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| Born | Adamo Angelo Ruggiero June 9, 1986 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, host |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Adamo Angelo Ruggiero (born June 9, 1986) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Marco Del Rossi in Degrassi: The Next Generation .
Ruggiero has been acting since the age of seven or eight. He has starred in many plays including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Bye Bye Birdie . After initially auditioning for the role of Craig Manning, a role played by Jake Epstein, he joined the Degrassi cast in 2002 with the role of Marco Del Rossi, a gay teenager who struggles to come to terms with his sexuality. Ruggiero hosted The Next Star from 2008 until 2012. In November 2008, it was announced that Ruggiero would star in the gay-themed Christmas film Make the Yuletide Gay . [1] Principal filming started December 3, 2008.
In 2012, Ruggiero starred in the Young People's Theatre's production of The Neverending Story . [2]
In 2013, Ruggiero participated in Salvatore Antonio's Truth/Dare: A Satire (With Dance), an interactive audience participation show which featured staged reenactments of scenes from Madonna's 1991 film Truth or Dare , at Buddies in Bad Times during Toronto's Pride Week. [3] The show's cast also included Keith Cole and Gavin Crawford. [3]
Ruggiero's father, Tony, was born in Coreno Ausonio, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. Ruggiero's mother's name is Amalia. He has an older brother named Adriano, and he is from an Italian Catholic family. Ruggiero attended the Roman Catholic St. Dunstan Elementary School and graduated from Cawthra Park Secondary School, both in Mississauga, Ontario.
Ruggiero is openly gay, having come out in January 2008 saying "I come from a traditional Italian family but they aren't so traditional that me being gay was a deal breaker." He was also on the cover of the January 23 – February 5, 2008 issue of fab magazine. [4] [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Make the Yuletide Gay | Nathan Stanford | |
| Degrassi Goes Hollywood | Marco Del Rossi | Television film | |
| 2012 | The Pool Date | Rio | Short film |
| 2013 | Gaysian | Geoff | Short film |
| 2014 | Dear Viola | Brian Southern | Television film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2009 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Marco Del Rossi | Recurring role (season 2, 2002–2003) Regular role (seasons 3–7, 2003–2008) Guest appearance (seasons 8–9, 2008–2009) |
| 2005–2007 | Degrassi: Minis | 9 episodes | |
| 2007 | Canada's Next Top Model | Self | Episode: "Getting Carried Away" |
| Degrassi: Doing What Matters | Self | TV special | |
| 2008–2012 | The Next Star | Himself | Host |
| 2010 | Being Erica | Luis | Episodes: "Jenny From the Block", "Two Wrongs" |
| 2015 | Straight Talk with Adamo Ruggiero | Himself | Web-series |
| Saving Hope | Donnie Patrillo | Episode: "Hearts of Glass" | |
| MsLabelled | Duke | 5 episodes | |
| 2016 | Degrassi: Next Class | Marco Del Rossi | Episode: "#ThrowBackThursday" |
| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | I'm Upset | Drake | Self |
Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He currently hosts the panel show, Because News, on CBC Radio One.
Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Yan Moore and Linda Schuyler. It is the fourth series in the Degrassi franchise and a revival of Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High. It premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001 and concluded on August 2, 2015 on MTV Canada.
fab was a Canadian gay magazine that published biweekly issues in Toronto, Ontario from 1994 to 2013. It published alternate weeks to the city's other biweekly gay publication, Xtra! The publication's official spelling uses a lower-case F: fab.
John Francis Bregar is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dylan Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He also played Cody Flowers in Family Biz.
Salvatore Antonio is a Canadian actor and playwright.
The fourth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 7 September 2004, concluded on 14 February 2005 and contains twenty-two episodes. Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school sophomores and juniors as they deal with some of the challenges and issues teenagers face such as bullying, dysfunctional families, school shootings, mental disorders, STDs, disabilities, gambling, homosexuality, and inappropriate student-teacher relationships.
The eighth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation premiered in Canada on 5 October 2008, concluded on 30 August 2009, and consists of twenty-two episodes. Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. Although only one school year passed in the story timeline since season six, season eight is set in the fall semester of the year in which it aired. Writers have been able to use a semi-floating timeline, so that the issues depicted are modern for their viewers. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school freshmen, juniors, seniors, and graduates as they deal with some of the challenges and issues young adults face such as sex, sexism, sexual identity, financial difficulties, drug use, mental disorders, cyberbullying, child molestation, stress, hostage situations, racism, and psychological abuse. Thirteen actors are added to the ensemble cast, while fourteen cast members have either left the series or been dropped from the main cast to recurring roles. The season focuses heavily on the new generation of students at Degrassi Community School, although it included storylines about those who have graduated and gone on to university.
The Next Star is a Canadian reality competition television series that was broadcast on YTV. It was hosted by Adamo Ruggiero and Carlos Bustamante. The series involved a competition to find the most talented singer in Canada who is aged 15 years or younger, with the winner crowned "the next star". Winning contestants were Dunnery Bond, Tianda Flegal, Diego Gomes, Melissa "Charlie" Storwick, Brooklyn Roebuck, Alicia Moffet and Jory Zechner.
Dwain Murphy is a Dominican-born Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Eric in Degrassi: The Next Generation, Giles in The Line, and Bishop in How She Move. Murphy has made an appearance in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist doing the voice and physical performance of Isaac Briggs.
Degrassi Goes Hollywood, known in syndication as "Paradise City", is a 2009 Canadian television film based on the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation, the fourth entry of the Degrassi television franchise. Directed by Stefan Brogren, it premiered in the United States on The N on 14 August 2009, and in Canada on CTV on 30 August 2009.
Faisal A.J. Saudin, known professionally as A.J. Saudin or Saudin, is a Canadian actor, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his role as Connor DeLaurier in the long-running teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Make the Yuletide Gay is a 2009 American Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Rob Williams about a gay college student who is out at school, but is afraid to reveal his sexual orientation to his parents. It stars Keith Jordan as Gunn, and Adamo Ruggiero as Gunn's boyfriend and roommate, Nathan. Kelly Keaton and Derek Long star as Anya and Sven, Gunn's parents, while Hallee Hirsh appears as Abby, Gunn's high school girlfriend.
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Evan Martin Williams is a Canadian actor. He made his screen debut playing secondary role in the 2006 dance drama film Save the Last Dance 2 before starring as Kelly Ashoona in the CTV teen drama series, Degrassi: The Next Generation (2008–2009). From 2015 to 2018 he starred as Chevalier de Lorraine in the historical drama series, Versailles. In 2023 he began starring as Elliot Augustine in the Hallmark Channel drama series, The Way Home.
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Raymond Ablack is a Canadian actor and comedian. He began his career in the early 2000s as a child actor on stage, performing as Young Simba in The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theatre. He later gained recognition for playing Sav Bhandari in the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2007 to 2011.
2016, on Family Channel under the teen block F2N in Canada and began streaming internationally on July 22, 2016, on Netflix.
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