Jake Epstein is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on January 16, 1987 in Toronto, Canada. 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.
In addition to John Lennon, Epstein lists music legend, Jimi Hendrix as one of his idols.
Jacob Lee Epstein (born January 16, 1987) is a Canadian actor and singer who played Craig Manning, a bipolar musician, on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He also played Will in the First National Tour of American Idiot and originated the role of Gerry Goffin in the Broadway production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
Also in 2009, Epstein starred as CB (a.k.a. Charlie Brown) in Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, described as a “comedic deconstruction of the famous Peanuts characters.” In this production, CB copes with the recent death of his beagle and discovers that he is in love with Beethoven (a.k.a. Schroeder). Theatre critic Richard Ouzounian wrote, “Jake Epstein is brilliant as CB, a bunch of nerve endings searching for a place to settle. Epstein is so beautifully open and honest that you go with him on every step of his journey.”
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.
