Jesse Metcalfe
Metcalfe in 2010, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Jesse Eden Metcalfe
Place of Birth: Carmel Valley Village, Monterey, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 9, 1978
Ethnicity:
*50% Italian
*25% Portuguese
*25% mix of English, Irish, French-Canadian
Jesse Metcalfe is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions, for his roles on the series Desperate Housewives, Dallas, and Chesapeake Shores, and for starring in the films John Tucker Must Die, in the title role; Loaded, Insanitarium, The Other End of the Line, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, The Tortured (2010), Dead Rising: Watchtower, God’s Not Dead 2, Dead Rising: Endgame, Destined, Escape Plan 2: Hades, The Ninth Passenger, Hard Kill, Fortress (2021), Fortress: Sniper’s Eye, and On a Wing and a Prayer; as well as several made-for-tv movies.
His parents are both of half Italian ancestry; Jesse’s paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather were of Italian origin. His maternal grandmother was of Portuguese descent, and his paternal grandfather was of English, Irish, and French-Canadian ancestry. Jesse was partly raised in Waterford, Connecticut.
Jesse’s paternal grandfather was Robert Joseph “Bobby” Metcalfe (the son of William Harry/Henry Metcalfe and Catherine Margaret Young). Robert was born in Connecticut. William was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, the son of John William Metcalfe and Clara Overdale, and was also of part Irish ancestry. Catherine was born in Connecticut, to a Canadian father, Joseph Young, who may have been French-Canadian, and to an American mother, Catherine E. Callery, whose own parents were Irish.
Jesse’s paternal grandmother was Josephine Penta (the daughter of Umberto “Albert” Penta and Rose Anastasio). Josephine was born in Connecticut, to Italian parents.
Jesse’s maternal grandfather was Gennaro “Gene” DeMaio (the son of Lorenzo “Lawrence” DeMaio/De Maio and Fiorenza/Florenza “Florence” Copi/Coppola). Gennaro was born in New York, to Italian parents, with his father having been born in Falciano, Province of Caserta, Campania.
Jesse’s maternal grandmother was named Elinor Marlene Souza (the daughter of Joseph Souza and Anna). Elinor was born in Massachusetts, and is of Portuguese descent.
Sources: Genealogy of Jesse Metcalfe – https://www.geni.com
Jesse’s paternal grandfather, Robert Joseph “Bobby” Metcalfe, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Jesse’s paternal grandfather, Robert Joseph “Bobby” Metcalfe – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Jesse’s paternal grandfather, Robert Joseph “Bobby” Metcalfe – https://news.google.com
Jesse’s paternal grandmother, Josephine Penta, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death records of Jesse’s maternal great-grandparents, Lorenzo “Lawrence” DeMaio/De Maio and Fiorenza/Florenza “Florence” Copi/Coppola – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Jesse’s maternal grandmother, Elinor Marlene (Souza) DeMaio Creevay – https://www.legacy.com
This guy fell off very hard.
he looks puerto rican, i see many pr men that look like him. he is so fine
i always thought he was half Mexican, but yeah he looks Italian
o_o
How does he look Mexican? He has no Native American traits and could pass in any Mediterranean country. It’s so annoying how any white person with brown hair, brown eyes, and slightly darker skin is part “Mexican”. You don’t have to be pasty, blonde, and blue-eyed to be white. There are too many sheltered people in this world.
Agree, I’ve just discovered this site and it’s hilarious.The reasoning here sounds like if anyone has dark hair/brown eyes or whatever is just because:
-He’s latino
– He’s italian
– He’s jewish
Blumenbach must be spinning in his grave x)
^Well said! SO TRUE.
He is fine as hell. He does look a bit Latino.
Lol, your typical Southern European guy is darker than him, he looks like a darker German or French guy with colored eyes.
The only way he could ever be Latino is a white one, trust me I lived in California for years, the overwhelmingly majority of Mexicans I saw looked Native admixed.
I’ve never seen any “Latino” who has ever resembled him except white ones.
@WTF
Portuguese, french and italian are all latin languages, so he is a latino? if you say latino meaning south american, well many south americans are of portuguese and italian descent so i don’t know what your’re on about
He’s very handsome.