Tony Rosato (born December 26, 1954) is an Italian-Canadian actor who has appeared in television and movies in both Canada and the United States.
Rosato was born in Naples, Italy, and raised in Halifax, Ottawa, and Toronto. He planned to study chiropractic, but dropped out of the University of Toronto after he began doing improv comedy at The Second City. Rosato first gained attention when he and Robin Duke joined the cast of the first incarnation of SCTV in its final season during the fall of 1980. His most well-known character on the program was a notoriously drunk TV chef named Marcello Sebastiano.
After SCTV, Rosato moved with Duke to the cast of Saturday Night Live for the 1981-1982 season. The show was in somewhat of a state of turmoil at the time, and Rosato's contract was not renewed. He was glad to leave, however, because he felt that being on the show had encouraged his drug addiction.
Rosato next emerged on the Canadian police drama Night Heat, playing Arthur 'Whitey' Morelli from 1985 through 1989. In autumn of 1990, Rosato portrayed Nintendo's character Luigi on DiC's television show The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (loosely based around the videogame of the same title). He continued his role as Luigi in 1991 for the Super Mario World cartoon. He continued to appear in television and film regularly throughout the 1990s.
He did a small voicing part in Resident Evil 3 as a man named Dario Rosso.
Raised in Toronto, Canada
Grew up in Ottawa, Ontario before moving to Toronto to attend university. Joined Second City in Toronto.
Was one of only three comedian/writers to appear as regulars on both "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and "Second City TV" (1976) (the other two being Robin Duke and Martin Short (I)).
He once owned a pet monkey named "Mauldin"
