Jake Canuso
Encyclopedia
Jake Canuso was born in Switzerland to Italian descendants. In his late teens he trained as a professional dancer in London.
Canuso has worked with Elton John
, Annie Lennox
, featured in Take That
's "Sure" video and was a backing dancer for the Spice Girls
SpiceWorld 1998 tour, where he befriended Louie Spence
and Emma Bunton
. He is best known for his role in the ITV series Benidorm
as the barman Mateo. Canuso can speak six languages fluently including English, Spanish and Italian.
Canuso has worked with Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
, Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
, featured in Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
's "Sure" video and was a backing dancer for the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
SpiceWorld 1998 tour, where he befriended Louie Spence
Louie Spence
Louie Spence is a dance expert, choreographer and television personality who is currently the artistic director at the London Pineapple Dance Studios...
and Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
. He is best known for his role in the ITV series Benidorm
Benidorm
Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean....
as the barman Mateo. Canuso can speak six languages fluently including English, Spanish and Italian.
Filmography
- School For SeductionSchool for SeductionSchool for Seduction is a 2004 British film directed by Sue Heel. The plot is about an Italian temptress who arrives at a school in Newcastle to teach a group of Geordies about the art of romance.-Cast:...
(2004) - Russian Dolls (2005)
- Kinky BootsKinky Boots (film)Kinky Boots is a 2005 comedy film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, about a traditional Northampton shoemaker, based in Earls Barton, who turns to producing fetishism footwear in order to save the failing family business and the jobs of his workers...
(2005) - Piccadilly Jim (2006)
- In A Day (2006)
- Flyboys (2006)
- Flirting With Flamenco (2006)
- Tick Tock Lullaby (2007)
- Journal Of A Contract KillerJournal of a Contract KillerJournal of a Contract Killer is a 2008 film directed by Tony Maylam.-Plot:Stephanie Komack was a big-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. She now was working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven year old daughter, the Mob tracks Stephanie down and persuade her to do...
(2008) - City RatsCity RatsCity Rats is a black comedy feature film, released on April 24, 2009 and starring Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki, Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, MyAnna Buring, James Lance and Natasha Williams and Danny Dyer.-Cast:* Tamer Hassan as Jimbo Jones...
(2009) - NineNine (film)Nine is a 2009 musical-romantic film directed and produced by Rob Marshall. The screenplay, written by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella, is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 musical of the same name, which was itself suggested by Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8½...
(2009)
TV appearances
- HustleHustle (TV series)Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...
(2004) - Keen EddieKeen EddieKeen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard...
(2004) - Heartbeat (2005)
- CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(2005) - Doctors (2006)
- Suburban ShootoutSuburban ShootoutSuburban Shootout is a British satirical black comedy television series produced for Five and Paramount Comedy by Feelgood Fiction in association with Oxygen. The first series aired in the UK on Five from 27 April 2006. It began airing in the United States on 22 March 2006 on Oxygen and in Germany...
(2007) - ShamelessShamelessShameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
(2009) - BenidormBenidorm (TV series)Benidorm is an award-winning British television comedy-drama that is produced by Tiger Aspect for ITV and written by Derren Litten, co-writer of The Catherine Tate Show, exploiting the working-class stereotype of this popular tourist destination....
2007–present
Appearances as self
- Benidorm - DVD Extras (2010)
- Buzz Magazine - Interview (2011)
- Louie Spence's Show Business (2011)
- OK! TVOK! TVOK! TV is an early evening magazine programme, broadcast on Channel 5 as a brand extension of celebrity title OK! Magazine. It replaced Live from Studio Five on 14 February 2011, and was presented by Kate Walsh and Matt Johnson, both of which have since left the programme. Jeff Brazier and Jenny...
(2011) - This MorningThis Morning (TV series)This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
(2011)