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Infobox musical artist|image=JoeyFatoneAAFeb09.jpg|name = Joey Fatone|caption = Fatone at the 81st Academy Awards , February 2009|image_size = |background = solo_singer|birth_name = Joseph Anthony Fatone, Jr.|birth_date =Birth date and age|1977|1|28|birth_place = Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York , United States |death_date =|origin = Orlando, Florida|Orlando , Florida , United States |instrument = Vocals , drum kit|drums |genre = Pop music|Pop |occupation = Singing|Singer , actor , television personality |years_active = 1993–present|label =|associated_acts = 'N Sync |website =|current_members =|past_members =|notable_instruments = Joseph Anthony "Joey" Fatone, Jr. (last name pronounced fuh-tone ; born January 28, 1977) is a United States|U.S. singing|singer , dancer , actor and television personality . He is best known as a member of the boy band|boyband N'Sync , in which he sang baritone . In 2007, he came in second place on the A.B.C. reality show Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars . He was also the host of the United States|U.S. and Australia n 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 and is also guest host of The Price Is Right Live! at Bally's Las Vegas .
Early life and career
Fatone was born in Brooklyn to an Italian family and lived in Bensonhurst. He attended Joseph B. Cavallaro J.H.S. (I.S. 281) located at 8787 24th Avenue, Brooklyn. He's the son of Phyllis and Joseph Anthony Fatone, Sr., the latter of whom is an actor and musician. http://www.filmreference.com/film/10/Joey-Fatone.html Joey Fatone Biography (1977-) He has two older siblings, Janine and Steven. At thirteen years, Fatone and his family moved to Orlando, Florida|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 (TV channel)|Nickelodeon game show Nick Arcade (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|Beetlejuice's GraveYard Revue . Soon after that in the summer of 1995, after befriending fellow Universal Studios stage performer, Chris Kirkpatrick , who was singing in a doo-wop group, they became the first two members along with Justin Timberlake , of what would become 'N Sync . In 2001, Fatone co-starred with *NSYNC bandmate Lance Bass in the Miramax film On the Line (film)|On the Line , He guest starred with N Sync on a 2001 episode of The Simpsons episode New Kids on the Block 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 in film|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 (2006 film)|Red Riding Hood , and in Homie Spumoni , alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler . Fatone has also been on Broadway performing leads in Rent (musical)|Rent and in a revival of Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop Of Horrors .
Fatone hosted NBC 's The Singing Bee (U.S. game show)|The Singing Bee as well as the The Singing Bee (Australian game show)|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 (U.S. TV series)|Celebrity Circus (which is based on the Australian version).
On 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.
From July 6–18, 2010, Fatone played Franz Liebkind, the comedic German soldier, in the musical "The Producers" at the Pittsburgh Benedum Center.
He has appeared as a voice actor in several episodes of Robot Chicken , starring as himself in a kung fu skit called "Enter The Fat One" and then in the show's Robot Chicken: Star Wars| Star Wars episode .
In 2011, he strarted hosting the Live Well Network series My Family Recipe Rocks .
In January 2012, he will be one of eight celebrities participating in the Food Network reality series Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off . http://blog.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/2011/07/29/rachael-vs-guy-celebrity-cook-off/ Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: New Show Premieres This Winter In 6 weeks he was eliminated, but he won $5000 for his charity, the Fat One Family Foundation (TFOFF). He's also hosting the Las Vegas show "The Price is right" at Bally's Las Vegas, as a celebrity guest host.
Dancing with the Stars
On February 1, 2007, the American Broadcasting Company|ABC television network announced that Fatone would participate in Dancing with the Stars (US season 4)|season 4 of the American version of Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars , which debuted March 19, 2007. He ended up placing second, losing the mirror ball to Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough.cite news |title=Meet the New Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars|url= http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/story? id=2890554& page=1 |work=ABC.com Dancing with the chickens|date=February 3, 1903|accessdate=2007-02-21 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.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=zIYFq0Jabm0|title=TNA Bound for Glory Pre-Show w/ JB and Joey Fatone
Personal life
On September 9, 2004, Fatone married his on-and-off girlfriend of 10 years, Kelly Baldwin. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,693880,00.html The ceremony took place in Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York and was attended by all of Fatone's bandmates.cite web|url= http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp? uuid=5a0d2eb9-e3f8-4324-bfca-b1c8ee4145ad|title=Fatone 'N Sync with Bride|date=2004-09-10|publisher=E& #33; News Fatone and his wife have two daughters together, Brianna Joely, born on March 21, 2001, and Kloey Alexandra, born on January 11, 2010. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20336346,00.html Fatone's best friend, Lance Bass is Brianna's godparent|godfather .cite book|last = Bass|first = Lance|title = Out of Sync|year = 2007|publisher = Simon Spotlight Entertainment |location = New York, Los Angeles|isbn = 978-1-4169-4788-2|page = 50
According to a recent appearance on MTV Cribs , Fatone owns one of the actual KITT cars used on the series Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider , although it may be a replica, created by George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris .
Stage Work
Rent - Mark Cohen (2002)
Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour Krelborn (2004)
The Producers - Franz Liebkind (2010)
References
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External links
Official
MySpace | id = joeyphatone | name = Joey Fatone
Biographical
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http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/joey-fatone/157659 Joey Fatone at TVGuide.com
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