Ant

Ant (born Anthony Steven Kalloniatis, 23 August 1967) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and in 1993 he legally changed his name from Anthony Kalloniatis to Ant.

Ant performed at comedy clubs across the US beginning in 1991. In 1995, he was a semi-regular cast member on the WB series Unhappily Ever After, spending four seasons on the sitcom, and he appeared as a contestant on Last Comic Standing, competing in seasons two and three. He was the host of the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club and a regular judge of talent on Steve Harvey's Big Time, while his television series U.S. of Ant premiered on MTV's Logo cable channel in the summer of 2006.

Ant frequently appeared as a commentator on shows such as VH1's Best Week Ever and CNBC's Dennis Miller, and was a regular guest on The Tyra Banks Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Howard Stern Show. In 2007 he appeared along with Snoop Dogg as a guest star on MTV's sketch comedy show Short Circuitz, and he was a regular celebrity guest on the game show To Tell the Truth. In 2008 he was a contestant on VH1's reality competition Celebracadabra. On 30 September 2008, Ant sued English presenter Ant McPartlin, best known as half of the presenting duo Ant and Dec, for 30 million US dollars for using the name 'Ant' in the United States, though the suit was dismissed in May 2010.