Like many actors who found early fame on the small screen, the handsome yet self-effacing Mark Consuelos honed his craft and earned rabid adulation in the world of soap operas. As Mateo Santos on the long-running ABC daytime sudser, “All My Children” (1970- ). Consuelos marked his prophetic entrance into show business on a series that had, since childhood, played a pivotal role in both his personal and professional lives

Born the youngest of three children on March 30, 1970 in Zaragoza, Spain to parents of Mexican and Italian heritage, Consuelos spent his early years in his mother’s native