Jordan Rodrigues

1992-07-20 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jordan Rodrigues (born 20 July, 1992) is an Australian singer, dancer and actor best known for playing Jai Fernandez in Home and Away and Christian Reed in Dance Academy. Rodrigues's first professional acting experience was when he played the role of the young Simba in The Lion King's Australian tour at the Capitol Theatre starting in October 2003. Rodrigues then trained as a dancer at Brent Street in Sydney for over ten years. He began acting in 2008, and made his debut in Home and Away for the part of Jai Fernandez. In 2009, Rodrigues was nominated for a TV Week Silver Logie as Most Popular New Talent after he finished his role on Home and Away. In 2009, he landed a main role in the ABC series Dance Academy. He was cast as one of the main characters, Christian Reed. In 2013, he appeared in the Australian 4-part mini-series Better Man. He went on to reprise his role in the 2017 film Dance Academy: The Movie. From 2014 to 2018, he had a recurring role in the ABC family show The Fosters in the second to fifth season. He starred in film Breaking Through as JJ. In 2017, he appeared in Greta Gerwig's A24 film Lady Bird as Miguel McPherson, the titular character's older brother. From 2018, he played Trey Emory, one of the main characters in the Hulu original series Light as a Feather.