The producer director and actor Jacob Kasdan He was born on October 28, 1974 in the city of Detroit (Michigan), in the United States. His father is the four-time film director nominated for Oscar awards, Lawrence Kasdan; while her mother is the actress and producer Meg Goldman. Jake is the brother of Jon kasdan also actor and director.
Kasdan began his acting career in the early 80’s, with small roles in several films directed by his father, Lawrence Kasdan. The first one was “Reunion“(1983), comedy starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close Y Jeff goldblum; which was followed by the western “Silverado“(1985), whose cast headed Kevin Kline, Scott glenn Y Kevin Costner; the last one was in “The accidental tourist“, romantic drama that Lawrence Kasdan directed in 1988 and starred by William hurt, Kathleen turner Y Geena davis.
In 1998 Jake made his directorial and screenwriting debut in the comedy-toned mystery thriller “The zero effect“whose cast headed Bill pullman, Ben stiller Y Ryan O’Neal. A year later he went on to directing television, working on five episodes of the cult series “Freaks and Geeks“of which he was also a producer, and continuing with”Grosse Pointe” Y “Undeclared“.
Already in the new millennium Jake, who already showed a tendency towards comedies with a particular type of humor, directed “Hanged, drunk and without a career“(2002), starring Colin hanks Y Jack black; followed by “The TV Set“(2006), with David duchovny Y Sigourney weaver; Y “Dewey Cox: A Long Hard Life“(2007), starring John C. Reilly Y Jenna fischer, and whose script he co-wrote with Judd Apatow.
His latest project, recently released, is “Bad teacher“(2011), a comedy about a teacher with a somewhat licentious life who plays Cameron Diaz, seconded by Jason segel Y Justin timberlake.
He is also working on the production of the feature film “Friends with Kids“(2012) whose protagonists are Megan fox Y Kristen Wiig, and in the direction of a new sitcom that will bear the title of “New Girl“, starring Andy Scott Harris Y Zooey Deschanel and that will be emitted by the chain FOX of TV.