Justin Louis Baldoni (born January 24, 1984) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Rafael Solano on

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'' (2014–2019) and for starring in and directing the romantic drama film ''

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'' (2024). He has also directed '' Five Feet Apart'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2020). Baldoni co-founded the production company Wayfarer Studios in 2019. Through his company he has produced and co-hosted the ''Man Enough'' podcast. He has also published two books on exploring positive masculinity and overcoming societal expectations of being a man. Baldoni directed and starred opposite

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in ''

'', a box-office success, but drew controversy, resulting in a number of lawsuits, including Lively and Baldoni suing each other for

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Early life

Baldoni was born in

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, and was raised in

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, to parents Sharon (née Solomon) and Sam Baldoni. His mother is

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, born to

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parents Blanche Katz and Daniel Solomon from

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, with roots in Central and

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. Baldoni is therefore considered Jewish according to ''

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'' (Jewish law), as

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practices

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How Jewish is Justin Baldoni?
''The Jewish Chronicle''. Retrieved on 31 December 2024 His maternal grandfather served in the

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and Baldoni lost relatives in

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. His father Sam is from an

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background. His paternal grandfather is Louis Baldoni, a former

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and Italian immigrant. Baldoni was raised celebrating both

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and

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in honour of his Jewish and Catholic grandparents.Karpen, Elizabeth (11 September 2024)
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''Jewish Unpacked''. Retrieved on 31 December 2024 However, he was raised Baháʼí, practicing the

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, the faith which both his parents had converted to before he was born. Baldoni has visited

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several times on

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s. Baldoni played

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and ran track in high school, and was a radio disc jockey at a local top 40 radio station. While moving into a new apartment building, Baldoni met a manager who advised him to pursue a career in

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. He attended college at

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on a partial athletic scholarship, but later dropped out. In December 2024, Baldoni alleged he had "experienced sexual trauma" in a previous relationship when he was attending university. He said that he "wrestled with that trauma for the rest of my life, because in my head a man can't experience sexual trauma at the hands of a woman."

Career

2004–2018: Early roles and ''Jane the Virgin''

Baldoni made his acting debut in the soap opera ''

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'' in 2004. In 2008, Baldoni wrote, produced, and directed his first music video that was selected and won him his first "Audience Choice Award" at

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. In 2012, Baldoni created a digital documentary series, '' My Last Days'', a show about living—as told by the dying. The show eventually became one of the most-watched YouTube documentary series streamed online. The second season of ''My Last Days'' aired on CW and third season was released in the winter of 2018. On the heels of that success Baldoni founded Wayfarer Entertainment, a digital media studio focused on disruptive inspiration. In December 2018, Baldoni spoke at the annual End Well Symposium about why he believes that thinking about our death can help us live better. From 2014 to 2019, Baldoni played

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'' starring opposite

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. In May 2016 he launched a time-lapse video app for pregnant women and new moms called Belly Bump. In 2018 he played a young

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in the crime drama ''

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'', directed by Bruce Caulk.

2019–present: Expansion to directing

Baldoni directed and produced

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' '' Five Feet Apart'', starring

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and

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, and based on an original script by

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and Tobias Iaconis. The film was released on March 15, 2019, and chronicles the lives of two teenagers living with

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. The film was a financial success but received mixed reviews. The following year he directed and produced ''

'', a film depicting the life of musician Zach Sobiech with

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. On May 14, 2020, it was announced

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had acquired distribution rights to the film from Warner Bros., in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry. It was released on October 16, 2020. In 2024 Baldoni directed, produced, and starred in the

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'', based on

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's novel of the same name. In the film, in which he acted opposite

, Baldoni portrays a

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who is a domestic abuser. The film became a box office hit, earning over $350 million, but it received mixed reviews from critics. Eventually Baldoni and Lively had a combative working relationship on the set, with Lively accusing him of sexually harassing her and creating a toxic workplace environment.

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award-winning journalists

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and Mike McIntire from ''

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'' investigated the allegations and reported that Baldoni had hired a PR crisis firm in order to "bury her" through a coordinated smear campaign against her across social media platforms such as

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, and X. Baldoni responded with a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the newspaper, saying that the article's authors had pulled quotes so far out of context as to be the opposite of the truth. Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, released what he said were the full, unedited version of emails, texts and other information in order to demonstrate Baldoni's accusation against the ''Times''.

''It Ends with Us'' controversies

Baldoni directed and starred opposite

in ''

'' (2024), a box-office success. Its contentious filming received substantial media coverage, as both Lively and Baldoni filed lawsuits related to the production. In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, accusing them of

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and

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. Denying the allegations, Baldoni sued Lively and her husband

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for $400 million, alleging that the Hollywood power couple and their publicist, Leslie Sloan, sought to "destroy" him. He also sued ''

'' for

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over their investigation and reporting of the allegations Lively made in the

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(CRD) complaint she submitted. On December 20, 2024, Lively filed a complaint with the

(CRD) against Baldoni for sexual harassment and intimidation on the set of ''

'' (2024). ''

'' ran a corresponding story accusing Baldoni and producer Jamey Heath of hiring crisis management experts to "destroy" Lively's reputation through social media campaigns and strategic media placement. Baldoni has denied the accusations, and his lawyer, Bryan Freedman, produced a statement describing Lively's claims as "completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious." On December 21, 2024, the

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WME dropped Baldoni as a client.

