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Benidorm star looks unrecognisable 21 years after near-death experience
Jake Canuso is best known for playing the lothario barman in the ITV sitcom Benidorm, but he looks worlds away from his character Mateo Castellanos these days.
Jake shared the screen with stars such as Crissy Rock – who has since revealed her childhood sexual abuse trauma – as well as Johnny Vegas, Steve Pemberton and Sherrie Hewson. In a harrowing incident back in 2004, Jake narrowly escaped death during the Indian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day while holidaying in Ko Phra Thong, Thailand. Not just a screen star, Jake has dazzled audiences in pantomimes too, taking lead roles in productions of Aladdin in Birmingham in 2014 and Jack and the Beanstalk in Bradford the following year.
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