Jordi Vilasuso

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Jordi Vilasuso
Born
Jordi Alejandro Vilasuso

(1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 42)
Miami, Florida
, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children3
RelativesBailee Madison (sister in-law)

Jordi Alejandro Vilasuso (

Griffin Castillo on All My Children from 2010 to 2011 and 2013, Dario Hernandez on Days of Our Lives from 2016 to 2017 and Rey Rosales on The Young and the Restless
from 2018 to 2022.

Early life

Vilasuso was born in Miami, Florida. He was raised by his parents, Dr. Frank Vilasuso and Ana Vilasuso, in Coral Gables, Florida. He also has an older brother, Javier, and a younger sister, Marianne. Vilasuso attended Ransom Everglades High School and later Glendale Community College in California.

Career

Vilasuso began playing Tony Santos on Guiding Light in August 2000.[citation needed] In 2003, he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal.[1] Vilasuso was also nominated in the same category in 2002.[2]

Vilasuso has appeared in the movies The Last Home Run, The Lost City, Heights and La Linea. He also appeared in other

Griffin Castillo on the soap opera All My Children. Vilasuso joined the cast of Days of Our Lives as Dario Hernandez in 2015.[3][4] In July 2017, Vilasuso announced his departure from Days of Our Lives.[5]
In July 2018, it was announced that Vilasuso would appear as Rey Rosales on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.[6] In March 2022, Vilasuso announced his departure from The Young and the Restless.[7]

Personal life

In 2010, Vilasuso began dating actress

Kaitlin Riley. Vilasuso and Riley were married on August 25, 2012, in Islamorada, Florida.[8]
They have three daughters: Riley Grace, born on November 26, 2012, Everly Maeve born on July 15, 2016, and Lucy Noelle born December 31, 2023. [9] [10] On April 9, 2020, he revealed that his family had mild cases of COVID-19 and have fully recovered.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Last Home Run Tommy
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dixon Episode: "
Primeval
"
2001 Angels Don't Sleep Here Teenage Michael
2002 A Wedding Story: Josh and Reva Tony Santos Uncredited
2000–2003 Guiding Light Tony Santos Contract role, August 29, 2000 – October 3, 2003
2003–2004 8 Simple Rules Luke 2 episodes
2005 Heights Benjamin's Ex
2005 The Lost City Jose Antonio "Manzanita" Echeverria
2005 Numb3rs Gabriel Ruiz Episode: "Assassin"
2006 Fashion House Eddie Zarouvian 28 episodes
2007 Rumbero Alberto
2008 Fire Bay Ferrer
2009 Ready or Not The Matador
2009
La Linea
Diablo
2010
Bodas de Sangre
Leonardo
2010–2011,
2013
All My Children
Griffin Castillo
Recurring role, December 16, 2010 – September 23, 2011;
April 29–May 13, 2013 (144 episodes)
2015 Circle Soldier
2015 The Invitation Miguel
2016–2017 Days of Our Lives Dario Hernandez Contract role
2016 Below the Surface Shane TV film
2018–2022 The Young and the Restless Rey Rosales Contract role

References

  1. ^ David Bauder (19 May 2003). "Emmys make Wayne a winner; 'World Turns' is best drama". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. SoapCentral
    . Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  3. On-Air On-Soaps
    .
  4. Soap Opera Network
    .
  5. SheKnows Media. Archived from the original
    on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "Exclusive! Jordi Vilasuso Joins Y&R". Soap Opera Digest. July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Jordi Vilasuso [@JordiVilasuso] (March 30, 2022). "Playing Rey Rosales and being part of the Rosales family was a beautiful chapter in my career. I was proud to represent my culture on daytimes #1 drama and work with an incredible cast and crew that I will miss dearly" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Jordi Vilasuso. "If I may quote my wife". twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  9. ^ Jordi Vilasuso. "At 5:11 am we welcomed Riley". twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  10. ^ Jordi Vilasuso. "Welcome to the family Everly Maeve Vilasuso". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  11. ^ "Jordi Vilasuso on Instagram: "Repost @kaitlinvilasuso .. So it happened, ..."".

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