Mark Consuelos was born on March 30, 1971 in Zaragoza, Spain and he is an American television and film actor.
Biography and Career
Mark Consuelos was born on March 30, 1971 and he is an American television and film actor. He was born in Zaragoza, Spain to a Mexican father and an Italian mother. His father was a politician in Spain. Consuelos has lived in Italy and the United States since childhood.
He explained on Live with Regis and Kelly that while he does not speak Spanish, he does speak Italian. He grew up in Lebanon, Illinois, and later in Tampa, Florida. He attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida, and then went to University of Notre Dame before transferring to and graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in marketing.
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had a starring role in the educational serial Connect with English, which aired on public television stations as part of the Annenberg/CPB Project. In February 1995, he had his breakthrough when he landed the role of Mateo Santos on the soap opera All My Children.
There, he fell in love with his on-screen love interest Kelly Ripa, and secretly married her in Las Vegas, in May 1996. At the time, he lived on co-star Winsor Harmon's sofa; Harmon was one of the few to know that co-stars Ripa and Consuelos were not only dating, but married.
Ripa and Consuelos continued to tape episodes of All My Children until 2002, when Ripa wished to focus more on her other job: taking over for Kathie Lee Gifford as host of what now has become Live with Regis and Kelly. Consuelos has filled in for Philbin.
Consuelos can also be seen hosting two reality dating shows, Age of Love and Science of Love, both airing on NBC. He guest-starred on Third Watch, Friends, American Family, Fortune Hunter and Sea Quest
On October 3, 2008 he performed the marriage ceremony for Howard Stern and model/actress Beth Ostrosky at the Le Cirque restaurant in New York City.
The two couples had grown close, which was why Stern asked Consuelos to perform the wedding ceremony. He agreed, and took it upon himself to seek ordination to make it an official ceremony for Stern and Ostrosky.
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Birth Name: Mark Andrew Consuelos
Birth: March 30, 1971
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