Justin Louis Baldoni is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Rafael Solano on the CW telenovela Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) and for starring in and directing the romantic drama film It Ends with Us (2024). He has also directed Five Feet Apart (2019) and Clouds (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 centering on male privilege and toxic masculinity.
In 2024, Baldoni directed and starred opposite Blake Lively in It Ends with Us, a box-office success. Its contentious filming was subject to substantive media attention, as both Lively and Baldoni filed lawsuits related to the production. The New York Times first reported Lively's allegations of sexual harassment by Baldoni as well as his subsequent retaliation. Baldoni responded by suing both the newspaper and Lively, accusing them of libel.
