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{{Short description|British actor and dancer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Jake Canuso
| image              = Jake Canuso 2015.jpg
| caption            = Jake Canuso in 2015 while in character of Mateo Castellanos in [[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]
| birth_name         = Jake Canuso
| birth_date         = 1970
| birth_place        = [[Zurich]], Switzerland
| nationality        = {{Hlist|Swedish|British}}
| occupation         = {{Hlist|Actor}}
| known_for          = Role of [[Mateo Castellanos]] in: ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' (2007–2018) <br /> ''[[Benidorm Live]]'' (2018–2019)
| years_active       = 1990–present
}}
'''Jake Canuso''' is a Swiss-British actor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569609/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0|title=Jake Canuso|website=IMDb|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> best known for his role in the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] comedy series  ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'', in which he played the Solana barman [[List of Benidorm cast and characters#Past characters|Mateo Castellanos]] from 2007 until 2018. Canuso was a professional dancer for eighteen years, working with artists [[Rozalla]], [[Spice Girls]], [[Annie Lennox]] and [[Elton John]].
==Early life==
Canuso was born near [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]], to immigrants from southern Italy. He moved to the UK as a young boy <ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Benidorm Live Podcast 2 - Jake Canuso|url=https://soundcloud.com/solana-productions/benidorm-live-podcast-2-jake-canuso|language=en|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>
==Career==
Previously a dancer, Canuso appeared dressed as a ballet dancer in the music video for "[[No More I Love You's]]" by [[Annie Lennox]]. He also appeared in the video of [[Kakko (singer)|Kakko's]] 1990 song "We Should Be Dancing", [[Jake Williams|JX]]'s "[[Son of a Gun (JX song)|Son of a Gun]]", [[Alex Party]]'s "[[Don't Give Me Your Life]]", [[Carter USM]]'s "Let's Get Tattoos", [[2 unlimited]]'s "[[Here I Go (2 Unlimited song)|Here I Go]]", and [[Emma Bunton]]'s  "[[Crickets Sing for Anamaria]]". Canuso also toured as a dancer for acts including the [[Spice Girls]], [[Elton John]] and [[Annie Lennox]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theenquirer.co.uk/an-interview-with-jake-canuso/|title=An Interview with Jake Canuso {{!}} The Enquirer Newspaper|last=Features|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401212432/https://www.theenquirer.co.uk/an-interview-with-jake-canuso/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also appeared as a dancer on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref name=":0" />
Between 2007-2018, Canuso featured in the ITV comedy series ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' as flirtatious barman [[Mateo Castellanos]] and is the sitcom's longest-serving actor, appearing in all 74 episodes.<ref>{{Citation|title=Benidorm (TV Series 2007– ) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959601/fullcredits|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> Canuso was chosen along with several other members of the cast to star in ''[[Benidorm Live]]'', a touring stage adaptation of the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.benidormonstage.com/|title=Benidorm on Stage|website=www.benidormonstage.com|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>
In January 2013, Canuso participated in [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] diving show ''[[Splash! (British TV series)|Splash!]]'', hosted by [[Tom Daley]].
Canuso has performed in numerous pantomimes. In 2022, he appeared as Abanazar in ''Aladdin'', which was staged at the Rhyl Pavilion Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/23172922.jake-canuso-talks-upcoming-role-rhyls-aladdin-panto/|title=Jake Canuso talks about upcoming role in Rhyl's Aladdin panto|website=Rhyl Journal|last=Vranic|first=Marko|date=6 December 2022|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/meet-tv-stars-swapping-benidorm-25173631|title=Meet the TV stars swapping Benidorm and Coronation Street for Rhyl this Christmas|website=Daily Post|last=Owen|first=Annie|date=8 October 2022|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Canuso survived the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Indian Ocean tsunami]] on 26 December 2004,<ref name="Jake Canuso">{{cite tweet|user=JakeCanuso|author=Jake Canuso|number=19002873140486144|date=26 December 2010|title=Today 6 years ago i survived the Tsunami,thanks to a stubborn tree. Unfortunately some of my friends and thousands of others werent so lucky}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/tv-radio/article3648121.ece|title = Tsunami survivor Jake Canuso's terror at diving lessons|last1 = Dixon|first1 = Laura}}</ref> whilst on holiday in [[Ko Phra Thong]], [[Thailand]]. He climbed a tree after seeing the first waves, and was trapped underwater after the tree snapped.<ref name="Jake Canuso"/> He developed [[aquaphobia]] and did not swim in water for several years.
==Credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[School for Seduction]]''
| Giovanni
|
|-
| ''Piccadilly Jim''
| Marcel
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''[[Kinky Boots (film)|Kinky Boots]]''
| Waiter
|
|-
| ''[[Russian Dolls (film)|Russian Dolls]]''
| Miguel
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| ''In A Day''
| Italian Waiter
|
|-
| ''[[Flyboys (film)|Flyboys]]''
| French Infantryman
|
|-
| ''Flirting with Flamenco''
| Pablo
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Tick Tock Lullaby]]''
| Laurence
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Journal of a Contract Killer]]''
| Alessandro
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[City Rats]]''
| Marco Harper
|
|-
| ''[[Nine (2009 live-action film)|Nine]]''
| Reporter 4
|
|-
| 2011
| ''Naachle London''
| Alan
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''
| Waiter in Florence café
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''Fork''
| Robert Medlow
|
|-
| ''Wisteria Cottage''
| Carl
| Short film
|-
|}
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]''
| Barman
| Series 1 episode 5: A Touch of Class
|-
| ''[[Keen Eddie]]''
| Michael Hoffman
| Series 1 episode 13: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''
| Giovanni Viora
| Series 14 episode 15: Icon
|-
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Matt Franks
| Series 19 episode 40: Swallowers
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Andy Clark
| Series 7 episode 155: Ignorance is Bliss
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Suburban Shootout]]''
| Yuri
|
|-
| 2007-2018
| ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]''
| Mateo Castellano
| 74 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]''
| Damien di Soto
| Series 6 episode 4: Loving Wife
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hour (2011 TV series)|The Hour]]''
| Peter Grey
| Series 2 episode 3: Vice
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2013
| ''[[The Bible (TV series)|The Bible]]''
| [[Daniel (biblical figure)|Daniel]]
| 9 episodes
|-
| ''[[Bad Education (TV series)|Bad Education]]''
| Javier
| Series 2 episode 7
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Cardinal Burns]]''
| Priest
| Series 2 episode 5: The Priest
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2017
| ''[[Snatch (TV series)|Snatch]]''
| Petru
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Drunk History (British TV series)|Drunk History]]''
| Various characters
| 5 episodes; series 3
|-
| 2018
| ''[[The Royals (TV series)|The Royals]]''
| Javier
| 1 episode
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[Scarborough (TV series)|Scarborough]]''
| Tony Peroni
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''MyBad!''
| Stewie
| Television film
|-
|}
2024   Grace.   French Hotel Manager.   Series 4, episode 4.
=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Title
|-
| 1991
| [[Kylie Minogue]]
| [[Give Me Just A Little More Time#Kylie Minogue version|Give Me Just A Little More Time]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994
| [[Carter USM]]
| Let's Get Tattoos
|-
| [[Jake Williams|JX]]
| [[Son of a Gun (JX song)|Son of a Gun]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1995
| [[2 Unlimited]]
| [[Here I Go (2 Unlimited song)|Here I Go]]
|-
| [[Alex Party]]
| [[Don't Give Me Your Life]]
|-
| [[Annie Lennox]]
| [[No More I Love You's]]
|-
| 1997
| [[Spice Girls]]
| [[Too Much (Spice Girls song)|Too Much]]
|-
| 2004
| [[Emma Bunton]]
| [[Crickets Sing for Anamaria]]
|-
|}
=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Location
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[Aladdin]]'' || TBC  || The Forum, [[Billingham]]
|-
| 2015–2016 || ''[[Jack & the Beanstalk]]'' || Jack || [[Alhambra Theatre, Bradford|Alhambra Theatre]], [[Bradford]]
|-
| 2017–2018 || ''[[Mother Goose]]'' || TBC || [[Sheffield Lyceum]], [[Sheffield]]
|-
| 2018–2019 || ''[[Benidorm Live]]'' || Mateo Castellanos || UK tour with 250 shows
|-
| 2019–2020 ||rowspan="2"| ''Aladdin'' || The Genie || [[Hull New Theatre|New Theatre]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
|-
| 2022 || Abanazar || Rhyl Pavilion Theatre
|-
|}
=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Driver 3]]''
|  Didier Dubois, additional voices
| <ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Jake Canuso (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jake-Canuso/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=28 September 2021|postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]]''
| Additional voices
|
|-
|}
==References==
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== External links ==
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*{{IMDb name|1569609}}
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[[Category:Swiss expatriates in England]]
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