Early life

Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley Village, California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. His father is of English, Irish, French, and Italian descent and his mother is of Italian and Portuguese ancestry. 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 NYU once he booked the part Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions.

Career

In 1999, Metcalfe successfully auditioned for the NBC soap opera Passions, which debuted in July 1999. Metcalfe portrayed the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, a resident in the fictional city of Harmony. In July 2004, after more than five years on the series, Metcalfe announced he was taking a break from Passions to pursue other projects. Metcalfe, in November of that year, returned to the series for a brief stint before making his final appearance on the series in January 2005.

In October 2004, Metcalfe starred in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives as teen gardener John Rowland, who is involved in an affair with married housewife Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria). In 2005, Metcalfe won the "Choice TV Breakout Performance: Male" award at the Teen Choice Awards for his role on the show. For a brief period Metcalfe juggled both Passions and Desperate Housewives roles before leaving Passions to focus on Desperate Housewives full-time. Following the first season, creator Marc Cherry revealed Metcalfe would return to the series on a recurring basis. Metcalfe made his final appearance as a special guest star on the show in October 2009.

In July 2006, Metcalfe played the title character in the 20th Century Fox comedy film John Tucker Must Die. The film, which starred Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow, and R&B singer Ashanti, followed three friends who set out to break the heart of a serial cheater by setting him up with the new girl in town. Filming took place in Vancouver on a budget of $18 million. The film and Metcalfe's performance received mixed reviews and went on to make over $68,824,526 worldwide. To promote the film, Metcalfe hosted an episode of the British TV chat show The Paul O'Grady Show in October, due to O'Grady's being unwell.

In July 2008, Metcalfe starred in the horror film Insanitarium portraying the protagonist, Jack. The film, which centers on a young man trying to break his sister out of a mental institution, was filmed in August and September 2007. The film received negative reviews though Metcalfe's performance received positive reviews from the few critics who reviewed the film. That same year Metcalfe starred in The Other End of the Line as the romantic interest Granger Woodruff. The film was released in October and went on to make over $507,534 worldwide on a limited theatrical release in selected countries.

In February 2008, Variety announced Metcalfe would star alongside Michael Douglas and Amber Tamblyn in the remake of the 1956 film Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. Filming took place in Los Angeles the following month. The film suffered distribution problems and suffered numerous push-backs. The film was released in September 2009 to universally negative reviews. The film, which made over $3 million worldwide, failed to surpass its $25 million budget.

In February 2010, Metcalfe was cast in the NBC crime drama series Chase. The pilot was shot in March that same year in Houston, Texas. On May 10, 2010 NBC picked up an eighteen-episode first season. The series centers on a fugitive-apprehension team based outside of Houston, Texas who track down dangerous criminals. The series premiered on September 20, 2010 to 7.31 million viewers and mixed reviews from critics. The series did not return for a second season due to low ratings.

In February 2011, Metcalfe was confirmed to star in the TNT drama series Dallas. The series is a continuation of the Dallas series that premiered in 1978 and went on for 14 seasons. In July 2011, TNT picked up the pilot and ordered a ten-episode first season. Both Jordana Brewster and Josh Henderson were confirmed to star. Metcalfe portrayed Christopher Ewing, a role that originated from the original series (and was played by another actor). The series premiered on June 13, 2012 to 6.86 million viewers and positive reviews from critics. Dallas was canceled on October 3, 2014 after three seasons.

In 2015, Metcalfe had a lead role as Chase Carter in the movie Dead Rising: Watchtower based on Capcom's videogame franchise. Metcalfe also starred as Bradley Suttons in Hallmark movie A Country Wedding. The film premiered to 2.2 million total viewers on Hallmark movie channel. In 2016, Metcalfe starred in the Christian drama film God's Not Dead 2 as Tom Endler as a lawyer who defends a Christian teacher who struggles between giving up her faith or giving up her job.

Personal life

In March 2007, he entered a drug rehabilitation facility, citing alcoholism as the reason.

In November 2008, Metcalfe hosted the World Music Awards in Monaco. While at the after party for the ceremony, Metcalfe fell off a second-story balcony and tumbled thirty feet to the ground. He fractured his fibula but avoided more serious injury.

Relationships

Metcalfe has been dating Cara Santana since 2009 with a break in 2011. In 2014, Metcalfe refuted rumors that they were engaged.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	John Tucker Must Die	John Tucker
2008	Loaded	Tristan Price
2008	Insanitarium	Jack	Direct-to-video
2008	Other End of the Line, TheThe Other End of the Line	Granger Woodruff
2009	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	C.J. Nichols
2010	Tortured, TheThe Tortured	Craig
2015	Dead Rising: Watchtower	Chase Carter	Crackle original movie
2016	God's Not Dead 2	Attorney Tom Endler
2016	Dead Rising: Endgame	Chase Carter	Post-production
2016	Destined	Officer Holder / Dylan Holder	Post-production

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999-2004	Passions	Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald	Series regular: July 5, 1999 - July 26, 2004
2003	44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out	Uniform	Television film (FX)
2003-04	Smallville	Van McNulty	2 episodes
2004-09	Desperate Housewives	John Rowland	Main role (season 1); 23 episodes
2006	Girls Aloud: Off the Record	Himself	Episode 4 (scenes deleted)
2009	Jack Osbourne: Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie 2	Himself	2 episodes
2010	Fairfield Road	Noah McManus	Television film (Hallmark)
2010-11	Chase	Luke Watson	Main role; 18 episodes
2012-14	Dallas	Christopher Ewing	Main role; 40 episodes
2013	British Soap Awards, TheThe British Soap Awards	Himself	Award presenter
2014	2 Broke Girls	Sebastian	Episode: "And the DJ Face"
2015	A Country Wedding	Bradley Suttons	Television film (Hallmark)
2016	Chesapeake Shores	Trace Riley	Main role; in production

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2000	Soap Opera Digest Awards	Favorite Teen Star	Passions	Nominated
2005	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Desperate Housewives	Won
2005	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Breakout Performance: Male	Desperate Housewives	Won
2005	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Comedy	Desperate Housewives	Nominated

Charities

Jesse Metcalfe supports the following charitable causes: World Poverty & Hunger, Children.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]