Rafael de la Fuente

**Rafael de la Fuente** is a main actor of The CW's *Dynasty*, portraying the role of Sam Jones.

## Biography

### Early Life

De la Fuente Torres was born on November 11, 1986, in Caracas, Venezuela, to Rafael Sr., a bariatric surgeon, and Helena; he has a younger sister, Alma.

With the initial goal to pursue a singing career, De La Fuente moved to the United States to attend the University of Tampa where, in 2009, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He shifted his focus to pursuing a career in acting.

### Career

De La Fuente made his acting debut in an episode of the Telemundo-produced telenovela, *Más Sabe el Diablo*, in 2009. The following year, he landed another episodic role in a Telemundo production, the telenovela, *Aurora*. In 2011, De La Fuente landed a recurring role in *Grachi*, a Spanish language American fantasy series produced by Nickelodeon. He portrayed Diego Forlán and was promoted to series regular for the second and third seasons. This led to a recurring role in another Nickelodeon series, an English-language remake of *Grachi* titled *Every Witch Way*, in 2014.

In 2014, De La Fuente made his feature film debut as Rafael Amato in *The One I Wrote for You*. He then portrayed Erik in 2015 film, *Lift Me Up*, and landed a recurring role in Fox's *Empire*, created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, opposite Jussie Smollett. He portrayed Smollett's onscreen love interest, Michael Sanchez, in the first two seasons. In 2017, he appeared in two episodes of the ABC miniseries, *When We Rise*, and in the premiere episode of *American Horror Story: Cult*.

De La Fuente landed a series regular role in The CW's *Dynasty*, a reboot of the 1980s primetime soap opera of the same name, in March 2017. His role, Sam Jones, is a gay male version of the character, Sammy Jo Carrington, famously played by Heather Locklear. De La Fuente remained on the series through its final episode in 2022 and is one of four cast members to appear in all 108 episodes.

In 2018, De La Fuente featured in the films *¡He matado a mi marido!* and *Antidote*. In 2023, he starred as Enrique in the Hallmark Christmas film, *Letters to Santa*.

### Personal Life

De La Fuente dated photographer Pablo Costanzo from 2019 to 2022.

## Trivia

* Rafael was working as a driver for *Uber* before he landed the role of Sam.
* Being Venezuelan and living in the U.S. for so long, he is fluent in English and Spanish.
* After news broke of Ana Brenda Contreras getting cast on Dynasty, both Ana Brenda and Rafael revealed they have grown close to each other and called themselves the Latin Mafia.
* In celebration of Pride Month, Rafael said in in an Instagram post on June 28, 2019 that he was a proud queer man.
* On March 29, 2020 Rafael posted several pictures of some of the wardrobe fittings he has had across all three seasons while being quarantined due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

## Gallery

### Videos

"Dynasty" Stars Reveal Diversity Changes E! Live from the Red CarpetDynasty Season 3 Cast Interview TVLineDynasty Cast- The Farewell Interview
### Images

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Season 4
* Season 5
* General

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De La Fuente and Brandi Bradburn (director)
## External Links

* Rafael de la Fuente on Internet Movie Database
* Rafael de la Fuente on Wikipedia
* Rafael de la Fuente on Facebook
* Rafael de la Fuente on Instagram
* Rafael de la Fuente on TikTok
* Rafael de la Fuente on Twitter

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l791O-kULLc
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BmKKJfdA5vd/?hl=en&taken-by=anabreco
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQbY4snUUN/