Jordi Vilasuso

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Jordi Vilasuso (born June 15, 1981 in Miami, Florida) is an American actor.

Jordi Vilasuso is a Cuban-American actor best known for originating the role of "Tony Santos" on the CBS soap opera, Guiding Light from August 2000 until August 2003. 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 went to Glendale Community College in California.

While playing the role of "Tony Santos," Vilasuso won a Soap Opera Digest Award in 2003 and a Daytime Emmy Award also in 2003.

Vilasuso has appeared in the movies Angels Don't Sleep Here, The Last Home Run, and Rodeo and Non-Smoking. He also appeared in other television programs such as America's Most Wanted, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Unsolved Mysteries and most recently, USA Networks' Arrest and Trial (in which his father also appears). Currently, he plays mobster Eddie Zarouvian on the new English Language telenovela, Fashion House.