Bruno Tonioli Biography

Bruno Tonioli was born 25 November 1955 and is an Italian
choreographer and TV personality who appears as a judge on the television dance
competition Strictly Come Dancing for BBC TV in the UK, and its American
adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US, Tonioli co-created and
appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX and its American adaptation, Dance War:
Bruno vs. Carrie Ann.

In the early 1980s, Tonioli was a member of the Paris-based company La Grande
Eugène and later joined the Lindsay Kemp Company. He worked extensively as a
freelance dancer, including an appearance in Elton Johns Im Still
Standing video.

Tonioli has worked in the music business as a choreographer
for music videos, stage shows, and tours for artists such as Tina Turner,
Sting, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Sinitta, Boy George,
and Duran Duran. His close association with Bananarama produced many videos,
from Venus to Movin On. Tonioli choreographed the band
Arcadias music video for their song Election Day as documented in
a 1980s documentary entitled The Making of Election Day.

Toniolis motion picture credits include Ella Enchanted, The
Gathering Storm, Little Voice, Dancin thru the Dark, Enigma, The Parole
Officer, and What a Girl Wants. His television film credits include Miss Marple
The Body in the Library, Blonde Bombshell, Scarlet Pimpernel and The Bare
Necessities. Theatre credits include La Vie Parisienne, Godspell, Steve
Coogans show The Man Who Thinks Hes It, and Forbidden Love (BBC
TV trilogy in 1985) playing manservant to Oscar Wilde (Michael Gambon).

Other television credits include Absolutely Fabulous (2003),
The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon, Ghosts of Oxford Street, The BRIT Awards (1988,
1990, 1991), many Top of the Pops, three Royal Variety Performance shows, Miss
World (1998“1999), and the Australian edition of Dancing with the Stars as a
guest judge.

In the United States, he has appeared on numerous talk shows
including Larry King Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Bonnie Hunt
Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The View, Live with Regis & Kelly, Rachael Ray,
The Soup, Lopez Tonight, and Chelsea Lately.

In January 2008, ABC premiered Dance War: Bruno vs.
Carrie-Ann. Toniolis team won the viewer-voted competition, earning a contract
with Hollywood Records.

In 2009 and 2010 he was a judge on the UK tour of Strictly
Come Dancing Live, appearing at 45 shows on each tour. During his time with the
U.S. Dancing With the Stars, Tonioli called Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan a
little lynx on the prowl and labeled singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus
a crazy bear lost in a swamp.

A minor controversy arose following Toniolis remarks to
U.S. Dancing With the Stars contestant Michael Bolton and dance partner Chelsie
Hightower on the September 27, 2010 after show, when the judge called Boltons
jive dance the worst he had seen in all 11 seasons. Bolton expressed his dissatisfaction
prominently in the media afterward, prompting ABC to release a statement
defending Tonioli.

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