Jesse MetCalfe

Jesse Eden MetCalfe was born on December 9th, 1978 in Monterey, California. He grew up as an only child in Waterford, Connecticut, where he later worked for his step-Father's landscaping company. After high school, he attended the Tisch School of Arts at New York University, originally to become a director. While in college, he worked as a model in print and commerical work for publications such as Seventeen and YM. He has appeared in the student films "Jesus and Tequila" and "Phasmogoria."

After taking a few acting classes in college, Jesse acquired an interest in becoming an actor. He was sent on an open call for the soap opera, Passions. He beat out hundreds of other actors for the part of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, and he stayed on the show for 5 years. In 2004, Jesse landed the role of John Rowland on the ABC drama Desperate Housewives.

Since then, Jesse has been a guest on numerous TV shows such as Oprah, Ellen, and Tony Danza, he has been in tons of magazines, and also starred in the summer comedy, John Tucker Must Die with Ashanti Sophia Bush, and Brittany Snow.

Jesse is a truly talented and charasmatic person, as well as actor. In his spare time, he participates in hobbies such as Sculpting, piano and golf. He also plays basketball, and can be seen playing for the Hollywood Knights, a celebrity basketball team that plays to raise money for high schools in Southern California.
Now he lives in Hollywood Hills, California. His girlfrend is Nadine Coyle.

Filmography

Town Creek (2007) (pre-production) .... Evan Marshall
Loaded (2007) (post-production) .... Tristan Price
"Desperate Housewives" .... John Rowland (22 episodes, 2004-2006)
John Tucker Must Die (2006) .... John Tucker
"Smallville" .... Van McNulty (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) (TV) .... Uniform
"Passions" .... Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald / ... (3 episodes, 1999-2004)