Jordan Rodrigues

Jordan Rodrigues (born 20 July 1992) is an Australian dancer and actor. He is best known for his role as Trey Emory in the Hulu original series Light as a Feather. He has starred and appeared in TV series Dance Academy, Home and Away, and The Fosters.

Jordan Rodrigues
Born (1992-07-20) 20 July 1992
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor, dancer, builder
Years active2003–present

Early life

Rodrigues was born in Sydney to Malaysian parents.

Career

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. He had no training prior to the audition but still got the role on stage as one of the lead characters. He performed three times per week for two and a half years.[1]

Rodrigues then trained at Brent Street for over 10 years, he has studied jazz, ballet, hip hop, drama and singing.

In January 2008, Rodrigues announced he wanted a career in acting and joined an acting agency. He received several commercial roles and auditioned for the part of Jai Fernandez in Home and Away. He made his debut in March 2008. In 2009, Rodrigues was nominated for a TV Week Silver Logie as Most Popular New Talent after he finished his role as 'Jai Fernandez' on Home and Away.[2] He also had a guest role in the first episode of Blue Water High.

In mid-2009, he landed a main role in the ABC series Dance Academy. He was cast as one of the main characters, Christian Reed.[3] In 2013, he appeared in the Australian 4-part mini-series Better Man.

From 2014 to 2018, he had a recurring role in the ABC family show The Fosters in the second to fifth season. He portrayed Mat, one of Brandon's bandmates and Mariana's boyfriend. In 2015, he guest starred in an episode on Hawaii Five-0 called "Moʻo ʻolelo Pu". He also starred in film Breaking Through as JJ. In 2017 he appeared in the film Lady Bird as 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.

Filmography
Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009Home and AwayJai FernandezRegular role
2010–2013Dance AcademyChristian ReedMain role
2013CampGregRecurring role
2013Better ManKhoa Nguyen4 episodes
2014–2018The FostersMatRecurring role, 38 episodes
2015Hawaii Five-0Carter AkanaEpisode: "Moʻo ʻolelo Pu"
2015Breaking ThroughJJFilm
2016 Faking It Dylan a.k.a. "Shark Bait" Recurring role
2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Christian Reed Film
2017 Lady Bird Miguel McPherson Film
2017 Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack Blake Direct-to-video film
2018-present Light as a Feather Trey Emory Main role
2019 L.A.'s Finest Arlo Recurring role
2020 Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge Liu Kang (voice) Direct-to-video film

Stage

Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2020 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Principal Performance in a Daytime Program Light as a Feather Pending [4]

References
  1. Adamski, Kat. "Actor dreams of home now, away later". North Shore Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. "Smith, Ritchie score Gold Logie nominations". Digitalspy.co.uk. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  3. "Dance Academy – ABC press release". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  4. Hipes, Patrick; Hipes, Patrick (21 May 2020). "Daytime Emmy Nominations: 'General Hospital', 'Sesame Street', 'The View' Top List; CBS, Amazon Prime Lead Networks". Deadline. Retrieved 27 May 2020.


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