Marc Anthony
Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968),[1][2] known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer and songwriter. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time.[3] A four-time Grammy Award, eight-time Latin Grammy Award and twenty-nine-time Lo Nuestro Awards winner (the most of any male), he has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide.[4]
For other uses, see Mark Anthony (disambiguation).
Marc Anthony
September 16, 1968
- Singer
- songwriter
- actor
1988–present
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Shannon De Lima(m. 2014; div. 2017)
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Known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads, Anthony's achievements have been honored through various recognitions. He was the recipient of the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Lifetime Achievement Award.[5] He also received the 2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award on September 16, 2009.[6] He holds the Guinness World Record for best-selling tropical/salsa artist and the most number-one albums on the Billboard Tropical Albums year-end charts.[7] He is also the artist with the most number one songs on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart with 32 songs.[8][9]
Early life[edit]
Marco Antonio Muñiz was born in New York City, the son of Puerto Rican parents. His father, Felipe Muñiz, was a hospital cafeteria worker and musician, and his mother, Guillermina Quiñones, was a housewife.[10]
Anthony's parents named him after Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz. Anthony grew up in East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and is the youngest of eight children. He was raised Roman Catholic.[11]
His musical education began at home, where he learned to sing in both Spanish and English under the guidance of his father, Felipe, himself a professional guitarist. As a child, Anthony listened to a variety of musical genres and performers, including rock, rhythm and blues, pop stars José Feliciano (Puerto Rico), Air Supply (Australia), as well as salsa legends Héctor Lavoe (Puerto Rico), Willie Colón (United States), and Rubén Blades (Panama), among others. According to Anthony, renowned Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleader Tito Puente in particular wielded a profound personal and professional influence throughout his life.[12]
Acting career[edit]
Anthony played supporting roles in projects including 1995's Hackers, and 1996's Big Night and The Substitute. He appeared with Rubén Blades and Puerto Rican pop singer Ednita Nazario in Paul Simon's 1998 stage musical, The Capeman, which ran for 68 performances. He had a role in Martin Scorsese's 1999 drama Bringing Out the Dead, and in 2001, opposite Salma Hayek, was in the film In the Time of the Butterflies. In Man on Fire (2004), Anthony, opposite Denzel Washington, played a wealthy businessman who hires a former U.S. Special Forces Soldier to protect his daughter from kidnappers in Mexico City. In 2007, Anthony starred in El Cantante, a biographical drama about the life of salsa music legend Héctor Lavoe, who died in 1993 from AIDS complications. Anthony's then-wife, Jennifer Lopez, narrated the story and portrayed Lavoe's wife. The film, released in August 2007, received strong reviews. In 2010, Anthony guest-starred in two episodes of the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe as a detective and the title character's (Jada Pinkett Smith) love interest. He was later named the executive music producer of the show.[23] Anthony worked with ex-wife Lopez and director-choreographer Jamie King in late 2011 on a Latin talent series created by Simon Fuller, called Q'Viva! The Chosen. It follows Lopez and Anthony as they travel across 21 countries to find new talent.[24] In 2012, Anthony guest-mentored on Season 2 of The X Factor. Anthony played the father of Sonny in movie musical In the Heights.
Other ventures[edit]
Philanthropy[edit]
Marc Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cárdenas launched the Maestro Cares Foundation in January 2012.[29] In 2014, the foundation opened an orphanage in La Romana, Dominican Republic.[30] In 2015, the foundation opened a youth home and school in Barranquilla, Colombia.[31]
In 2017, Anthony teamed-up with his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez to host One Voice: Somos Live!, a telethon supporting efforts to aid Puerto Rico's recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.[32]
Entrepreneurship[edit]
Anthony became a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins in 2009.[33] In 2011, he returned to television on the TNT series Hawthorne, toured the U.S., and launched his line of clothes and luxury accessories for Kohl's.[34] Together with Jamie King and Jennifer Lopez, he produced the 2012 TV series ¡Q' Viva! The Chosen, which aired simultaneously on Spanish and English television in the US and Latin America. In April 2015, Anthony announced the formation of the entertainment company Magnus Media.[35][36] More recently, his production company signed a first-look deal with ViacomCBS International Studios.[37]
Juntos en concierto (Together in Concert) series: