Dominic Zamprogna’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Dominic Zamprogna (/zæmˈprɒɡnə/, Italian: [dzamˈproɲɲa]; born April 21, 1979) is a Canadian actor and voice artist. He is perhaps best known for his roles on television series Edgemont and General Hospital.

Early life

Zamprogna was born in Hamilton, Ontario, 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 and twin of Amanda Zamprogna (both are actresses). He is of Italian and English descent.

As a child, Dominic enjoyed soccer and basketball and wanted to become a small athlete. He had some roles as a child; including F/X2 and the popular series Are You Afraid of the Dark?, in which he played Rush from “The Tale of Cutter’s Treasure Part 1 and Part 2” and Jed from “The Tale of the Full Moon”.

He attended the University of Toronto 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 The Boys Club. 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 over Edgemont‘s five seasons. Zamprogna also appeared in nine episodes of Battlestar Galactica, as well as in several films.

Zamprogna currently appears in ABC’s daytime soap-opera General Hospital as Dante Falconeri. For his role as Detective Falconeri, Zamprogna received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for outstanding supporting actor in 2014.

Personal life

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