Juan Pablo Di Pace

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Juan Pablo Di Pace
Born (1979-07-25) 25 July 1979 (age 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)Actor, director, singer
Years active1999–present

Juan Pablo Di Pace (born 25 July 1979) is an Argentine actor, director, dancer, singer and musician. He began his career in the United Kingdom, performing in a number of musicals and appearing in films like Survival Island (2005) and Mamma Mia! (2008). He later moved to Spain, starring in several television series from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, Di Pace moved to Los Angeles where he starred as Nicolas Treviño in the TNT drama series Dallas . And in 2014, he was cast as Jesus Christ in the NBC limited series A.D. The Bible Continues which earned him a Movieguide Award for Best Male Performance. From 2016 to 2020, he played the role of Kimmy Gibbler's estranged husband, Fernando, on Fuller House , a spin-off series of Full House . In 2024, Juan Pablo wrote, co-directed and starred in the film Duino, his directorial debut feature alongside Andres P. Estrada (co-director) and executive produced by Norman Lear.

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Early life and education

Di Pace was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to Spain when he was twelve. He was raised Catholic. [1] He lived in London for ten years. [2] He speaks fluent Spanish, Italian and English. At age 17, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the United World College of the Adriatic in Duino, Trieste, Italy, later studied theatre at the London Studio Centre and at the HB Studio in New York City.

Career

Prior to joining the big screen, he played the role of Danny Zuko in the Trieste production of Grease in Italy, partly directed by Di Pace. In 2003, he appeared in the London production of the Bob Fosse musical Chicago . For one year, he starred as Tony Manero in the 2009–2010 Spanish production of Saturday Night Fever in Madrid, with songs by The Bee Gees, produced by Stage Entertainment - which won him the title of "triple threat" by the European press. In 2011-12 he starred in the original Spanish production of Más de 100 Mentiras produced by Drive Entertainment, based on the songs of Spanish legend Joaquin Sabina. [3] In 2017 he premiered his solo show in New York's 54 Below, which was nominated for Best "One Person Show"at the Broadway World Awards.

Di Pace has made several appearances on British television, such as the BBC One comedy The Catherine Tate Show , BBC One film Aftersun, BBC One series New Tricks and BBC Scotland soap River City , which he joined in 2005 playing the character of Luca Rossi. [4] His on-screen debut was in the 2005 film Survival Island . [5] He is also featured in Mamma Mia! (2008).

Upon moving to Spain he played regular roles in TV series such as Supercharly, Angel o Demonio, Los Hombres de Paco , 90-60-90, and El Don de Alba. In 2011, he starred in the final season of Física o Química,. Di Pace also starred in the video for the 2004 Eric Prydz hit "Call On Me". In the video, he is the only man amongst a group of women in an aerobics class. He also directed and starred in the sequel What a Feeling by Hughes Corporation in 2006, which is loosely based on dance sequences from Flashdance and Dirty Dancing . In 2008 he directed a music video for Katie Melua. In 2009, he appeared on the music video Time Is Running Out by Muse.

In 2013, Di Pace moved to the US and was cast as series regular billionaire businessman Nicolas Treviño for season 3 of the TNT drama series Dallas . [6] [7] [8]

In 2014. Roma Downey and Mark Burnett cast Juan Pablo as Jesus Christ in the NBC series A.D. The Bible Continues which earned him a "Grace" Award at the 2016 Movieguide Awards.

In 2016, Di Pace appeared in a recurring role as Fernando, the fiancé and ex-husband of Kimmy Gibbler on the Netflix series Fuller House . [9] Starting in the second season he was promoted to the main cast, playing the role for 5 seasons until the show's end in 2020.

In 2018, he was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 27 of Dancing with the Stars , being paired with the professional dancer Cheryl Burke. [10] Despite earning five perfect scores and holding the highest average of the season, they were eliminated in the semi-finals. Len Goodman along with judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli, expressed their outrage for the results. A frustrated Len said, “I know the Americans, we like fair play but mostly we like justice. And there’s no justice here.” Fans of the TV show deemed Juan Pablo's premature exit “ridiculous,” an “injustice” and “not acceptable.”

in 2024, Di Pace wrote, starred and produced his debut feature film "Duino" (formerly known as "For Another Time") executive produced by Norman Lear and Brent Miller (producer), and co-directed by Andres P. Estrada -editor of Argentina, 1985, the 2022 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. . "Duino" premiered in the US at Frameline Film Festival and won "Best International Feature" at Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema.

Personal life

Di Pace came out publicly as gay in March 2019 while giving a TEDx talk at the United World College Maastricht in The Netherlands called "The Story of Your Life".

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Piccadilly Jim BenUncredited
2005 Three ManuelAlternative title: Survival Island
2006AftersunFelipeTV film
2008 Mamma Mia! Petros
2009 Tutti intorno a Linda
2013 Rubenesque HernandezTV film
2015 Fuera de foco Marcos
2016 After the Reality Dunkin
2018AdmissionRussoShort
2020 Dashing in December HeathTV film
2021ResurrectionJesus
Raise a Glass to LoveMarcelo CastilloTV film
2023 The Mattachine Family Oscar
2024Branching OutT.J. CruzTV film
2024DuinoMatiasAlso co-director

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 New Tricks AntonioEpisode: "Fluke of Luck"
Mile High Vito GarciaEpisode: "2.23"
2005–06 River City Luca RossiRecurring role (2 episodes)
2006 The Catherine Tate Show Salsa DancerEpisode: "1951–2006"
2009 Los hombres de Paco CarloEpisode: "Todos los planes de Lucas Fernández"
2010 Supercharly Recurring role (5 episodes)
2011 Ángel o demonio Episode: "El demonio de los celos"
Física o Química Xavi LópezMain cast (7 episodes)
2013 El don de Alba VíctorRecurring role (4 episodes)
Camp Miguel SantosRecurring role (5 episodes)
2014 Dallas Nicolas Treviño Main cast (15 episodes)
2015 A.D. The Bible Continues Jesus Christ Recurring role (5 episodes)
Tango AmericanoTango singerTV Miniseries
2016 Rosewood Antonio EspadaEpisode: "Silkworms y Silencio"
2016–20 Fuller House Fernando Hernandez-Guerrero-Fernandez-GuerreroMain cast (69 episodes)
2017 Angie Tribeca Ricardo VasquezEpisode: "Welcome Back, Blotter"
2018 Dancing with the Stars HimselfContestant on Season 27; 5th Place
2020MinutiaeTomásSeries regular
2022 Travesuras de la niña mala Ricardo SomocurcioMain cast

Theatre

YearPlayRoleVenueNotes
1999 Grease Danny Zuko Silvio Pellico Theatre, Trieste
2000 Boléro Performer Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
2002 Chicago Aaron Adelphi Theatre, London with The Weissler Company
2009–10 Saturday Night Fever Tony Manero Teatro Coliseum, Madrid with Stage Entertainment
2012 More Than 100 Lies Juan Teatro Rialto, Madrid with Drive Entertainment
2012–13Primer Acto (One Man Show)Juan Pablo Pequeño Teatro, Madrid

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2012Mi Butaquita Theatre AwardsBest One Man ShowPrimer Acto (One Man Show)Won
2016 MovieGuide Awards Most Inspiring Performance in Television A.D. The Bible Continues Won
MovieGuide Awards Best Actor - Television A.D. The Bible Continues Won

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