Mario Cantone
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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. Over the next several years, Cantone would remain a force in stand-up, and would continue to appear on screen, memorably appearing on Men in Trees, and in films like Circus Maximus and Dirty Movie.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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58% | All My Life |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | A Very Merry Toy Store - Director's Cut |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | A Very Merry Toy Store |
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— | 2017 |
19% | In Stereo |
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— | 2015 |
No Score Yet | Fish N Chips: The Movie |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | National Lampoon's Dirty Movie |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Fish n' Chips |
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— | 2011 |
16% | Sex and the City 2 |
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$95.4M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Circus Maximus |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Killer Hair |
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— | 2009 |
49% | Sex and the City |
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$152.6M | 2008 |
80% | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project |
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— | 2008 |
79% | Surf's Up |
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$58.9M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Farce of the Penguins |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Three Days to Vegas |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Last Request |
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— | 2006 |
79% | The Aristocrats |
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$6.2M | 2005 |
38% | Happy Hour |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet #%$#@!! Uncensored |
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— | 2004 |
42% | Mouse Hunt |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Crooked Lines |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Me and the Mob |
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— | 1994 |
96% | Quiz Show |
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— | 1994 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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Mom
2013
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No Score Yet |
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016-2019
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No Score Yet |
Match Game
2016-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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No Score Yet |
Beat Bobby Flay
2014
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
The Dr. Oz Show
2009
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No Score Yet |
Lidia Celebrates America
2011-2019
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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56% |
Men in Trees
2006-2008
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70% |
Sex and the City
1998-2004
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No Score Yet |
Ed
2000-2004
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No Score Yet |
Comedy Central Presents
1998-2011
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83% |
NYPD Blue
1993-2005
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