Date of Birth

9 December 1978, Carmel Valley, California, USA

Birth Name

Jesse Eden Metcalfe

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Jesse Eden Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, to Nancy (DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. He is of mostly Italian and Portuguese descent. He was raised in Southeastern Connecticut. Metcalfe attended the Williams School, a private high school in New London, Connecticut. He pursued his higher education at New York University where he studied acting and film at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

Metcalfe first appeared on the small screen in NBC's daytime drama, 'Passions', but rose to fame on the mega-hit series, 'Desperate Housewives' playing teenage boy-toy, John Rowland. He's since been the lead in both studio and independent features. Best known for carrying Twentieth Century Fox's successful teen-comedy "John Tucker Must Die" and starring opposite Michael Douglas in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009). 2011 saw Jesse cast in TNT's reboot of the iconic series, 'Dallas'. Playing the Christopher Ewing, son of Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy).

Jesse is an avid art enthusiast and collector, plays both guitar and piano, enjoys basketball, boxing and weight training.

Trivia

• Attended NYU from 1996 to 1999. He did not graduate.
• He is of one half Italian and one quarter Portuguese ancestry, with his other roots being English, Irish, and French-Canadian. His paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather were both of Italian origin, and his maternal grandmother was of Portuguese heritage. Jesse's paternal great-grandfather William Harry Metcalfe was born in Yorkshire, England, and moved to Massachusetts, where he married Jesse's great-grandmother Catherine Young.
• Plays the guitar and likes to sing.
• Worked at the Bob's in Waterford
• Entered rehab for alcohol abuse on March 19, 2007.
• He attended Williams High School in New London, Connecticut.
• Featured along with former Nash Bridges (1996) star, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, in the "3 Doors Down" music video for "Let Me Go". [February 2005]
• Currently playing the part of U.S. Marshall Luke Watson on the TV Series, "Chase" alongside lead Kelli Giddish. [September 2010]
• Decided not to renew his contract for Passions (1999). The show has made no decision whether or not his part will be recast. He has been playing the role of "Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald" since Passions (1999) debuted in 1999. [March 2004]
• Currently in Sydney as he will feature as the Special Guest at the Melbourne and Sydney Balls respectively. [February 2006]
• Jesse is an up and coming country singer.
• He was in a relationship with actress Cara Santana from 2009 and they were engaged from August 2016 to January 2020.

Quotes

• "I'm making out with girls on TV all day, so I can't be hanging out with a girl that get jealous too easily" - On his role on Desperate Housewives (2004).
• I like girly girls. I like a girl who is confident, intelligent, likes to have fun, is open to experiencing new things and is into music. If a girl's not into music, I can't hang with her very long.
• "I work out five times a week. If my shirt's off all the time on national television with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best!" - On his role on Desperate Housewives (2004).