Birth Name: Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Birth Place: Rome, Italy
Date of Birth: February 29, 1972
Race or Ethnicity: Italian, Jewish-Czech
The American actor and male model was born in Rome, Italy but moved to the US with his family at the age of 12. He was born to an Italian father, named Antonio Sabàto and Yvonne, a Jewish-Czech.
Yvonne’s mother had to conceal the family’s Jewish identity during the second world war and she was the only one in her family to escape the Nazis.
Sabato mentioned in an article that when he tells people he is an Italian Jew, people are amused by it.
Source:
http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19409/
http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/13336/a-nice-jewish-boy/
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