Jake Cuenca | |
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Cuenca in 2012
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Born |
Juan Carlos Cuenca December 30, 1987 San Jose, California, U.S |
Nationality | Filipino-American-Spanish |
Occupation | Actor, model, footballer |
Years active | 2004–present |
Agent |
GMA Artist Center (2004–2006) Star Magic (2006–present) |
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Carlos Leveriza Cuenca | ||
Date of birth | December 30, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | San Jose, California | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Southridge School | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Team Socceroo | 0 | (–) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2, 2012. |
Juan Carlos "Jake" Cuenca or better known simply as Jake Cuenca is a Filipino actor and model, named Brad Pitt of the Philippines and The Telenovela king. He is of dual American and Filipino citizenship. He was raised in Manila, Philippines. He is also a football player a striker for Team Socceroo FC in the Football League Division 2.
Cuenca was born in December 30, 1987 in San Jose, California, United States, where he grew up. His father is an architect, Spanish descent and is from Valencia, Spain and his mother is a businesswoman, Filipino descent from Ilocos Norte. Cuenca’s mother is Rachele Leveriza while his father’s name is Juan Tomas Cuenca. He has two siblings, Rufo and Bea. He was also once a student of PAREF Southridge, a school for boys in Muntinlupa City.
At the age of nine, Cuenca was discovered by the talent scout Arvin Bentonon for Cosmo Modeling Agency. Soon after, he made several television and print commercials including endorsements for Safeguard, Coke and Globe Telecom. At age ten, he had a cameo role in the 1997 film version of Wansapanataym. It was followed by Takbo Barbara Takbo and Panday in 1998. All three films were under Star Cinema of ABS-CBN.
In 2003, he returned to show business under GMA Network and appeared in the youth-oriented drama series, Click, where he was picked to be on the cast in its Batch 2. When the show went defunct, Cuenca began portraying varied roles and was cast in Hanggang Kailan, Forever in My Heart and in the season 5 of Love to Love. In 2005, he starred as Kahlil in the hit fantasy series Encantadia. He also appeared in the ninth season of Love to Love titled "Miss Match". In 2006, he starred as one of the wizards in the fantasy-themed television series, Majika, which became his last TV series on GMA.