- Jay Rodan
Jay Rodan (born
May 15 ,1974 ) is aSouth African born, British actor best known for his role as Paolo Bardosa on the fifth season of "Footballers' Wives ".Rodan was born in South Africa to a Scottish father and Afrikaans mother. He grew up in the UK and
Canada , where he attended secondary school inVancouver . He became addicted to acting and at age sixteen he joined the Vancouver Youth Theatre. After high school he had a variety of odd jobs including circus ride operator, construction worker, and removal man.Following South Africa's historic election Rodan traveled and worked there as a performing artist. He then returned to London where he initially busked in
Covent Garden and outside Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to make ends meet. His break came when he was cast oppositeSamuel L. Jackson in Kasi Lemmon'sNew York City -set "The Caveman's Valentine" (2001). He has since gone on to work withBernardo Bertolucci ,Franco Zeffirelli ("Callas Forever "), andUli Edel , among others. He has starred oppositeBen Kingsley ,Christopher Walken , andJeremy Irons , all of whom he lists as influences. Rodan has also written a screenplay entitled "Beyond Arcadia" which is in development.Rodan has two children with his wife, photographer Kayt Jones.
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