On January 13, 1970, Jake Canuso was born. He is a Swiss actor and dancer who is best known for his part in the Benidorm.
Jake was born near Zurich, Switzerland, to parents who came from southern Italy. He speaks English, German, Swiss German, Spanish, French, and Italian fluently. His parents came from Italy.
Jake Canuso Career
Since 2007, Canuso has played Mateo Castellanos on the TV show Benidorm. Aside from Casualty, he has also worked on Doctors, Hustle, Heartbeat, The Hour, Shameless, and Bad Education. Canuso played himself on the ITV show Splash! about diving.
Canuso has also been in a number of movies, including School for Seduction, Kinky Boots, The Dark Knight Rises, Sammy, City Rats, and Nine.
Before Getting Famous
He was in several TV shows, like Casualty and Doctors, as well as the movies School for Seduction and The Bible on the History Channel.
Jake Canuso Previous Achievements
Jake used to be a dancer. In Annie Lennox’s music video for “No More I Love Yous,” he was dressed as a ballet dancer. He also appeared in the video for Alex Party’s 1995 hit single “Don’t Give Me Your Life,” as well as the videos for “Let’s Get Tattoos” by Carter USM and “Here I go” by 2 Unlimited.
Jake can also be seen dancing in the video for the 1994 hit Son of a Gun by British dance DJ JX, also known as Jake Williams. Jake was on Tom Daley’s diving show Splash! on ITV in January 2013.
