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Scott Baio Biography

Birth Name:
Scott Vincent James Baio
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, director, producer

Fast Facts

  • Breakthrough role was in 1976 as the title child gangster in Bugsy Malone, opposite Jodie Foster
  • Was introduced in season 5 of Happy Days as Fonzie's cousin Chachi; when his spin-off, Joanie Loves Chachi, was cancelled after one season, he returned for the last season of Happy Days
  • Named one of TV Land's Top Ten Sexiest Men in 2005
  • Named No
  • 18 on VH1's compilation of 100 Greatest Teen Stars
  • Wife Renee Sloan was a body double for Pamela Anderson, Baio's former girlfriend, on Baywatch

Relationships