Jon Jacobs

Known for

Acting

Born

January 1, 1966

Birthplace

Derbyshire, England, UK

Died

September 10, 2020 (aged 54)

Biography

Jon Jacobs was born in Derbyshire, England, but was raised in London. His mother Jackie White was Miss United Kingdom in 1961, his father Adrian Jacobs was an infamous 60s financier. He left school at age 10 to study acting full time at drama school. His teenage pals included starlet Charlotte Lewis (The Golden Child (1986)) and New Wave pop star Anabella of Bow Wow Wow. He was expelled from the Famous British stage school Sylvia Youngs in 1981. In 1986 he started making his own films to act in with Salette followed by Metropolis Apocalypse and Moonlight Resurrection 1987. Metropolis Apocalypse was an official selection at the Cannes film Festival in 1988. He moved to LA in 1991 and...

Best known work

Kojak

1973

The Fare

2018

Tales from the Darkside

1984

Truck Turner

1974

The Baltimore Bullet

1980

DJ Hound Dog

2003

The Girl with the Hungry Eyes

1995

Surrender

2003

Phoenix Point

2005

Medusa

2015

Filmography

2026
The Mummy
2023
Unruly Passenger
as Cassian Elwes
2022
Madame Max
2021
Roam
as Wallace Thorne
2019
Lost Angelas
as Walt Warshaw
2018
The Fare
as Frail Man
2017
The Gliksmans
as Barry Gilksman / Bingo Man
2015
Medusa
2005
Phoenix Point
as Jack Ladd
2003
Dogstar
as Dogstar
2003
Surrender
as John
2003
DJ Hound Dog
as DJ Hound Dog (as John London), Director
2003
Welcome Says the Angel
as Joshua, Writer
2002
Prometheus Bound
as Deacon
2001
Girl with a Tail
as He
2000
Mic And The Claw
as Claw
1998
Lucinda's Spell
as Jason (First Horn), Writer, Director
1996
Hero, Lover, Fool
Writer
1995
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
as Henry, Director, Screenplay
1993
Sleepwalker
as Jack, Director
1988
Metropolis Apocalypse
as Narrator, Director
1984
Tales from the DarksideTV
as Jerome (voice) (1 episode), as Roger (1 episode)
1980
The Baltimore Bullet
as The Baron
1976
The Commitment
as Bill North
1974
Truck Turner
as Dave