Jordan Smith (actor)

Jordan Patrick Smith (born 18 June 1989) is a Scottish-Australian actor. He gained prominence through his role as Andrew Robinson in the soap opera '' Neighbours'' (2009–2013, 2022). He has since appeared in the film '' Unbroken'' (2014), and the historical dramas '' Banished'' (2015), ''Vikings'' (2016–2020), and the HBO horror fantasy drama ''Lovecraft Country'' (2020).

Early life

Smith was born in Fife. He attended St Columba's High School and played football for Dunfermline's youth academy. Following a holiday to Australia in 2001, Smith's family fell in love with the country and decided to emigrate. They moved to Brisbane in 2003 when Smith was thirteen years old. He attended Carmel Catholic College.

Career

After finishing school, Smith took a number of acting courses and appeared in a few commercials. He has previously appeared in '' H₂O: Just Add Water'', in which he played a surfer. Smith has also had roles in '' Mortified'' and ''Home and Away''.

While between jobs, Smith worked as a labourer. In 2009, he was offered the role of Andrew Robinson in the hit soap opera '' Neighbours'', but nearly had to turn it down because he was in hospital. He says, "I'd been doing some work as a labourer and I'd been lifting up concrete floors when some of the concrete flew up and smashed into my face. My nose got all swollen and became infected, so I was kept on a drip of antibiotics for a week. I got the call to say I got the part while I was still in hospital on Sunday night (in Queensland) and I had to be in Melbourne by 7am the next day."

Smith has admitted that ''Neighbours'' had to change his character's background story because of his Scottish accent. Andrew was initially meant to have been brought up in Brazil, but the strength of Smith's accent meant that this had to be changed. He has also stated that he had to "refine" his accent in order to be understood by other cast members and the audience. Smith admitted that if he was not playing the role of Andrew Robinson he would have liked to play the role of fellow ''Neighbours'' character Lucas Fitzgerald, played by his co-star Scott Major, instead. While he was appearing on ''Neighbours'', Smith resided with his co-star Chris Milligan, who played Kyle Canning.

On 26 November 2012, it was announced that Smith would be leaving ''Neighbours''. He made his final screen appearance as Andrew on 29 March 2013. Smith co-starred in Angelina Jolie's '' Unbroken'' as Cliff, an Australian prisoner who is taken to a Japanese POW camp in World War II. In 2015, Smith appeared in the BBC series '' Banished''; he joined the cast of ''Vikings'' as Ubbe in 2016; and in 2020, he played William in the HBO series ''Lovecraft Country''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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1989 births
21st-century Australian male actors
21st-century Scottish male actors
Australian male film actors
Australian male soap opera actors
Living people
Male actors from Melbourne
People educated at St Columba's Roman Catholic High School, Dunfermline
People from Fife
People from Redland City
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Scottish male film actors
Scottish male soap opera actors