Marc Anthony, born Marco Antonio Muñiz on September 16, 1968, is a Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter popular in Latin America for his salsa music and salsamonga ballads. Marc Anthony began his career as a session vocalist for pop and dance acts. His first release was a Freestyle music record, Rebel, in 1988 on Bluedog Records. Inspired by the music of Puente, Rubén Blades and Juan Gabriel, Marc Anthony released his Spanish-language debut, Otra nota, in 1993. Marc Anthony's 1995 collection, Todo a su tiempo, was nominated for a Grammy. In 1999, attempting to emulate the crossover success of Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin in the anglophone market, Marc Anthony released an English-language Latin Pop album that had his name as the title. Marc Anthony has also appeared in various motion pictures including 1996's Big Night and Martin Scorsese's 1999 film, Bringing Out the Dead. On June 5, 2004, less than a week after his divorce from Dayanara Torres, a former Miss Universe for four years, was finalized in the Dominican Republic, Marc Anthony married Jennifer Lopez.