Jesse Metcalfe is engaged. The former Desperate Housewives star has reportedly proposed to actress Cara Santana, his girlfriend of over four years.

A source told US Weekly the couple "have been dating for four to five years and living together for at least three."

Jesse is currently starring as Christopher Ewing - the adopted son of Bobby Ewing - in the updated version of 1980s soap Dallas and has been enjoying the perks of his new role with Cara. He Tweeted last week, "Takin' a private jet with my honey and the dallas cast for a press weekend in LA. (sic)."

Jesse, 33 - who completed a stint in rehab for alcoholism - has previously had a two-year on /off romance with Girls Aloud beauty Nadine Coyle which ended because the singer couldn't cope with the "Hollywood circus." She previously said, "Jesse was an actor in the States and for me it was too much of a circus. It all became too Hollywood and he was in rehab. That was too much for me."