Juan Pablo Di Pace

Biography

Juan Pablo Di Pace is an Argentine actor who began his career in Britain, performing in musicals before moving into film and television. Born in Buenos Aires and raised partly in Spain, he trained at the London Studio Centre and New York's HB Studio after winning a scholarship to the United World College of the Adriatic. He played Danny Zuko in Grease in Italy, joined the London production of Chicago in 2003, and starred as Tony Manero in the Madrid staging of Saturday Night Fever. His early screen work includes Survival Island (2005) and Mamma Mia! (2008), followed by Spanish television series from 2009 to 2012. He played Nicolas Treviño in the TNT drama Dallas and Jesus Christ in A.D. The Bible Continues, which brought him a Movieguide Award, and Fernando on Fuller House from 2016 to 2020. In 2024 he wrote, co-directed and starred in Duino.

47years old

Turns 48 on July 25in 257 days

Born July 25, 1979Buenos Aires
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 20 years2005 to 2025

Every film, newest first

2025My Argentine HeartIMDb rating 6.0
2021Raise a Glass to LoveIMDb rating 6.9
2020Dashing in DecemberIMDb rating 6.3
2008Mamma Mia!IMDb rating 6.5
2005ThreeIMDb rating 4.9

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Big break
In 2014, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett gave Juan Pablo Di Pace the part of Jesus Christ in the NBC series A.D. The Bible Continues, and he won a Grace Award at the 2016 Movieguide Awards.
Beyond film
Di Pace starred in the video for Eric Prydz's 2004 hit "Call On Me". In it, he is the lone man in an aerobics class full of women.
Early training
Di Pace earned a scholarship at 17 to the United World College of the Adriatic in Duino, Trieste, Italy. He went on to study theater at the London Studio Centre and at HB Studio in New York City.
First role
Before his screen career, Di Pace played Danny Zuko in a Trieste production of Grease in Italy, which he partly directed.
Behind the award
In 2018, Di Pace joined season 27 of Dancing with the Stars as a celebrity contestant, dancing with professional Cheryl Burke. The pair received five perfect scores and the season's highest average, yet were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Beyond film
For a year, Di Pace played Tony Manero in Madrid in a 2009 to 2010 Spanish staging of Saturday Night Fever, which featured Bee Gees songs and earned him the European press title of "triple threat."