Biography of Fabio Lanzoni (a.k.a.: Fabio)

Fabio Lanzoni (born March 15, 1959), known mononymously as Fabio, is an Italian-American actor, fashion model and spokesman noted for a wide-ranging career including appearances as spokesman for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! and the American Cancer Society; acting and television roles; and prominently as a romance novel cover model throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Lanzoni was born 15 March 1959 in Milan, Italy to Flora Carnicelli Lanzoni and Sauro Lanzoni, a mechanical engineer and owner of a conveyor-belt company. Lanzoni has an older brother, Walter, and younger sister, Cristina. Raised Catholic, he served as an altar boy. His modelling career began when he was discovered by a photographer while working out.

Lanzoni started as a model and film star in Italy, subsequently moving to New York City to become a fashion and catalog model for the Ford Agency, earning work for print ads for Gap and TV spots for Nintendo.

Lanzoni became a U.S. citizen in 2016.