Adamo Ruggiero

Adamo Ruggiero Biography

Adamo Angelo Ruggiero (born June 9, 1986) is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Marco Del Rossi in Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Career

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 in the role of Marco Del Rossi, a gay teenager who struggles with coming 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. Principal filming started December 3, 2008.

Ruggiero is currently starring in the Young People's Theatre's production of The Neverending Story.

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. The show's cast also included Keith Cole and Gavin Crawford.

Personal life

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. He is from an Italian Catholic family. Adamo attended the Roman Catholic St. Dunstan Elementary School and graduated from Cawthra Park Secondary School, both in Mississauga, Ontario.

Ruggiero came 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.

Filmography

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)
2008-2012	The Next Star	Himself	Host
2009	Degrassi Goes Hollywood	Marco Del Rossi	Television film
2009	Make the Yuletide Gay	Nathan Stanford
2010	Being Erica	Luis	Episodes: "Jenny From the Block", "Two Wrongs"
2012	The Pool Date	Rio	Short Film
2015	Straight Talk with Adamo Ruggiero	Himself	Web-series
2016	Degrassi: Next Class	Marco Del Rossi	Episode: "#ThrowBackThursday"
TBA	Make the Yuletide Gay 2	Nathan Stanford	In pre-production

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