Biography
Mario Cantone is an American actor, comedian, singer and writer. Born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, he graduated from Emerson College and began his career hosting the children's television programme Steampipe Alley on WWOR-TV from 1988 to 1993.
Cantone is best known for playing Anthony Marentino, Charlotte York's wedding planner, in the television series Sex and the City (2000–2004) and its film adaptations Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). He reprised the role in the revival series And Just Like That… (2021–2025). Other screen credits include voice work in Surf's Up (2007) and appearances in MouseHunt (1997) and Quiz Show (1994).
On stage, Cantone has performed on Broadway in productions including Assassins and received a Tony Award nomination for his one-man show Laugh Whore. He is married to composer and lyricist Jerry Dixon.
