About Justin Baldoni
Justin Louis Baldoni (born January 24, 1984) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Rafael Solano on the CW telenovela Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) and for starring in and directing the romantic drama film It Ends with Us (2024). He has also directed Five Feet Apart (2019) and Clouds (2020). Baldoni co-founded the production company Wayfarer Studios in 2019. He also produced and co-hosted the Man Enough podcast as well as published two books on positive masculinity and overcoming societal expectations of being a man. == Early life == Baldoni was born in Los Angeles, California, and was raised in Medford, Oregon, to parents Sharon (née Solomon) and Samuel Baldoni. His mother is Jewish, born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents. His father is from an Italian Catholic background. His paternal grandfather is Louis Baldoni, a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana State Senate. Baldoni's parents converted to the Baháʼí Faith before he was born but celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah in honor of their Jewish and Catholic ancestry.
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