Mario Cantone
Milestones
- Birthplace: Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA
- Birthday: December 9, 1959
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2008
Reprised role as Charlotte's gay friend Anthony for "Sex and the City: The Movie"
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2007
Voiced surf nut Chicken Joe in the animated feature, "Surf's Up"
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2006
Voiced Sidney in the mockumentary, “Farce of the Penguins”
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2005
Contributed to the all-star comedian line-up in Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza’s documentary, “The Aristocrats”
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2004
Cast as would-be Nixon assassin Samuel Byck in the Tony award winning musical “Assassins” directed by Joe Mantello
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2004
Re-teamed with director Joe Mantello for his second one-man show, “Laugh Whore”
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2003
Appeared on Broadway in Richard Greenberg's “The Violet Hour”
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2003
Had a memorable bit on “Chappelle’s Show” (Comedy Central) in a segment entitled “Ask a Gay Dude”
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2002
Performed in his first one-man show, “An Evening with Mario Cantone”
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2000 to 2004
Breakthrough role as Charlotte's gay friend Anthony on the HBO comedy "Sex and the city"
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2000
Earned praise for his work as a gay alcoholic in the stage play "The Crumple Zone"
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1999
Headlined “Comedy Central Presents Mario Cantone”
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1995
Broadway debut in Terrence McNally’s “Love! Valour! Compassion!”; replaced Nathan Lane in the role of Buzz
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1994
Feature debut in Robert Redford’s “Quiz Show”
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1988 to 1993
Hosted the children's show, “Steampipe Alley”