Jacob Loeb is an actor born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Last year Loeb completed production on James Franco's much-anticipated independent drama, Bukowski, portraying legendary American poet Charles Bukowski as a teenager struggling with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcoholism and his first attempts at writing. Shortly after, Loeb was cast as Quentin Compson in Franco's adaptation of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury which was selected to premier at the 71st annual Venice Film Festival. Loeb currently resides in Los Angeles.