Definição e significado de Mario_Lopez

Mario Lopez
Lopez at the 81st Academy Awards, February 20, 2009
Born	Mario Michael Lopez, Jr. (1973-10-10) October 10, 1973 (age 38) San Diego, California
Occupation	Actor, host
Years active	1983–present
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Ali Landry (m. April 24, 2004 - May 8, 2004; annulled)
Website
mariolopez.net

Mario Michael Lopez, Jr. (born October 10, 1973)^[1] is an American television host and actor who has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway. He is best known for his portrayal of the character A.C. Slater on Saved By The Bell, which he also portrayed as a regular on Saved by the Bell: The College Years. He has appeared in numerous projects since, including the third season of Dancing with the Stars and as a celebrity guest host for the syndicated entertainment news magazine show Extra. He currently hosts America's Best Dance Crew for MTV.

  Early life

Lopez was born in San Diego in 1973 to Mexican parents, the son of Elvia, a telephone clerk, and Mario Michael Lopez, Sr., who worked for the municipality of National City.^[2] He was raised in a large Catholic family with a younger sister Marissa.^[3][4][5] Lopez was a high school wrestler. In 1987, his freshman year, he took 7th place at the State tournament.^{[citation needed]} He graduated from Chula Vista High School in 1991.

  Acting career

Lopez's professional career began in 1984 when he appeared as younger brother Tomás in the short-lived ABC comedy series a.k.a. Pablo.^[6] That same year, he was cast as a drummer and dancer on Kids Incorporated. In March 1987, he was cast as a guest star on the popular sitcom The Golden Girls as a Cuban boy named Mario who faces deportation. In 1989, Lopez was cast as A.C. Slater in the popular television sitcom Saved by the Bell, a role which lasted five years. Lopez's character was a masculine, athletic student, helping to garner the actor a sizeable teenage-girl fan base. After Saved by the Bell ended in 1993, Lopez went on to reprise his role as A.C. Slater in the short-lived spin-off series Saved by the Bell: The College Years.

In 1997, Lopez starred as Olympic diver Greg Louganis in the television movie Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story. The following year, he was cast as Bobby Cruz in the USA Network series Pacific Blue. Lopez left the series after two seasons and went on to guest star on Resurrection Blvd., Eve, and The Bad Girl's Guide. In March 2006, Lopez joined the cast of the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful playing the role of Dr. Christian Ramirez. On July 18, 2006, he was released from his B&B contract.^[7] Later that year, he guest-starred as a plastic surgeon who drives Christian Troy to jealousy when he sees him naked in the shower in an episode of FX Network's Nip/Tuck during the show's fourth season, which began in Fall 2006. He also made an appearance on The George Lopez Show as a police officer in late 2006.

Lopez and Courtney Mazza have a reality show on VH1 called Mario Lopez: Saved By the Baby which premiered on November 1, 2010.^[8]

  Dancing with the Stars

In the fall of 2006, Lopez signed on as a contestant on the third season of Dancing with the Stars on ABC with professional partner and then-girlfriend Karina Smirnoff who was making her series debut. They finished in second place, losing to the team of Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke, despite scoring higher than them on average and despite "breaking all the rules" when he broke the hold on both his 2nd and 3rd week during his Quickstep and Tango.

  Hosting duties

In 1992, he hosted his first series on NBC called Name Your Adventure.

He hosts the MTV reality show America's Best Dance Crew and MTV's Top Pop Group. Lopez is both the host (with Carmen Palumbo) and co-executive producer of Sí TV's Dating Factory.

On August 28, 2010, Lopez hosted the Pageant of the Masters^[9] in Laguna Beach, California.

On February 06, 2012, Lopez co-hosted The Wendy Williams Show.^[10]

  Stage career

Lopez made his Broadway debut on April 15, 2008, in the revival of A Chorus Line in the role of Zach.^[11][12]

  Books

Lopez has published two non-fiction books so far. The first one, Mario Lopez Knockout Fitness, was published in 2008 and written together with Jeff O'Connell (who had previously written a fitness book with LL Cool J). A cookbook, Extra Lean, with various recipes followed in early 2010 and became a New York Times bestseller.^[13] A third book, Extra Lean Family, followed in May 2011. He plans to release a children's book entitled "Mario and Baby Gia" which will be released by Celebra Children’s Books (a division of Penguin Books), on September 27, 2011. The book will be about Lopez and his infant daughter Gia.^[14]

  Personal life

Lopez is a Catholic who goes to church every week.^[3] He married Ali Landry on April 24, 2004, in a Catholic ceremony at the Las Alamandas resort outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.^[15] Two weeks later their marriage was annulled.^[15] He dated Karina Smirnoff, his DWTS partner, from 2006 to June 2008. Since the fall of 2008, Lopez has been in a relationship with Broadway dancer Courtney Laine Mazza. In March 2010, it was announced that Lopez and Mazza were expecting a child.^[16] A daughter, Gia Francesca Lopez, was born on September 11, 2010, in Burbank, California.^[17][18] The couple became engaged over the 2011-2012 New Year's weekend.^[19]

  Filmography

  References

  External links

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• Mario Lopez at the Internet Movie Database
• Mario Lopez at the Internet Broadway Database