Justin Baldoni | |
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![]() Baldoni at the 2015 PaleyFest | |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | January 24, 1984
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Years active | 2004–present |
Organization | Wayfarer Studios |
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Children | 2 |
Justin Louis Baldoni (born January 24, 1984[1]) 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. Through his company he has produced and co-hosted the Man Enough podcast. He has also published two books on exploring positive masculinity and overcoming societal expectations of being a man.
Baldoni directed and starred opposite Blake Lively in It Ends with Us, a box-office success, but drew controversy, resulting in a number of lawsuits, including Lively and Baldoni suing each other for defamation.