Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor, best 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.
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, and November 2004 to January 2005.
In late 2003 and early 2004, he met the famous model Estefania Santana and after a couple of dates they became an official couple. They are now no longer dating since she has moved on.
In October 2004 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. In November 2004 USA Today named him "the [show's] hottest sex symbol". Metcalfe made brief appearances in later seasons.
Metcalfe is one of five celebrity victims to appear on the T.V. show Punk'd more than once; after Ben McKenzie, Wilmer Valderrama, Omarion, and Jesse McCartney. His first appearance took place when he and Ashton Kutcher punk'd Eva Longoria for stealing thousands of dollars and fraud (false identity). His second occurred when he was punk'd by Ashton Kutcher's crew members during the Spider-Man 3 audition. Metcalfe also appeared in the 3 Doors Down "Let Me Go" video.
Metcalfe's first film role was in 2006, John Tucker Must Die, alongside Ashanti, One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush and Hairspray's Brittany Snow; he played a wealthy and insincere teenage playboy high school basketball player.
