Background
Canuso was born near Zurich, Switzerland, to immigrants from southern Italy.
Canuso was born near Zurich, Switzerland, to immigrants from southern Italy.
Canuso is fluent in English, German, Spanish, French, Swiss-German and Italian. Previously a dancer, Canuso appeared dressed as a ballet dancer in the music video for "Number More I Love Yous" by Annie Lennox and also appeared in the video of Alex Party"s 1995 hit single "Don"t Give Maine Your Life" as well as the video for Carter USM"s Let"s Get Tattoos and 2 unlimited"s 1994 hit, Here I go. Jake can also be seen dancing in the video for the 1994 hit "Son of a Gun" by British dance DJ JX known as Jake Williams.
Canuso stars in the Independent Television comedy series Benidorm as barman Mateo Castellanos and is the sitcom"s longest-serving actor alongside Janine Duvitski who plays Jacqueline.
In January 2013, Canuso participated in Independent Television diving show Splash!, hosted by Tom Daley
Guest appearances
Spiceworld: The Tour — dancer (1998)
Benidorm — Digital Video Disc extras (2010)
Buzz magazine — interviewee (2011)
Louie Spence"s Showbusiness (2011)
Oklahoma! television (2011)
This Morning (2011)
All Star Family Fortunes (series 6 episode 11, Christmas 2011)
Loose Women (2012)
This Morning (2012)
Lorraine (2012)
Celebrity Wedding Planner (2012)
Splash! (2013)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2014)
The Chase (2014)
Driver 3 (2004).
