Mario Cantone Overview

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/actor Mario Cantone is the son of restaurateurs. He attended Emerson College in Boston and got his start hosting the New York children's TV show, Steampipe Alley (1987). A short man with a high voice, his stand up comedy act includes impersonations, or as he likes to call it, "characterizations" of celebrities such as Liza Minnelli, Peggy Lee, Jim Morrison, Bruce Springsteen and Judy Garland. In film and on television, he has played a range of characters,... See All