Born January 10, 1978 in Vancouver, Canada, Antonio Cupo is a Canadian actor and singer of Italian descent.

Cupo was born into a family of Italian emigrants who came to Canada in 1968.  His father Manlio, is from Palomonte, a small town in the province of Salerno, South-Western Italy and his mother Lucia from Barletta, a province of Bari.

Antonio graduated in English LIterature with an emphasis in theatre from the University of British Columbia.  Prior to becoming an actor, he was the lead singer of the rock band ‘Hybrid Cartel’.  He also won several national songwriting competitions in Canada.

Antonio made his acting debut in 2003 when he played the romantic leading role in the Italian TV series ‘Elisa di Rivombrosa’, which had an average of over 10 million viewers and was the most successful Italian series in the history of Italian TV.

Antonio Cupo has been working steadily since starring in “The L Word”, “Andromeda”, “Special Unit 2”, “Dark Angel”, “So Weird”, and “The Lizzie Mcguire Movie”.

http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/actors/AntonioCupo/bio.shtml

He has since worked opposite OSCAR winner F. Murray Abraham in three films, SEPTEMBER 11 1683, SWORD OF WAR and CARNERA – THE WALKING MOUNTAIN interpreting 1934 world boxing champion, Max Baer. •Other works include, ELEGY (Penelope Cruz, Sir Ben Kingsley and Dennis Hopper) and a ROLEX world commercial directed by film director Joe Carnahan. •Starring in many notable series and TV movies including, LOVE NOTES opposite Laura Leighton and MAGIC BEYOND WORDS – THE JK ROWLING STORY with Poppy Montgomery. •Lead singer in band HYBRID CARTEL that toured nationally and had radio airplay internationally. Antonio has written, published and sold various songs for television shows including AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and ROSWELL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Cupo

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