Born in Rome, Antonio Sabato Jr. and his family (including his father, Italian film actor Antonio Sabato, Sr.) moved to L.A. when he was 12. After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, he got an agent and his first gigs: modeling jobs and a role in Janet Jackson's music video for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)." The actor also had a few Italian films under his belt by age 20, when GENERAL HOSPITAL hired him for his breakthrough role as teen heartthrob Jagger. When he left the show two years later, he appeared on MELROSE PLACE, then got worldwide exposure — in his skivvies — in ads for Calvin Klein underwear, pretty much becoming a household name. Sabato has spent the last decade steadily working in prime-time, film and TV movies, but finally returned to the stability of soaps so that he could devote plenty of time to his children. The actor lives in Thousand Oaks, CA, with Kristin Rosetti (mother of his daughter), just a few houses down from his ex (and mother of his son) Virginia Madsen.

Quotes by Antonio:

"There was one time when a girl told me that I was 'gorgeous.' I didn't know what it meant. So I got mad and said, 'What are you talking about?' And she just kept saying this word — gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. I went home and asked my parents what it meant, and they told me. So I went back to school and said, 'Well, thanks.' " -- on his struggles with English upon starting school in America, Soap Opera Digest

"Everybody's done a daytime soap, from Demi Moore to you name it, but they were always ashamed. I was always the one who talked about it and was proud of the stuff I did. If you're not, don't do it!" -- Soap Opera Digest

"I know it may sound strange to other people, but Virginia and I are very good friends. And why shouldn't we be? We're not romantically involved, but our first priority is our son and we care about bringing him up in a peaceful environment." -- Soap Opera Digest