Willem Erik Jacobson was born on September 20th, 1995 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. An only child, Willem began his career as a child actor in 2004 after being considered for an acting role in a Los Angeles, California TV series with ABC. After meetings and a screen test with the Los Angeles staff at ABC, he returned to his hometown of Vancouver to appear on BC-filmed productions. Beginning with appearances on various Vancouver-filmed commercials, a small role on Scary Movie 4 (2006) , Willem was cast on the pilot episode of _Criminal Minds (2005)_ as the episode's serial killer as a child. His first appearance as a principal actor was on _Anna's Storm (2007) (TV)_ , a _Front Street Pictures_ film for television shot throughout Vancouver and Abbotsford, British Columbia. He has since continued working as an actor while attending Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, graduating in 2013. Since graduating from high school, Willem has appeared in various locally filmed productions including the controversial Seth Rogen film, The Interview (2014).