Actor / Director Profile

Jack Forbes is a lawyer turned professional actor. He was raised in Long Beach, California, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from University of California at Santa Barbara, and a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. Jack had starring roles in the hilarious independent feature film, The Getdown Movie (2006)_, and in the independent dramatic feature, _Will to Power, The (2006)_. Jack had the starring lead in _Gun, From 6 to 7:30 p.m., The (2003)_, a film in competition at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival. He introduced many of his own ideas in the development of his character in The Gun, including, notably, the broken glasses. In 2002, he landed a supporting role opposite Jeff Bridges and Noah Wiley in the feature film, Scenes of the Crime, which aired on the Starz cable network. In 2001, Jack had the lead in the independent feature film/mockumentary, Interviewing Norman, where he played a documentary filmmaker striving to make a documentary on a man who claimed to be the devil. In 1998 he was the lead in the acclaimed short film Reflexus (1998) which among other awards won the Audience Choice Best of Festival award in the first Internet film festival in history, the 1st Annual Toshiba/Warner Bros.' Reel Time Film Festival. Jack played a physically abusive father in a guest-star role on Judging Amy, and was the lead detective on the pilot episode for Dick Wolf's acclaimed Arrest & Trial series. In the role of a police captain, Jack was the recurring father of a series regular in the Spelling pilot, Deep. He also guest-starred as a criminal defense attorney in the 2003 Discovery Channel pilot, Crime Time, produced and directed by reality TV veteran, Eddie Barbini. Jack has guest-starred and co-starred in many other television series', including Women's Murder Club, ER, Judging Amy, X-Files, Gideon's Crossing, The District, The Practice, Profiler, Michael Hayes, Guns of Paradise, Beauty and the Beast, FBI: The Untold Stories, America's Most Wanted, U.S. Customs Classified, Peepers, City Guys, Grace Under Fire, and multiple episodes of Unsolved Mysteries, Totally Hidden Video, Divorce Court and various soap operas such as General Hospital. Recently, he had the 3rd lead in the play, 'Agnes', at the Falcon Theatre under the direction of Scott Marshall (son of Gary Marshall). Jack has been a principal actor in numerous National commercials, including, notably, Miller Lite, Dodge, Chevrolet, CitiBank, Nike, AT&T World-Net, Tru-Value Hardware, Jack-In-The-Box and many others. Jack was the Dad hitting baseballs to his son in the youth smoking prevention PSA. He is an all-around athlete who performs his own stunts in The Gun, and in other productions. Jack races in Regional SCCA Cup races, and is an expert rock climber, martial artist, surfer, off-road motorcyclist, horse back rider and snow skier, and acoustic guitarist, among other skills. As a trial lawyer, Jack has handled both criminal defense as a Deputy Public Defender and complex business litigation in private practice.