, the author of the novel on which the film is based, released a personal statement supporting Lively. Baldoni, who had recently received the Voices of Solidarity Award, had it rescinded by its sponsor,

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. Baldoni's ''Man Enough'' co-host Liz Plank resigned from their podcast.

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released a statement standing by Lively, adding, " strongly condemn any reputational attacks on her. Any such attacks have no place in our business or in a civil society." In response to their reporting on the allegations by Lively, Justin Baldoni filed a libel lawsuit for $250 million against ''

'' for pushing an "unverified and self-serving narrative" using "cherry-picked and altered communications stripped of necessary context," and allegedly ignoring evidence disputing her claims. Baldoni's lawyer stated, "In this vicious smear campaign fully orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team, the ''New York Times'' cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics once befitting of the revered publication by using doctored and manipulated texts and intentionally omitting texts which dispute their chosen PR narrative." ''The New York Times'' has defended itself, saying, "The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article." On December 31, 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, mirroring the California Civil Rights Department complaint. The lawsuit named Baldoni; his film studio, Wayfarer; and the two public relations representatives, Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel. On 16 January 2025, Baldoni's attorney filed a $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively, her husband

, and their publicist Leslie Sloan for civil

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, and

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. The 170-page complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, claims that Lively attempted to hijack control of the movie with demands and threats, and despite getting most of what she wanted, decided to accuse Baldoni of a smear campaign, "to deflect attention and blame for Lively's disastrous misjudgments... Lively would recast herself as the long-suffering martyr by portraying Baldoni and Wayfarer as her persecutors," according to the complaint. Baldoni denies any sexual harassment took place and said that the smear campaign alleged by Lively did not exist. On January 31, Baldoni filed a 168-page timeline of events, including text messages, to support the assertion that Lively had conducted a smear campaign against him. Baldoni contends that Lively, along with Reynolds and Sloan, engaged in a coordinated effort to tarnish his reputation, derail his career, and obscure the film’s original purpose of highlighting domestic violence awareness.

Other ventures

''Man Enough'' projects

In July 2017, ''Variety'' announced that Baldoni was developing a talk show through his media company Wayfarer Entertainment. The show, entitled ''Man Enough'', is described as a disruptive panel series that explores what it means to be a man today. Eight 25-minute episodes were to be distributed on the internet. In 2021, Baldoni released a book under the same premise. He began a podcast series under the same name with co-hosts Liz Plank and Jamey Heath. A children's version of the book ''Boys Will Be Human'' was released in October 2022. Plank left the podcast in 2024 after ''

'' reported allegations that Baldoni

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. Plank wrote in a statement, "I will continue to support everyone who calls out injustice and holds the people standing in their way accountable".

Wayfarer Studios

Baldoni co-founded a production company called Wayfarer Entertainment that produces television, films, and digital content. In 2019, Wayfarer sold a majority stake in the company to investment fund 4S Bay Partners, setting up a $25 million content fund, and was renamed Wayfarer Studios in 2020. The studio's most successful project to date is the 2024 romance drama ''

'', that Baldoni directs and stars in. The film has grossed $391 million at the box office. The studio has also partnered with the

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No More to provide resources and information related to domestic abuse and violence such as that shown in the film
No More
dedicates itself is to ending domestic and sexual violence. They work to increase awareness, inspire action, and fuel culture change with a view to eradicating domestic violence. It is a global initiative that comprises “the largest coalition of non-profits, corporations, government agencies, media, schools, and individuals addressing domestic and sexual violence”. They say they are “committed to engaging, reaching, and working with people from diverse communities”. In 2014, Baldoni through Wayfarer Studios's philanthropic branch, Wayfarer Foundation started the annual Skid Row Carnival of Love in downtown

. The event served between 4 and 5 thousand homeless individuals living around

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providing career services such as "housing services,

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services, dental and medical exams, an eye clinic, haircuts, and massages" and other festivities such as face-painting, live concerts, and children's activities.Pener, Degen (11 July 2019
‘Jane the Virgin’s’ Justin Baldoni Expanding Skid Row Carnival of Love
''The Hollywood Reporter''. Retrieved on 1 January 2025

Personal life

After almost two years of dating, Baldoni married Swedish actress Emily Foxler, now known as

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. He proposed to her in a 27-minute video which he released on his production company's

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channel where it went

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. He described it as "his first movie". The couple married in July 2013 in

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. Together they have a daughter and a son. Baldoni is a member of the

and has stated that for him it's a "daily source of inner happiness". He has stated that he has

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. He has previously written and spoken about his struggles with

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(BDD). Baldoni is on the Board of Ambassadors of the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit advocating for women, girls, and all immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.Board of Ambassadors
Tahirih Justice Center. Retrieved on 1 January 2025

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

* ''Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity'' (

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, 2021) * ''Boys Will Be Human: A Get-Real Gut-Check Guide to Becoming the Strongest, Kindest, Bravest Person You Can Be'' (

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, 2022)

Notes

References

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External links

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