Jesse Metcalfe Movies and Career Information

Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor, most known for his role on Desperate Housewives as John Rowland. He is also notable for his portrayal of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions and his starring role as the title character in the movie John Tucker Must Die. Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. His father is of French and Italian descent and his mother is of Italian and Portuguese descent. Metcalfe played in several basketball leagues during his teen years in Waterford, Connecticut and graduated from The Williams School in New London, Connecticut. He dropped out of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in order to pursue a career as a writer/director. Since 2006, Metcalfe had been dating singer Nadine Coyle of the British girl group Girls Aloud, they split in April 2007. More recently, he has dated British model and socialite Emma Miller. After successfully auditioning for the NBC soap opera Passions, he played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, one of five siblings, from the show's debut in July 1999 to July 2004. In late 2003 and early 2004, Metcalfe made two guest appearances on