Mario Lopez

Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Birthday: October 10, 1973

Despite his successful second career as the host of over a dozen talent, reality and news magazine programs, actor Mario Lopez remained most associated with his starring role as teenager A.C. Slater on the syndicated Saturday morning sitcom, "Saved By the Bell" (NBC, 1989-1994). Lopez never quite segued into a steady career as an adult actor, though he did an outstanding job portraying Olympic diver Greg Louganis in "Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story" (USA, 1997) and spent a year on the daytime soap “The Bold a…more

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2009
Nominated for the 2009 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Personality
2008 to 0000
Hosted the MTV reality show "America's Best Dance Crew"
2008
Made Broadway debut in "A Chorus Line" as Zach, the demanding director
2007 to 0000
Joined "Extra" (NBC) as a weekend-edition co-host and a daily show correspondent; became the new host for its 15th season (2008)
2006
Joined the third season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars"