Jordan Metcalfe
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Jordan Metcalfe is an English actor. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. He currently stars as Adil the Genie in the children's comedy Genie in the House
, screened in the UK and the Netherlands on Nickelodeon
, in Germany on Nick Germany, in France on Canal J and Spain on Antena 3 (.NEOX). He finished recording a second series of Genie in the House in September 2007, for broadcast from November 2008.
Jordan has appeared as Jake in The Queen's Nose
in 2003. He has played the roles of Chris Travis in Heartbeat, Andy Murphy in Casualty
, and Kieran Tyler in Tea with Betty, an Afternoon Play
in 2006. He also played the voice of 'Mould' in Fungus the Bogeyman
(2004), the character 'Chip' in My Parents Are Aliens
in 2006, Young Garstin in These Foolish Things (2006), a telephone receptionist in The Last Detective
(2005), Lightfoot in the documentary The Iceman Murder (2005), John Chappel Jr. in the drama-documentary The Last Flight To Kuwait, Byron in Ultimate Force
, Wayne in Jacqueline Wilson
's Girls In Love
and Brian in Misfits
.
Other notable appearances include Timon in Maddigan's Quest
and Oliver in Neil Bartlett's acclaimed production of Oliver Twist
at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 2004. He has also worked in theatre playing the roles of The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
, Nibs in Peter Pan
, Jack in The Dreaming, and Young Katurian in The Pillowman
.
Jordan lives in London
.
Genie In The House
Genie in the House is a British situation comedy broadcast on Nickelodeon about a widowed father with two teenage daughters who find a dusty old golden lamp while exploring the loft of their new home. A quick rub of the lamp releases Adil, a trainee genie from Balamkadaar who has been confined to...
, screened in the UK and the Netherlands on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon UK
Nickelodeon is a children's television channel available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including on demand on BT Vision. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993...
, in Germany on Nick Germany, in France on Canal J and Spain on Antena 3 (.NEOX). He finished recording a second series of Genie in the House in September 2007, for broadcast from November 2008.
Jordan has appeared as Jake in The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose
The Queen's Nose is a book, written by Dick King-Smith, that was adapted into a successful BBC television series.-The book:The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10 year old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty...
in 2003. He has played the roles of Chris Travis in Heartbeat, Andy Murphy in Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, and Kieran Tyler in Tea with Betty, an Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play is a series of individual plays which sometimes appear on BBC One during weekday afternoons. The first series began on 27 January 2003, and as of 2008 there have been five series...
in 2006. He also played the voice of 'Mould' in Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus the Bogeyman is a children's graphic novel by British artist Raymond Briggs. It follows one day in the life of the titular character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings.-Plot:...
(2004), the character 'Chip' in My Parents Are Aliens
My Parents are Aliens
My Parents are Aliens is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television and later Granada Productions for CITV about an eccentric family, which was produced as seven annual series, first broadcast in 1999 and ending in 2006...
in 2006, Young Garstin in These Foolish Things (2006), a telephone receptionist in The Last Detective
The Last Detective
The Last Detective is an ITV drama starring Peter Davison as Dangerous Davies. The first series aired in 2003 with three more seasons succeeding this...
(2005), Lightfoot in the documentary The Iceman Murder (2005), John Chappel Jr. in the drama-documentary The Last Flight To Kuwait, Byron in Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS...
, Wayne in Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson
Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL is an award-winning English author, known for her vast and diverse work in children's literature. Her novels have been adapted numerous times for television, and commonly deal with such challenging themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness...
's Girls In Love
Girls In Love
Girls in Love is a British children's drama series produced by Granada Television which aired on CITV. It is based on the book of the same title , both created by UK author Jacqueline Wilson that follows the romantic thrills and spills of three teenage girls - Ellie, Magda and Nadine...
and Brian in Misfits
Misfits (TV series)
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders forced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The first series started broadcasting on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was...
.
Other notable appearances include Timon in Maddigan's Quest
Maddigan's Quest
Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang...
and Oliver in Neil Bartlett's acclaimed production of Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 2004. He has also worked in theatre playing the roles of The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
, Nibs in Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
, Jack in The Dreaming, and Young Katurian in The Pillowman
The Pillowman
The Pillowman is a 2003 play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995...
.
Jordan lives in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ultimate Force Ultimate Force Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS... |
Byron | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Girls in Love Girls In Love Girls in Love is a British children's drama series produced by Granada Television which aired on CITV. It is based on the book of the same title , both created by UK author Jacqueline Wilson that follows the romantic thrills and spills of three teenage girls - Ellie, Magda and Nadine... |
Wayne | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Jake | 6 episodes | |
| 2004 | Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus the Bogeyman is a children's graphic novel by British artist Raymond Briggs. It follows one day in the life of the titular character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings.-Plot:... |
Mould (voice) | TV movie |
| 2005 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Andy Murphey | Episode: "Naming Names" |
| 2005 | Lightfoot | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Telephone Receptionist | Episode: "Towpaths of Glory" | |
| 2006 | These Foolish Things These Foolish Things (film) These Foolish Things is a 2005 film based on Noel Langley's novel There's a Porpoise Close Behind us and directed by Julia Taylor-Stanley. It stars Zoe Tapper, David Leon, Lauren Bacall, Anjelica Huston and Julia McKenzie. The drama was largerly filmed on location in Bristol, Cheltenham and... |
Garstin at 14 | |
| 2006 | Kieran Tyler | Episode: "Tea with Betty" | |
| 2006 | Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang... |
Timon | 13 episodes |
| 2006 | My Parents Are Aliens My Parents are Aliens My Parents are Aliens is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television and later Granada Productions for CITV about an eccentric family, which was produced as seven annual series, first broadcast in 1999 and ending in 2006... |
Chip | Episode: "Abandon Chip" |
| 2006 | Heartbeat | Chris Travis | Episode: "Memoirs of a Fighting Man" |
| 2006–2009 | Genie in the House Genie In The House Genie in the House is a British situation comedy broadcast on Nickelodeon about a widowed father with two teenage daughters who find a dusty old golden lamp while exploring the loft of their new home. A quick rub of the lamp releases Adil, a trainee genie from Balamkadaar who has been confined to... |
Adil | 78 episodes |
| 2007 | John Chappell Jr. | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Hearts & Minds | Customer | |
| 2009 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Huck | Episode: "Who Do You Think You Are?" |
| 2010 | Doctors | Super-San | Episode: "Domo Arigato, Super San" |
| 2010 | Misfits Misfits (TV series) Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders forced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The first series started broadcasting on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was... |
Brian | Episode: "2.6" |
| Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver! Oliver! Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.... |
The Artful Dodger The Artful Dodger Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his skill and cunning in that respect. As a result he has become the leader of the gang of child criminals, trained by the elderly Fagin... |
New Theatre, Hull |
| Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with... |
Nibs | Royal Festival Hall |
| The Dreaming | Jack | Royal Opera House |
| Oliver Twist Oliver Twist Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to... |
Oliver Oliver Twist (character) Oliver Twist is the protagonist of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He was the first child protagonist in an English language novel.-Background:... |
Lyric Hammersmith |
| The Pillowman The Pillowman The Pillowman is a 2003 play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995... |
Young Katurian | National Theatre |