It’s at this point that he hit upon his first career hallmark, as Rosato went from sporadic appearances on Second City’s critically beloved television entry SCTV to becoming a full-fledged cast member in its final pre-NBC year.
He was arguably best known as the drunk and bumbling chef Marcello Sebastiano, the host of his own hazard-filled cooking show.
Check out one of those sketches below.
Born in Naples, Italy, Tony Rosato moved to Canada when he was just four years old, and though he’d aimed for the life of a chiropractor upon entering college, he eventually dropped out of school to focus on his improv training at The Second City theater in Toronto.