Jesse Metcalfe

Jesse Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, but raised in Waterford, Connecticut. He began his career as a model and would travel to New York for work. He booked small jobs at Seventeen Magazine and in commercials and campaigns. Metcalfe moved to NYC after high school to attend New York University Tisch School of the Arts and study film directing and writing. Although, while he was there, he discovered his love for acting.

Metcalfe’s big break came with Desperate Housewives, in which he played John Rowland — a teenager who was in an adulterous relationship with Eva Longoria’s character, Gabrielle. He appeared on Desperate Housewives for five years in the mid to late 2000s before the show wrapped in 2012. His breakout film role came in the beloved 2006 rom-com John Tucker Must Die. He starred in the movie alongside Brittany Snow, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Ashanti and Penn Badgley. His additional credits include Dallas, Chase, Passions, Hard Kill and Divine Influencer, among others.

Metcalfe dated actress Cara Santana for more than a decade and the pair even got engaged before splitting in 2020. Metcalfe then dated internet personality Corin Jamie-Lee Clark for two years before they broke up in 2022. He’s since moved on with Helene Immel, whom he’s been dating since 2023.