Jordan Metcalfe (born 24 May 1986) is an English actor, best known for his role as Adil in the sitcom

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. 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'', ''

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'' in 2006. He also played 'Mould' in ''

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'' (2004), the character 'Chip' in ''

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'' in 2006, Young Garstin in ''These Foolish Things'' (2006), Lightfoot in the documentary ''The Iceman Murder'' (2005), John Chappel Jr. in the

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''The Last Flight To Kuwait'', Byron in ''

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'', Wayne in

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's '' Girls In Love'' and Brian in ''

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''. 2019 saw Metcalfe join the cast of ''

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'' on BBC1 afternoons. Other notable appearances include Timon in ''

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'' and Oliver in Neil Bartlett's acclaimed production of ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the titular orphan, who, ...

'' at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 2004. He(the Dreaming 2002 NYMT) also played the roles of Jack in ''

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'', and Young Katurian in ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

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Newspaper article

''Daily Telegraph'' review of ''Oliver Twist''
English male television actors 1986 births Living people Male actors from Kingston upon Hull 21st-century English male actors {{England-actor-stub