Jake has always been involved with the Arts, in particular, writing, acting and filmmaking. Jake has trained at RADA on Actor/Director Workshops with multi-award-winning director Robert Marchand, the London Academy of Media, Film & TV, The Actors Centre London, and the Alchemy of Screen Acting. Going from strength to strength in the film business, the film 'Grandfather', of which he was the lead and also edited, won awards at both the Birmingham Film Festival and the Hollywood International Film Festival.He has worked with award-winning directors, involved with shows that are on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Worldwide distributed films. Jake is one of the founders of Tripod Productions Ltd, and having written several shorts, is now producing feature films and working on a television series.Over the years Jake has also been involved in many different creative ventures. He started Martial Arts at a young age, winning the Southern Championship in '95, and has many years experience in various fighting disciplines, weapons, and fight choreography. He is also an avid archer, squash player and snowboarder, and played the drums in bands for a few years.