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 John Tucker in the movie John Tucker Must Die.
Metcalfe was born in California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeffrey Metcalfe. His father is of [[English, Irish descent and his mother is of Portugue...
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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 John Tucker in the movie John Tucker Must Die.
Metcalfe was born in California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeffrey Metcalfe. His father is of [[English, Irish descent and his mother is of Portuguese and Italian descent. Metcalfe, who played in several basketball leagues during his teen years, grew up an only child in Waterford, Connecticut and graduated from The Williams School, in New London, CT, but dropped out of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in order to pursue a career as a writer/director.
Metcalfe moved to Los Angeles from Perth, Australia with his wife Chelsea and attended an open casting call, successfully auditioning for the NBC soap opera Passions. He played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, one of five siblings, from...
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