Jake Canuso
Personal life
Jake Canuso (Carmine Canuso) was born in Switzerland to Italian descendants. He moved from a village near Zurich to London in his late teens to train as a professional dancer, before moving into the acting field. Jake has worked with Elton John, Annie Lennox, featured in Take That's "Sure" video and was a backing dancer for the SpiceGirls SpiceWorld 1998 tour, where he met and befriended Louie Spence. He is best known for his role in the itv series of "Benidorm_(TV_series)" as the lovable barman Mateo. Due to travelling to many different countries from such a young age, Jake is able to speak 6 languages fluently including English, Spanish and Italian.
Filmography
- School for seduction 2004
- Russian Dolls 2005
- Kinky Boots 2005
- Piccadilly Jim 2006
- In a day 2006
- Flyboys 2006
- Flirting with flamenco 2006
- Tick tock lullaby 2007
- Journal of a contract killer 2008
- City rats 2009
- Nine 2009
TV appearances
- Hustle 2004
- Keen Eddie 2004
- Heartbeat 2005
- Casualty 2005
- Doctors 2006
- Suburban shootout 2007
- Shameless 2009
- Benidorm_(TV_series) 2007–present
Appearances as Self
- Benidorm DVD extras 2010
- Buzz magazine interview 2011
- Louie Spence's show business 2011
Interests
Jake is an avid twitter supporter, tweeting and re tweeting all of his followers when he can. Jake enjoys the gym, socializing and food! And as you can see to the right ... is amazingly good looking ;)