Jake Epstein

ABOUT JAKE EPSTEIN

Actor and singer best known for his role as Craig Manning in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. In 2015, he appeared as the character Pierce in the film Full Out . He later appeared in the third season of the popular show The Umbrella Academy .

He starred as the lead role in many school plays and attended Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto.

He is a huge fan of the Beatles and lists John Lennon as one of his idols. He has amassed over 50 different acting credits throughout his ongoing career.

He comes from a Jewish family and his mother, Kathy Kacer, has won the Norma Fleck Award for writing children's stories about the Holocaust. He has a sister named Gabi. In 2018, he married Vanessa Smythe. They have a son named Miles August.

In addition to John Lennon, Epstein lists music legend, Jimi Hendrix as one of his idols.