Justin Louis Baldoni (born January 24, 1984) is an American actor, director and filmmaker.
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Early life
Baldoni was born in Los Angeles, California, and was raised in Medford, Oregon, the son of Sharon and Sam Baldoni. His mother is from a Jewish family and his father is of Italian ancestry. Baldoni's parents joined the Bahá'í Faith, which Baldoni practices devoutly. Baldoni played soccer and ran track in high school, and was a radio disc jockey at a local top 40 radio station. While moving into a new apartment building, Baldoni met a manager who advised him to pursue a career in acting.
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Career
In 2008, Baldoni wrote, produced, and directed his first music video that was selected and showcased at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival.
In 2012, Baldoni created the most watched digital documentary series in history, My Last Days, a show about living told by the dying. The second season of My Last Days aired on CW and third season will be released in winter of 2018. On the heels of that success Baldoni founded Wayfarer Entertainment, a digital media studio focused on disruptive inspiration.
In 2014, Baldoni started playing Rafael Solano in the CW show Jane the Virgin and in May 2016 he launched a time-lapse video app for pregnant women and new moms called Belly Bump.
In July 2017, Variety announced that Baldoni was developing a male talk show through his media company Wayfarer Entertainment. The show is described as a disruptive panel series that explores what it means to be a man today. The show entitled Man Enough includes prominent men like Matt McGorry and Javier Muñoz. In August 2017, TED announced Baldoni would be a speaker at the annual TEDWomen Conference.
Baldoni is scheduled to direct and produce an untitled "young adult tearjerker" for CBS Films based on an original script by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. He is also scheduled to direct and produce a film on the life of Zach Sobiech with Warner Brothers.
Personal life
After over a year of dating, Baldoni married Swedish actress Emily Baldoni (née Foxler) in July 2013 in Corona, California. They have a daughter, Maiya Grace Baldoni, born on June 27, 2015 and a son Maxwell Roland-Samuel Baldoni, born on October 18, 2017.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
- Justin Baldoni on IMDb
- Justin Baldoni Interview
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