
After high school, Fatone worked as a performer at Universal Studios in Orlando, where he played "Wolfie" in Beetlejuice's GraveYard Revue. In 2001, Fatone co-starred with *NSYNC bandmate Lance Bass in the Miramax film On the Line, and also did voice work with Bass on the same episodes of Disney's Kim Possible and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken. He also performed in the 2002 dramatic comedy motion picture My Big Fat Greek Wedding as Toula's cousin Angelo and also appears in My Big Fat Greek Life The Tv Sitcom., and acted in the critically acclaimed movie The Cooler. He has had minor roles in the experimental film, Red Riding Hood, and in Homie Spumoni, alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Fatone has also been on Broadway performing leads in Rent and in a revival of Little Shop Of Horrors.
Fatone hosted NBC's The Singing Bee as well as the Australian version of the show on Nine Network. On August 21, 2007, it was announced that Fatone, along with Lisa Rinna, will be replacing Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers as hosts of TV Guide's red carpet pre-shows for the 2007-2008 season. His hosting duties with TV Guide continued for the 2008-2009 season.
Fatone was also in an episode of Hannah Montana as a restaurant owner who used to be a baseball player and forces Hannah to sing in order to get a replacement signed ball for her brother. He is also the "ringmaster" for the new NBC celebrity reality series Celebrity Circus (which is based on the Australian version).
In November 30, 2007, he participated in the taping of the 2007 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade inside the Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
On May 22, 2010, Fatone starred as a baseball player in an episode of Imagination Movers on the Disney Channel.
Dancing with the Stars
On February 1, 2007, the ABC television network announced that Fatone would participate in season 4 of the American version of Dancing with the Stars, which debuted March 19, 2007.[4] He competed with professional partner Kym Johnson.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
On October 18, 2009, Fatone showed up at TNA Wrestling's biggest annual pay-per-view event TNA Bound for Glory and co-hosted the live pre-show alongside Jeremy Borash. This was not the first time Fatone has been linked to TNA as he has been spotted at Universal Orlando where TNA tapes their weekly television program.[5]
Personal life
On September 9, 2004, Fatone married his on-and-off girlfriend of 10 years, Kelly Baldwin.[6] The ceremony took place in Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York and was attended by all of Fatone's bandmates.[7] Fatone and his wife have two daughters together, Brianna Joely, born on March 21, 2001, and Kloey Alexandra, born on January 11, 2010.[8] Fatone's best friend, Lance Bass is Brianna's godfather.[9]
According to a recent appearance on MTV Cribs, Fatone owns one of the actual KITT cars used on the series Knight Rider, although it may be a replica, created by George Barris. The car is a replica that he believed was original but the only originals left are in museums due to the shows deal with GM. The cars used on the show came from damaged shipments that could not be sold to the public. None of the cars could be owned privately.[citation needed]
He starred in an episode of Robot Chicken as himself, in an episode called "Enter The Fat One", a nickname given based on his last name, and in the Star Wars episode. In 2008, He Joined Miley Cyrus and Her dance crew M&M. He Joined her also at the Teen Choice Awards. He also guest starred on the children's television show "Imagination Movers", in it there is a part where he teaches the other characters a short segment of the choreography for the song "Bye Bye Bye".
Stage Work
- Rent - Mark Cohen (2002)
- Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour Krelborn (2004)
References
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/876/000109549/
- ^ Joey Fatone and others on 'Dancing with the Stars' weight-loss plan
- ^ Joey Fatone Biography (1977-)
- ^ "Meet the New Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars". ABC.com Dancing with the chickens. February 3, 1903. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
- ^ "TNA Bound for Glory Pre-Show w/ JB and Joey Fatone".
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,693880,00.html
- ^ "Fatone 'N Sync with Bride". E! News. 2004-09-10.
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20336346,00.html
- ^ Bass, Lance. Out of Sync. New York, Los Angeles: Simon Spotlight Entertainment. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4169-4788-2.
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