Danny Raco (born 24 December 1979) is an Italian Australian actor and director, known for his television work. Raco was born in Rome, Italy.

Career

He got his start playing Marco Vialli on the teenage soap opera '' Heartbreak High'' from 1998 to 1999. In 2001, he joined the cast of a primetime soap opera, ''

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Alex Poulos Alexi "Alex" Poulos is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', portrayed by Danny Raco. He made his first on screen appearance on 26 February 2001 and departed on 13 February 2004. He returned for a brief guest sti ...

. In 2004, Raco chose to leave ''Home and Away'' to pursue the role of

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Joss Peroni on '' Blue Heelers''. He remained with the show until its end in 2006. He returned to ''Home and Away'' in June 2007, and is now a director on the series.Soap attracts stars in force
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Personal life

While on

, he dated co-stars Tammin Sursok and

Ada Nicodemou Ada Nicodemou (Greek: Άντα Νικοδήμου) (born 14 May 1977) is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent . She began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial ''Heartbreak High'' as Katerina Ioannou. She also starred in ''Police Res ...

, who played his sister Leah.

References

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* 1979 births Living people Australian male television actors Italian emigrants to Australia {{Australia-tv-actor-stub