Michael Sabatino (born June 25, 1955 in

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) is an American actor.

Personal life

Sabatino attended the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and ...

, where he set a school record for the

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of 17½ feet. He has been married to actress Crystal Chappell since January 8, 1997. They have two sons, Jacob Walker (born May 11, 2000) and Dylan Michael (born September 2, 2003).

Career

Sabatino first gained fame as the evil Chip Roberts/Tony Fenice on the prime-time soap ''

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'' from 1982 to 1983. He appeared as villain Lawrence Alamain on ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...

'' for three years from September 1990 until October 1993. After leaving ''DAYS'' he joined ''

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The ...

'' as entrepreneur Anthony Armando from November 1993 to July 1995 and December 2006. He then played the evil Dr. Jonathan Kinder on ''

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'' from September 1995 until November 1996 . Sabatino also portrayed the role of sleazy tabloid editor J. T. Cornell from May to July 2006 on ''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and pr ...

''. Cornell figured prominently in the Passions "Vendetta" storyline as Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald sought him out in the hopes he would prove to Ethan Winthrop that his wife Gwen outed his true paternity. On October 5, 2006, Sabatino reprised the role of J. T. Cornell, as part of the "Passions Tabloid Truth" online mystery. The storyline ended with Cornell being killed off. Sabatino plays in the web series '' Venice: The Series'' alongside Chappell. He also wrote the song used in the funeral episode.

Awards

* In 1993, he was nominated for the

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for Outstanding Villain/Villainess for his Days role. ** In 2000 he received a Drama Desk award for his work in the play "COBB", produced by Kevin Spacey

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabatino, Michael 1955 births American male soap opera actors Living people Male actors from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors University of California, Irvine alumni People from Venice, Los Angeles