Jake Canuso is best known for playing the lothario barman in the ITV sitcom Benidorm, but he looks worlds away from his character Mateo Castellanos these days.

Jake Canuso is best known for playing barman Mateo Castellanos on ITV's Benidorm but he looks completely different today.

For over a decade, from 2007 to 2018, he was the charismatic bartender in ITV's hit sitcom Benidorm. But actor Jake Canuso, ...

At the time, ITV issued a response defending the context, but in hindsight, it remains one of Benidorm’s most widely condemned moments. The broadcaster and Netflix even removed the scene from ...