Jesse Metcalfe Biography

Summary

"Jesse Eden Metcalfe" is an American actor, most known for his role on "Desperate Housewives" as the gardener Gabrielle Solis had an affair with.

Biography

Early life

Metcalfe was born in California to Scott Metcalfe and Nancy DeMaio; his father is of French and Italian descent, and his mother is of Portuguese and Italian descent. Jesse 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.

Career

Metcalfe moved to Los Angeles and attended an open casting call, 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 until July 2004. He left "Passions" because he felt that he 'wasn't really going to get anything more out of it.'

In late 2003 and early 2004, Metcalfe made two guest appearances on the WB Network TV series "Smallville" as vindictive 'meteor freak hunter' Van McNulty.

Metcalfe returned to television as the teenage gardener John Rowland on the popular ABC TV drama "Desperate Housewives", where his character had a secret relationship with housewife Gabrielle Solis played by Eva Longoria, since the series' debut in October 2004. This was the role that made Metcalfe a household name, and he immediately gained attention for his well-toned body, particularly his smooth and muscular pectorals, emphasised by the fact that he appeared shirtless in almost every scene he was in. "USA Today" in November 2004 named him 'the show's hottest sex symbol'. Metcalfe only made a few appearances on the second season and only one thus far in the third season of "Desperate Housewives".

Metcalfe is the fifth victim and the fifth star to appear on "Punk'd" more than once, after Ben McKenzie, Wilmer Valderrama, Omarion, and Jesse McCartney. His first appearance was when Metcalfe and Ashton Kutcher "punk'd" Eva Longoria for stealing thousands of dollars and fraud (false identity). His second is when Metcalfe was "punk'd" by Ashton Kutcher's crew members during the "Spider-Man 3" audition. Metcalfe also appeared in 3 Doors Down 'Let Me Go' video.

Metcalfe's first film role is in "John Tucker Must Die", alongside Ashanti and One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush, in which he plays a wealthy and insincere teenage playboy high school basketball player. The film opened on July 28, 2006.

Jesse hosted "The New Paul O'Grady Show" on October 26, 2006, because Paul was taking the week off on doctor's orders. Jesse had previously been interviewed on the show twice before.

He is set to appear in 2008 movies American Cowslip as Jay, The Other End of the Line as Granger Woodriff, Insanitarium and Loaded as Tristan Price.

He was recently in India at the MTV Lycra Style Awards 2007.