Dominic Zamprogna (, ; born April 21, 1979) is a Canadian actor and voice artist. He is perhaps best known for his roles on the television series '' Edgemont'', ''

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''.

Early life

Zamprogna was born in

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, Canada. His parents operated a dance school and his father, Lou Zamprogna, was a dancer, choreographer, and ran an acting school at Theatre Aquarius. Zamprogna is the brother of

Gema Zamprogna Gema Zamprogna (born 24 May 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Felicity King on ''Road to Avonlea'' and Mackie "Mac" Daniels in '' The Challengers''. Personal life Gema Zamprogna was born 24 May 1976 in Hamilton, ...

and twin of Amanda Zamprogna (both are actresses). He is of Italian descent. As a child, Dominic enjoyed soccer and basketball and wanted to become a small athlete. He had some roles as a child actor, including '' F/X2'' and the popular series ''

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'', in which he played Rush in "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure Part 1 and Part 2" and Jed in "The Tale of the Full Moon". He attended the

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briefly, but left, later noting "I was no good at school work."

Career

In 1997, at the age of 18, Zamprogna appeared in the movie ''

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''. In 2000, he was cast as Mark Deosdade, one of the lead roles in the Canadian teen drama series '' Edgemont''; Zamprogna went on to appear in every episode of ''Edgemont''s five seasons. Zamprogna also appeared in nine episodes of ''

'', as well as in several films. In 2009, Zamprogna joined the cast of ABC's daytime soap opera ''

'' as

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. For his role, Zamprogna received a

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nomination for outstanding supporting actor in 2014. In June 2018, he confirmed he was exiting the soap and had filmed his last scenes. He made a couple brief returns to the soap, first in November 2018, and again in March 2019. In May 2020, he expressed a desire to return to ''General Hospital'', even to the point of signing a contract if one is offered. In July of the same year, it was announced that Zamprogna would return to the role, making his first re-appearance on August 3, 2020.

Personal life

On November 1, 2009, Zamprogna married his longtime girlfriend, Linda Leslie, in

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. His wife gave birth to their daughter, Anbilliene, on October 19, 2010. They welcomed their second daughter, Eliana, on December 30, 2012. Their third daughter, Adeline Pauline, was born on May 17, 2015.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zamprogna, Dominic 1979 births Canadian male film actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male soap opera actors Male actors from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian people of English descent Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors