Jordan Metcalfe

Jordan Metcalfe (born 24 May 1986) is an English actor. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. He is best known for his role 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 Highbury, London.

Filmography

External links

• Genie In The House official Site
• Jordan Metcalfe at the IMDB
• Newspaper article
• Daily Telegraph review of Oliver Twist
• JPA Management (Agent)