Early life

Jordan was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. His parents divorced when he was young, and he lived in low-income housing, with his brother, Joey, sister, Jessica, and mother, Debbie (née Stone). His father is of English, Scottish, Welsh, and German descent, while Jeremy's mother is Jewish (her parents' families were Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania). He was a "straight A student", and graduated from Mary Carroll High School, where he was an active member of the choir. Later, he graduated from Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA in musical theatre.

Career

Jordan sang as a teenager, also beginning to act in high school. In 2008, he starred as Alex in The Little Dog Laughed at Hartford Theatreworks, for which he received a Connecticut Critics Circle nomination. Later the same year, he played Tom Sawyer in Big River at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. He appeared in the Broadway cast of Rock of Ages in 2009. He also made a 2008 television appearance, guest starring on NBC's Law & Order: SVU in the episode "Streetwise".

Jordan starred as an alternate for the leading role of Tony in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story. He also starred as Clyde Barrow in the 2010 pre-Broadway Sarasota, Florida tryout of the new musical, Bonnie & Clyde by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black. He debuted the role of Clyde when the show opened on Broadway on December 1, 2011. The show closed on December 30, 2011 after 36 performances.

Jordan played Jack in the stage version of Newsies at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in September and October 2011.

He starred in the Warner Bros. film Joyful Noise, opposite Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, and Dolly Parton. The film opened on January 13, 2012.

Jordan reprised the lead role as Jack Kelly in Disney's Newsies on Broadway, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and book by Harvey Fierstein. Newsies opened at the Nederlander Theatre on March 29, 2012. For the role, Jordan was nominated for the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album as a principal soloist on the Newsies original cast album.

It was announced in June 2012 that Jordan would be joining the cast of NBC's Smash for season two playing Jimmy. He initially filmed episodes for Smash while simultaneously performing in Newsies until it was announced in August 2012 that his final performance in the musical would be September 4.

He appeared in the Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis staged concert A Bed and A Chair for Encores! at New York City Center from November 13 through 17, 2013, along with, among others, Norm Lewis and Bernadette Peters.

In December 2013, Jordan appeared in Hit List, a concert presentation of the fictional musical created for the second season of Smash. He has performed at 54 Below in New York City many times as both a soloist and with his Smash costars.

Jordan played Jamie Wellerstein in The Last 5 Years, a film adaptation of the musical of the same name. The film was shot over three weeks in June 2013, and was released on Valentine's Day of 2015.

In 2015, Jordan was cast as Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr. on the CBS series Supergirl. The premiere was watched by 12.96 million viewers and subsequently received a full season order on November 30, 2015. Jordan has since received praise for his performance on the show.

Personal life

Jordan has been married to actress Ashley Spencer since 2012.

Stage credits

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2009	Rock of Ages	Swing	Brooks Atkinson Theatre March 17, 2009 - December 13, 2009
2009	West Side Story	Tony	Palace Theatre December 16, 2009 - October 10, 2010
2011	Bonnie & Clyde	Clyde Barrow	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre November 4, 2011 - December 30, 2011
2012	Newsies	Jack Kelly	Nederlander Theatre March 15, 2012 - September 4, 2012
2014	Finding Neverland	J.M Barrie	A.R.T Theatre July 23, 2014 - September 28, 2014

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	Common Change	Joel	Short film
2012	Joyful Noise	Randy Garrity
2014	The Last 5 Years	Jamie Wellerstein
Television
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Doug Walshen	Episode: "Streetwise"
2011	Submissions Only	Levi Murney	Episode: "The Miller/Hennigan Act"
2013	Smash	Jimmy Collins	Lead role (17 episodes)
2013	Elementary	Joey Castoro	Episode: "Solve for X"
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Skye Adderson	Episode: "Agent Provocateur"
2015-present	Supergirl	Winslow "Winn" Schott, Jr.	Lead role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2012	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	Bonnie & Clyde	Nominated
	Theatre World Awards	Outstanding Debut		Won
	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Newsies	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Nominated
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Nominated
2013	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theatre Album (principal soloist)	Newsies	Nominated

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