Jake trained at Londons Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He worked as an actor at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in London's West End, and toured the world with the Tom Waits/William Burroughs Collaboration, The Black Rider.Since moving to Los Angeles, he began a writing partnership with friend, Ben Lustig. They broke-in in 2014 with their spec script, Winter's Knight, an origin story of Santa Claus, which sold for $1M.He is married to actress Siri Baruc, and has two children, Phoenix and Bodhi.