Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is the father of eight children. He shares Arianna Muñiz and Chase Muñiz with Debbie Rosado, Cristian and Ryan Muñiz with Dayanara Torres, twins Emme and Maximilian with Jennifer Lopez, and Marco and Myla with Nadia Ferreira. His children have included him in major public moments, including Cristian and Ryan's attendance at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles in 2023.

Anthony married Dayanara Torres in 2000, Jennifer Lopez in 2004, and Shannon De Lima in 2014. His marriage to Torres ended in 2004, his marriage to Lopez ended in 2014, and his marriage to De Lima ended in 2017. He married Nadia Ferreira in January 2023, and they welcomed Marco in June of that year and Myla in July 2026.

Anthony began as a session vocalist for freestyle and underground New York house music acts, later working as a songwriter and backing vocalist for Menudo and the Latin Rascals. His first album, Rebel, was released in 1988. After opening for Tito Puente at Madison Square Garden in 1992, he shifted from freestyle toward salsa and other Latin styles.

His Spanish-language debut, Otra Nota, arrived in 1993, followed by Todo a Su Tiempo in 1995 and Contra la Corriente in 1997. The single "Y Hubo Alguien" became his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart and the first number-one single by a salsa musician on that chart. His 1999 English-language album Marc Anthony included "I Need to Know," while Amar Sin Mentiras and Valió la Pena each won a Grammy for their respective Latin pop and salsa categories in 2005.

Anthony's 2013 album 3.0 marked his return to original tropical music after nearly a decade. Its lead single, "Vivir Mi Vida," spent 18 consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard and won the Latin Grammy for Record of the Year. He has also released tribute material, including the 2010 album Iconos, and has performed on tours with Carlos Vives, Marco Antonio Solís, Chayanne, and other Latin artists.

Anthony's acting credits include supporting roles in Carlito's Way, Hackers, Big Night, The Substitute, and Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead. He appeared opposite Salma Hayek in In the Time of the Butterflies and opposite Denzel Washington in Man on Fire, playing businessman Samuel Ramos.

On Broadway, Anthony appeared with Rubén Blades and Ednita Nazario in Paul Simon's 1998 musical The Capeman. In 2007, he portrayed salsa legend Héctor Lavoe in the biographical film El Cantante, which was narrated by Jennifer Lopez, who also played Lavoe's wife. He later played Mr. De La Vega in In the Heights and appeared as Nick Renata in the television drama HawthoRNe.

Anthony received his first Grammy in 1998 for "Contra la Corriente" and received the first Latin Grammy Song of the Year award for "Dímelo" in 2000. He was inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2012 and was named the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year in 2016. He has also received a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Lifetime Achievement Award and 29 Premio Lo Nuestro awards, the most received by a male artist according to the supplied biography.

In 2012, Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cárdenas launched the Maestro Cares Foundation, which supports housing, education, and health initiatives for orphaned children in Latin America. The foundation opened an orphanage in La Romana, Dominican Republic, and a youth home and school in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Anthony became a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins in 2009. In 2012, he produced the bilingual talent series ¡Q' Viva! The Chosen with Jennifer Lopez and Jamie King. He founded the entertainment company Magnus Media in 2015, with business areas including artist management, music publishing, digital content, film and television, sports, and marketing.