Tom Jordan (actor)

{{Short description|Irish actor (1937–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Tom Jordan

| image = Publicity_Photo_of_Tom_Jordan.jpg

| caption = Publicity Photo of Tom Jordan

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1937

| birth_place = Marino, Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = 29 June 2019 (aged 82)

| death_place =

| nationality = Irish

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1968(?)–2019

| known_for = Playing Charlie Kelly for three decades

| notable_works =

| television = Fair City

}}

Tom Jordan (1937 – 29 June 2019){{cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/tom-jordan-lanesboro-longford/392156|title=Death notice of Tom Jordan|date=29 June 2019}} was an Irish actor best known for his part as Charlie Kelly in the Irish soap opera Fair City, a part he had for thirty years between the start of the series in 1989 and his death in 2019.

Jordan shared a dressing room with Jim Bartley for most of this time.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/tom-jordan-charlie-kelly-fair-city-4703258-Jun2019/|title=Tributes paid to late Fair City actor Tom Jordan: Jordan had been on the long-running RTÉ soap since it began in 1989|work=TheJournal.ie|date=29 June 2019|first=Adam|last=Daly}}

Between 1968 and 1972, Jordan was a member of the RTÉ Players. A founder member of Project Arts Centre, Jordan spent twelve years working with World Theatre Productions. He served as artistic director of the Belfast's Lyric Theatre from 1987 until 1988. Colleagues recall him as a campaigner for actor rights.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tributes-paid-to-fair-city-actor-tom-jordan-following-his-death-1.3942085|title=Tributes paid to Fair City actor Tom Jordan following his death: 'He was the heart of Fair City', says long-running RTÉ soap's executive producer|work=The Irish Times|date=30 June 2019|first=Sorcha|last=Pollak|quote=Clelia Murphy, who played Niamh in the show, described her former colleague as 'a gentleman', 'a true pro' and a tireless campaigner for actor rights.}}

Born in Marino, Dublin, he took up residence in Beaumont where he lived for fifty years. Married with six children, he moved out of Dublin and lived in Roscommon from 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/he-was-the-heart-of-fair-city-irish-soap-legend-tom-jordan-dies-aged-82-38265921.html|title='He was the heart of Fair City' - Irish soap legend Tom Jordan dies aged 82|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=29 June 2019|first=Mícheál|last=Ó Scannáil}}