# Jordan Patrick Smith
**Jordan Patrick Smith** (born 1989) is a Scottish-Australian actor best known for playing Andrew Robinson in the Australian soap opera *Neighbours* and Ubbe, a son of Ragnar, in the historical drama series *[Vikings](https://www.edgepedia.org/vikings-tv-series)*.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Breakthrough role | Andrew Robinson in *Neighbours*, 2009–2013, first scenes broadcast December 2009, final regular appearance 29 March 2013[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith) |
| Casting quirk | The character's backstory was changed because of Smith's Scottish accent; Andrew had been meant to have been brought up in Brazil[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) |
| *Vikings* | Ubbe, main cast, 2016–2020, 50 episodes[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2356851/) |
| Film | *Unbroken* (2014), directed by Angelina Jolie, as Cliff, an Australian prisoner in a Japanese POW camp[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) |
| Other television | Private Mulrooney in *Banished* (2015); William in *Lovecraft Country* (2020, 7 episodes); David in *Two Years Later* (2026)[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/128267/jordan-patrick-smith) |
| *Neighbours* return | Reprised Andrew Robinson for the show's final episode in 2022[5](https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-07/neighbours-stars-returning-for-the-soaps-final-episode-revealed) |
## Early life
At Carmel Catholic College, drama became one of his favorite subjects.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764)
After finishing school he took acting courses and appeared in commercials, then picked up small television roles: a surfer in *H2O: Just Add Water*, a part in *Mortified*, and a guest role as Damo Nicholls in *Home and Away*.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) His film debut came in *The Ruins* (2008) as Heinrich.[6](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/jordan-patrick-smith?context.unit=HC) Between jobs he worked as a laborer.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764)
## Neighbours
In September 2009 it was announced that the character Andrew Robinson would return to *Neighbours* after a seventeen-year absence, and Darren Rowe of Digital Spy reported that the twenty-year-old Queenslander had been cast.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith) Andrew, the son of [Paul Robinson](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-robinson-neighbours) ([Stefan Dennis](https://www.edgepedia.org/stefan-dennis)) and Christina Alessi (Gayle Blakeney), had been born on screen in 1991 and previously played by Shannon Holmes until 1992.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith)
**A near-miss casting.** Smith told David Knox of TV Tonight that after returning from a [Gold Coast](https://www.edgepedia.org/gold-coast) music festival he found seventeen missed calls from his agent about the audition, drove back down, and went in largely unprepared; two weeks later he had the job.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith) The call reached him in a hospital bed: while working as a laborer lifting concrete floors, concrete had flown up and smashed into his face, leaving his nose swollen and infected, and he was kept on a drip of antibiotics for a week.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) He had to be in Melbourne by 7 am the next morning, and the accident nearly cost him the role.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764)
His first scenes as Andrew were broadcast in December 2009, and the part was initially supposed to last six weeks; in 2011 he signed a new contract to stay another two years.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith) The character's background was rewritten around his voice: Andrew had been intended to have been brought up in Brazil, but the strength of Smith's Scottish accent forced a change, and Smith said he had to "refine" his accent to be understood by cast members and the audience.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764)
In November 2012 it was announced that Smith would leave the show, and Andrew made his screen departure on 29 March 2013.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) TVmaze credits him with 696 episodes as a main-cast member.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/128267/jordan-patrick-smith)
## Vikings and later work
After leaving *Neighbours*, Smith had a supporting role in *Unbroken* (2014), [Angelina Jolie](https://www.edgepedia.org/angelina-jolie)'s war film, playing Cliff, an Australian prisoner taken to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in World War II.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764) In 2015 he appeared in the BBC series *Banished*, about the establishment of the penal colonies in Australia, as Private Mulrooney.[2](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764)
**Vikings.** In 2016 Smith joined the History channel's historical drama *Vikings* as Ubbe, one of Ragnar's sons, remaining with the series until it ended in 2020; IMDb credits him with 50 episodes.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2356851/) In a CANAL+ interview during season 5 he described the production's demands: filming ran eight to nine months a year in Ireland, and one fight scene in season 5 required six weeks of training, four days a week, and a day and a half to shoot for about three minutes of screen time.[7](https://www.canalplus.com/articles/series/vikings-saison-5-l-interview-de-jordan-smith-ubbe) He also said that Australia, and the sight of Moreton Bay, would always feel like home, while Ireland, however beautiful, did not.[7](https://www.canalplus.com/articles/series/vikings-saison-5-l-interview-de-jordan-smith-ubbe)
In 2020 he played William in a recurring role on HBO's horror fantasy drama *Lovecraft Country*, appearing in 7 episodes.[1](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/128267/jordan-patrick-smith) He is cast as David in the series *Two Years Later* (2026).[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/128267/jordan-patrick-smith)
## Return for the Neighbours finale
Announced in May 2022, he reprised Andrew Robinson alongside Pippa Black, who played his on-screen sister Elle Robinson.[5](https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-07/neighbours-stars-returning-for-the-soaps-final-episode-revealed) "It's an absolute pleasure to be back," he said at the time; "It really will be an end of an era and I am so proud to have been a part of it."[5](https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-07/neighbours-stars-returning-for-the-soaps-final-episode-revealed) TVmaze lists his return as a guest appearance in episode 8894, broadcast 25 July 2022.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/128267/jordan-patrick-smith)
## References
1. [Jordan Patrick Smith, Neighbours Soap Opera Wiki](https://neighbours-soap-opera.fandom.com/wiki/Jordan_Patrick_Smith)
2. [Jordan Smith (born 1989), World Biographical Encyclopedia](https://prabook.com/web/jordan.smith/2243764)
3. [Jordan Patrick Smith, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2356851/)
4. [Jordan Patrick Smith, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/128267/jordan-patrick-smith)
5. [Neighbours stars returning for the soap's final episode revealed, ITV News](https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-07/neighbours-stars-returning-for-the-soaps-final-episode-revealed)
6. [Jordan Patrick Smith Movies and TV Shows, Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/jordan-patrick-smith?context.unit=HC)
7. [Vikings saison 5 : l'interview de Jordan Smith (Ubbe), CANAL+](https://www.canalplus.com/articles/series/vikings-saison-5-l-interview-de-jordan-smith-ubbe)
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