Girls Man World: Jesse Metcalf

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 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. The film opened on July 28, 2006. Metcalfe hosted UK chat show The Paul O'Grady Show on October 26, 2006, because O'Grady was taking the week off on doctor's orders. Jesse had previously been interviewed on the show twice before. Metcalfe sang "Hey Jude" on the Soap Sessions 3: Beatles songs CD.

In 2008 he portrayed Jack in the psychological horror film Insanitarium. The film received a limited theatrical release and was released Straight-to-DVD July 15, 2008 and received a negative to mixed critical reception. He also starred as Granger Woodruff in The Other End of the Line a film based on an employee at an Indian call-center who travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone. The film was released Straight-to-DVD October 31, 2008 to mixed reviews. Metcalfe hosted the World Music Awards in Monaco in November 2008. After "a couple glasses of champagne" at a party after the Awards, Metcalfe fell off a second-story balcony and tumbled thirty to forty feet to the ground. He fractured a fibula, but avoided more serious injury. In 2009 he starred alongside both Amber Tamblyn and Michael Douglas in a remake of the 1956 film Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. The film directed by Peter Hyams was released to selected cinemas September 11, 2009. The film received a slight over average review and was judged on 20 reviews.