S27: Juan Pablo Di Pace: From Netflix to High Kicks

[OnceSane]

Juan Pablo Di Pace is an Argentine-born actor and director with an extensive music theatre background. Multilingual and fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, Di Pace began his career in the United Kingdom appearing in the London musical, Chicago. He then played the role of Danny Zuko in the Trieste production of Grease in Italy, which he also directed. Di Pace is best known for his role as the passionate Fernando on Netflix's original series, Fuller House, and for the iconic role of Jesus Christ on NBC's A.D. The Bible Continues, produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Di Pace's other credits include a recurring role on the NBC series, Camp, opposite Rachel Griffiths, and guest starring roles on TBS's Angie Tribeca and FOX's Rosewood. Di Pace has made several appearances on British television, including The Catherine Tate Show, Aftersun, New Tricks and River City. He made his film debut in Survival Island, opposite Billy Zane. He is heavily featured in the film classic, Mamma Mia!, alongside Meryl Streep, playing the role of Petros. As a musician, Di Pace recorded three original cast albums—Mamma Mia, The Movie Soundtrack, Saturday Night Fever and Mas de 100 Mentiras—and released an album for his One Man Show, Primer Acto (Act One).

Juan Pablo Di Pace is partnered with Pro Cheryl Burke.

[GraceTX]

What?  No mention of Juan Pablo dancing in the Eric Prydz "Call on Me" aerobics video from a decade ago?  I hope that he and Cheryl dances to this song sometime this season.

Edited October 3, 2018 by GraceTX
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[legaleagle53]

Bumping this thread up because I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned this little bombshell: Juan Pablo Di Pace comes out as gay,

I'm not going to lie.  I'm thrilled to know that he bats for my team. But I also grieve because of the struggle he had to go through his entire life, and I applaud his courage in doing something that would have destroyed his career just 30 years ago. I'm glad that he's finally brave enough and comfortable enough in his own skin to be who he really is. ¡Bien hecho, Juan Pablo! Well done!

[ShaNaeNae]

6 minutes ago, legaleagle53 said:

Bumping this thread up because I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned this little bombshell: Juan Pablo Di Pace comes out as gay,

I'm not going to lie.  I'm thrilled to know that he bats for my team. But I also grieve because of the struggle he had to go through his entire life, and I applaud his courage in doing something that would have destroyed his career just 30 years ago. I'm glad that he's finally brave enough and comfortable enough in his own skin to be who he really is. ¡Bien hecho, Juan Pablo! Well done!

Good for him!  I don't know why, I thought he was married to a woman and had kids.

Makes me wonder what almost-fundy costar Candace Cameron thinks of this.  Hopefully she's been in Hollywood a long enough time to know and accept people of all walks of life without the judgment of the Christianity she believes in so much. 

[Annber03]

On 7/16/2019 at 8:16 AM, legaleagle53 said:

I'm glad that he's finally brave enough and comfortable enough in his own skin to be who he really is. ¡Bien hecho, Juan Pablo! Well done!

Hear, hear :). Wishing him all the happiness and good things.