- Born
- Birth nameMarco Antonio Muñiz
- Nickname
- Marc
- Height5′ 6″ (1.67 m)
- Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, actor, and producer. Anthony is also the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Grammy Award winner has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads. Anthony has won numerous awards and his achievements have been honored through various recognitions. He was the recipient of the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Chair's Award. He also received the "2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award" on September 16, 2009. 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.
Marco Antonio Muñiz, known by his stage name Marc Anthony, was born in New York City to parents from Guayama, Puerto Rico. His mother Guillermina was a housewife, his father, Felipe Muñiz, a musician and hospital lunchroom worker. Anthony's parents named him after Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muniz. Anthony grew up in East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem and El Barrio, and is the youngest of eight children. He was raised Roman Catholic.
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 (United States), as well as salsa legends Héctor Lavoe (Puerto Rico), Willie Colón (Puerto Rico), 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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: ahmetkozan
- SpousesNadia Ferreira(January 28, 2023 - present)Shannon De Lima(November 11, 2014 - February 13, 2017) (divorced)Jennifer Lopez(June 5, 2004 - June 16, 2014) (divorced, 2 children)Dayanara Torres(May 9, 2000 - June 1, 2004) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenCristian Anthony MunizRyan Anthony Muniz
- He wears dark clothes and sunglasses on his live performaces.
- Short stature and slender frame.
- His dramatic, tenor singing voice.
- Married Jennifer Lopez only four days after his divorce from Dayanara Torres was finalized in the Dominican Republic.
- Has six children: daughter, Arianna Muñiz (b. June 26, 1994) & adoptive son, Alex "Chase" Muñiz (b. June 9, 1995) with ex-girlfriend, Debbie Rosado, sons, Cristian Marcus Muñiz (b. February 5, 2001) & Ryan Adrian Muñiz (b. August 16, 2003) with 1st ex-wife, Dayanara Torres and daughter, Emme Muñiz & son, Max Muñiz (b. February 22, 2008) with 2nd ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez.
- Daughter Arianna Muñiz appeared in his wife, Jennifer Lopez's video, "Get Right" as her little sister.
- Announced on July 15, 2011 that his seven-year marriage to Jennifer Lopez was over and that the couple had come to an "amicable decision" on all matters.
- Named after Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz, who was also famous in Puerto Rico.
- Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!
- These opportunities don't come around too often. It's quite an honor and a privilege to be able to sit here today saying that I'm a part-owner of an NFL team.
- I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.
- What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona.
- My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.
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