Jesse Metcalfe is an American actor. He played John Rowland in the TV show Desperate Housewives, appeared in the series Chesapeake Shores and Dallas, and starred in the films Fortress and John Tucker Must Die. Metcalfe has also ventured into production, working on the films A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery and Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery.