‘The Band's Visit’

This is the forty-third of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our forty-third pathbreaker, Anthony (Tony) Shalhoub, was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on October 19, 1953. His father was an immigrant from Lebanon, while his mother was Lebanese American. Contributing writer, John Mason, describes how the family was raised in the Lebanese Maronite (Christian) faith. Tony was a budding actor by the sixth grade and from there he rose to stratospheric fame on both screen and stage.