Jordan Metcalfe (born 24 May 1986) is an English actor.
Metcalfe has appeared as Jake in The Queen's Nose in 2003. He has played the roles of Chris Travis in Heartbeat, and Kieran Tyler in Tea with Betty, Afternoon Play in 2006. He also played 'Mould' in Fungus the Bogeyman (2004), the character 'Chip' in My Parents Are Aliens in 2006, Young Garstin in These Foolish Things (2006), 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. 2019 saw Metcalfe join the cast of Father Brown on BBC1 afternoons.
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(the Dreaming 2002 NYMT) also played the roles of Jack in The Dreaming, and Young Katurian in The Pillowman. In 2026, he plays Edward Gordon Craig in Grace Pervades at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.Davis, Clive. "Grace Pervades review – Ralph Fiennes sparkles in David Hare’s quirky play", The Times, 30 April 2026
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2005These Foolish ThingsGarstin at 14with Lauren Bacall and Terence Stamp2014PrideCharlie2017FracturedFreyr2024Ladies FirstMarlonwith Sacha Baron Cohen
Television Year Title Role Notes2003JakeMain role2004Fungus the BogeymanMould TV series2005LightfootTV film2005Girls in LoveWayneEpisode: "True Romance"2005ReceptionistEpisode: "Towpaths of Glory"2006Kieran TylerEpisode: "Tea with Betty"2006Maddigan's QuestTimonMain role2006–2010Genie in the HouseAdilMain role2006Ultimate ForceByronEpisode: "Violent Solutions"2006My Parents Are AliensChipEpisode: "Abandon Chip"2006HeartbeatChris TravisEpisode: "Memoirs of a Fighting Man"2010MisfitsBrianEpisode Finale: "Season 2"2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like ThisLes DennisTV film2019Father BrownJamie CheesemanEpisode: "The Passing Bell"
Theatre Title Role NotesPeter PanNibsRoyal Festival HallThe DreamingJackRoyal Opera HouseOliver TwistOliverLyric HammersmithThe PillowmanYoung KaturianNational TheatreWendy and Peter PanMichaelRoyal Shakespeare Company – Strafford-upon-AvonHobson's ChoiceAlbert ProsserRegents ParkThe Hypochondriac ClèanteTheatre Royal BathThe HypocriteJames, Duke of YorkRoyal Shakespeare CompanyThe Winter's TaleThe ClownShakespeare's Globe TheatreThe Comedy of Errors Dromio of Syracuse Shakespeare's Globe TheatreJack Absolute Flies AgainRoy FaulklandNational TheatreAccidental Death of an AnarchistD. I. DaisyLyric HammersmithCold WarMichelAlmeida TheatreLove's Labour's LostBoyétRoyal Shakespeare CompanyCoriolanusBrutusNational TheatreGrace PervadesEdward Gordon CraigTheatre Royal, Bath; Theatre Royal Haymarket
References
External links
Newspaper article Daily Telegraph review of Oliver Twist