Tony Rosato

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-12-26

Deathday

2017-01-10 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Naples, Campania, Italy

Also Known As

  • Tony Rasato
  • Antonio Rosato

Tony Rosato

Biography

Antonio Rosato (26 December 1954 – 10 January 2017) was an Italian-Canadian actor and comedian who appeared in television and films. He was best known as a cast member on both SCTV and Saturday Night Live.

In fact, Rosato is one of only three actors (along with Robin Duke and Martin Short) to be cast members of both SCTV and SNL and the first not born in either the United States or Canada. Celebrities impersonated by Rosato on SCTV include: Lou Costello (whom he also impersonated when he was a cast member on SNL), William Conrad, Danny Thomas, Woodstock co-organizer Chip Monck, SNL cast member John Belushi, Tony Orlando, Don Ho, and Ella Fitzgerald. His characters on SNL, despite his short tenure, were memorable as well, and included Ed Asner (in character as Lou Grant), Captain Kangaroo, and U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese.

He also voiced Luigi in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.

From Wikipedia.

Known For

Highlander: The Series
7.4%

Highlander: The Series

Oct 3, 1992

Relic Hunter
6.7%

Relic Hunter

Sep 25, 1999

Due South
7.6%

Due South

Sep 22, 1994

Switching Channels
6.1%

Switching Channels

Mar 5, 1988

L.A. Law
7.1%

L.A. Law

Sep 15, 1986

Rent-a-Kid
5.6%

Rent-a-Kid

Jan 1, 1995

Mystery Date
5.9%

Mystery Date

Aug 16, 1991

Super Mario World
7.2%

Super Mario World

Sep 14, 1991

Wiseguy
6.5%

Wiseguy

Sep 16, 1987

Family Plan
4.8%

Family Plan

Jan 1, 1997

Second City Television
7.4%

Second City Television

Sep 21, 1976

    • View by:
    • Media type:
    • Department:

Acting

2017
The Red Maple Leaf as Vincent Marcella
2015
Sicilian Vampire as Maitre D' at Don Giovanni's
2015
No Deposit as Detective Tony Charkoff
2014
The Christmas Switch as Salesman
2014
The Big Fat Stone as Morrie Goldstein
2013
It Was You Charlie as Gus
2013
Real Gangsters as Mario
2006
Second City: First Family of Comedy as Self
2004
Atomic Betty as Additional Voices
2003
Mafia Doctor as Det. Ralph Disanti
2002
You Belong to Me as Ernie
2001
Doc
2000
Pelswick
2000
Hollywood Off-Ramp as Ben Harvey
1999
Relic Hunter as Stewie Harper
1999
Monster by Mistake
1999
Coming Unglued as Marty
1999
George and Martha
1998
In the Doghouse as Tom Cheehak
1998
Seeds Of Doubt
1998
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
1997
Family Plan as Cliff Haber
1996
FX: The Series as Sammy Valenzuela
1996
The Haunting of Lisa as Dr. Perry Azzaro
1996
The Conspiracy of Fear as Raintree
1995
Kissinger and Nixon as Charles Colson (Special Counsel to the President)
1995
Sugartime as Frank Ferraro
1995
Rent-a-Kid as Cliff Haber
1994
Due South as Clifford
1992
The Good Fight as Philip Brown
1992
Highlander: The Series as Benny Carbassa
1992
The Diamond Fleece
1991
Super Mario World as Luigi (voice)
1991
Mystery Date as Sharpie
1990
In Defense of a Married Man as Frank Ticelli
1990
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 as Luigi (voice)
1989
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics as Mat's Boss
1988
Switching Channels as Joker
1987
City of Shadows as Rosie
1987
Hearts of Fire as Woody
1987
Diamonds
1987
Wiseguy
1987
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book as Mr. Lopez
1986
One Police Plaza as Sol
1986
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star as Joe DeVito (uncredited)
1986
L.A. Law as Richard Cruz
1986
Busted Up as Irving Drayton
1986
Separate Vacations as Harry Blender
1986
Popeye Doyle as Wise-ass Reporter
1983
Amanda's as Aldo
1981
Improper Channels as Dr. Arpenthaler
1980
Hog Wild as Bull
1980
Nothing Personal as Pickup Truck Driver
1979
The Littlest Hobo as Cab driver
1979
The Littlest Hobo as Samuels (uncredited)
1976
Second City Television
Movies
TV Shows
People
Search
Tony Rosato