Mario Cantone Enters A Mann's World
March 10th, 2011
The NBC drama stars Don Johnson as a fiftysomething Beverly Hills hairdresser struggling to remain relevant in a world all about looks.
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Full Bio
A high-energy performer with a strong comedic bent, Mario Cantone entered show business as host of the Gotham children's show Steampipe Alley. In that venue, Cantone turned more than a few heads by injecting adult-oriented comedic material into dialogue that evaded the younger set; in the process, he reeled in a substantial audience that transcended age barriers. Taking the success of this assignment as a cue, Cantone then delved headfirst into traditional standup comedy, in such top-tiered venues as Atlantic City, Broadway, and ~Carnegie Hall, and also ushered in a remarkably successful stage career on and off Broadway, in such varied productions as The Taming of the Shrew, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Tempest, and The Crumple Zone. In terms of on-camera work, Cantone is perhaps best known as Anthony Marantino, the flamboyant wedding planner and friend of Charlotte (Kristin Davis), on the blockbuster HBO series Sex and the City (1998-2004) -- a role he reprised in the 2008 big-screen version.
Cantone's resumé also includes an appearance in Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza's standup documentary The Aristocrats (2005, delivering one of the more colorful and surrealistic monologues in that production), Charles Picerni's road comedy Three Days to Vegas (2007), and a voice in the family-oriented animated comedy Surf's Up (2007). Cantone returned to the small screen as well, scoring a recurring role on the romantic comedy drama Men in Trees (2006-2008); he portrayed gay NYC hairdresser Terri, who was a bit of a fish out of water in the small Alaskan town of Elmo. ~ Nathan Southern
Cantone's resumé also includes an appearance in Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza's standup documentary The Aristocrats (2005, delivering one of the more colorful and surrealistic monologues in that production), Charles Picerni's road comedy Three Days to Vegas (2007), and a voice in the family-oriented animated comedy Surf's Up (2007). Cantone returned to the small screen as well, scoring a recurring role on the romantic comedy drama Men in Trees (2006-2008); he portrayed gay NYC hairdresser Terri, who was a bit of a fish out of water in the small Alaskan town of Elmo. ~ Nathan Southern
ACTING CREDITS
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Sex and the City 2 (2010) ...Anthony Marantino
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Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) ...Anthony Marentino
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2008) ...Himself
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2008) ...Himself
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Men in Trees TV (3 episodes)
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No Man is an Iceland
...Terri Romano
Oct 26, 2007 -
Nice Girls Finish First
...Terri Romano
Feb 8, 2007 -
The Buddy System
...Terri Romano
Oct 27, 2006
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No Man is an Iceland
...Terri Romano