Jordan Patrick Smith

Jordan Patrick Smith (born 18 June 1989) is a Scottish-Australian actor. After appearing in several guest roles, Smith was cast as Andrew Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The character’s backstory was changed to accommodate Smith’s Scottish accent. Smith finished filming on Neighbours in 2012. He has since appeared in the feature film Unbroken, and the historical dramas Banished, Vikings and HBO’s horror fantasy drama Lovecraft Country.

While between jobs, Smith worked as a labourer.[5] 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 7 am the next day.”[6]

Smith has admitted that Neighbours had to change his character’s background story because of his Scottish accent.[7] 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.[5] He has also stated that he had to “refine” his accent in order to be understood by other cast members and the audience.[8] 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.[6] While he was appearing on Neighbours, Smith resided with his co-star Chris Milligan, who played Kyle Canning.