Jordan Rodrigues (born 20 July 1992) is an Australian actor and dancer. He is best known for his role as Trey Emory in the

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original series ''

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''. He has starred and appeared in TV series ''

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'', and '' The Fosters''.

Early life

Rodrigues was born in

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to Malaysian parents.

Career

Rodrigues's first professional acting experience was when he played the role of the young

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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. Rodrigues then trained at Brent Street for over ten 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

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in ''

''. 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 ''

''. In mid-2009, he landed a main role in the ABC series ''

''. He was cast as one of the main characters, Christian Reed. 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 ''

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'' called "Moʻo ʻolelo Pu". He also starred in film ''

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'' 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 ''

''.

Filmography

Stage

* ''

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'' (2003), as Young Simba

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people Male actors from Sydney Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian male child actors Australian male stage actors Australian male soap opera actors 21st-century Australian male actors Australian people of Asian descent Australian actors of Asian descent {{Australia-theat-actor-stub