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Actor
Gender
Male
Birthday
24 January
Location
California, United States
Edit pageJustin Baldoni
Biography
Justin Louis Baldoni (born January 24, 1984) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for portraying Rafael Solano on The CW satirical romantic dramedy Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) as well as directing the films Five Feet Apart (2019) and Clouds (2020).
In 2008, Baldoni wrote, produced, and directed his first music video was selected and won his first "Audience Choice Award" at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival.
From 2014 to 2019, Baldoni played Rafael Solano in the CW show Jane the Virgin. In May 2016, he launched a time-lapse video app for pregnant women and new mums called Belly Bump.
He directed and produced Clouds, a film depicting the life of musician Zach Sobiech with Warner Bros. On May 14, 2020, it was announced Disney+ had acquired distribution rights to the film from Warner Bros., in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry. It was released on October 16, 2020. He is also scheduled to direct, produce, and star in It Ends with Us, based on the novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover.
In 2021, Baldoni released a book under the same premise as his previous talk show and TED Talk titled Man Enough: Undefining my Masculinity. He began a podcast series under the same name with co-hosts Liz Plank and Jamey Heath. A children's version of the book Boys Will Be Human was released in October 2022.
