Joey Fatone

Joey Fatone
Fatone at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr.
Born	(1977-01-28) January 28, 1977 (age 40) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Origin	Orlando, Florida, United States
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, television personality
Instruments	Vocals, drums, percussion
Years active	1993–present
Associated acts	'NSYNC

Joseph Anthony "Joey" Fatone Jr. (born January 28, 1977), is an American singer, dancer, actor and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband NSYNC, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reality show Dancing With The Stars. He was also the host of the U.S. and Australian versions of The Singing Bee which aired on NBC in the U.S. Currently Fatone is the host of Food Network's Rewrapped, Live Well Network's My Family Recipe Rocks and is also guest host of The Price Is Right Live! at Bally's Las Vegas.

Fatone was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to an Italian-American family, and was raised in Bensonhurst. He attended Joseph B. Cavallaro J.H.S. (I.S. 281) located at 8787 24th Avenue, Brooklyn. He is the son of Phyllis and Joseph Anthony Fatone Sr., an actor and musician. He has two older siblings, Janine and Steven. When he was thirteen years old, Fatone's family moved to Orlando, Florida. There, Fatone attended and graduated from Dr. Phillips High School. He sang the "Star Spangled Banner" before an Orlando Magic game with "The Big Guys", a group he was in during high school. He also performed in many plays and musicals.