Jordan Rodrigues portrayed Jai Fernandez in Home and Away from 2008 until 2009.
In the beloved Aussie soap, Jai was a survivor of the 2004 tsunami tragedy and was holidaying in the area with his parents when the wave hit.
Losing both his mum and dad in the disaster, he ended up striking up a friendship with a fellow survivor, Miles Copeland.
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He was then forced to return to Australia after the authorities realised he was still in Thailand.
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After enduring ups and downs in Summer Bay, his character ended up leaving the tight-knit town and community to move to Japan.
But away from the hit TV show, the actor – Jordan – has lived an incredible life with a varied career.
From garnering Hulu fame to his hidden musical talent – Daily Star explores the life of the former Jai actor.
Hulu and Hollywood fame
Jordan is probably best-known for portraying Trey Emory in the Hulu original series Light as a Feather – a role he has had since 2018.
The Thriller series sees a group of best friends invite the shy new girl out on Halloween, but the group quickly regret their decision when she suggests they play a game of Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.
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With the innocent game turning into something more sinister, all goes awry when the five girls who played the game start dying off.
In the series his character Trey was a junior at Weeping Willow High School before being sent to military school, with him also being the the half-brother of Violet Simmons.
He also had a role as Miguel McPherson in hit Hollywood film Lady Bird, directed by Greta Gerwig, which starred Saoirse Ronan.
Real age and early career
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Jordan is only 30 – and was born in July 1992 – meaning he was just 16 when he first popped up in Home and Away.
His career started early on in his life, with him taking to the stage in The Lion King at just 11 years of age.
When in The Lion King he played the role of the young Simba in the Australian tour at the Capitol Theatre in 2003.
Reports say that he had no training prior to the audition but still got the role and remained in the role for two and a half years.
Musical talent
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As well as being a stellar actor, Jordan is a pretty talented musician too.
He trained at Brent Street for over ten years and studied jazz, ballet, hip hop, drama and singing.
Back in 2017 he took to Twitter to talk about his EP, writing: “Live streaming my Ep launch backyard session tonight around 7pm pst, Los Angeles on Instagram.”
As well as livestreaming his EP, he also performed a gig of original tracks at The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles.
Speaking to Forte Mag at the time, he spoke of performing his original music when he said: “It was exactly how I imagined it would go.
“I was quite nervous playing my original music in front of a crowd for the first time, but it went really well. I was over the moon with the response and just being on the stage and letting go for a bit.”
These days he can be found covering songs on his Instagram page – which always tend to garner a lot of attention.
In March 2021 he uploaded a cover of Mac Miller, Surf – Circles, which left one fan commenting with: “Please put your covers on YouTube! Can’t stop listening!”
Hunky snaps
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With almost 250,000 followers on Instagram, Jordan likes to keep his loyal legion of fans up to date with his life.
He’s also no stranger to posting sizzling snaps for his fans to gush over.
One of the snaps that sees him pose beneath the golden hour sunshine left one fan writing: “U are soooo beautiful with nothing long hair.”
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