Biography

Bobby Catalano was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Catalano first gained fame on the television program Dance Party USA which aired for 5 years on the USA Network. Starting as a dancer on the show and then later becoming the host of the hit dance show. He was considered, during these times, a teen idol who became very popular and was well known for his famous sunglasses which he only removed once a year on the Valentines Day show. In the course of the show's run, Catalano removed the shades only two times. Two Valentine "Lip Sync" performances.

In 1993 he was cast in the coming of age film Zero Cool directed by Isaac Zepel.

On July 2, 2016 Episode 1 was released from Bobby and Jason's Awesome 80's Podcast.

More recently Catalano was cast to play Trevor The T-Rex for the animation film Star Paws which will be released December, 2016.
- IMDb mini biography by: John Ellis

Sunglasses

He studied in a film workshop in New York City taught by George DiCenzo from the films About Last Night and Back To The Future.

He studied acting at HB Studios in Greenwich Village ( NYC). One of his teachers was William Hickey from Christmas Vacation and Prizzi's Honor.

He was well known as a teen for wearing his sunglasses on the teen television show Dance Party USA. He would remove his trademark sunglasses once a year on Valentine's Day.

He was almost cast to play Robert Deniro's son Calogero in a Bronx Tale.