Jake Allyn
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Jake Allyn is a writer and actor from Dallas, Texas. Jake is best known for his IFC Films debut film, "No Mans Land".[1] He wrote and starred beside Frank Grillo, Andie Macdowell, and George Lopez. Jake came to prominence starring in the critically acclaimed hit BET series, The Quad[2], beside Tony-Winners Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.[3] He is also known for the Netflix Original Sweet Girl starring Jason Momoa.[4]
Personal
Jake grew up in Dallas, TX before going to Cornell University where he played football all four years and studied theater and history[5].
Career
An up-and-coming hyphenate, Jake's performance both on screen and on the page in No Mans Land was highly regarded.[6] The Los Angeles Times described his performance as "the golden boy lost, who undergoes and odyssey as internal as it is external,"[7] and beautifully described the film as "an immigration tale told with empathy and humanity."[7] The New York Times applauded that "Allyn begins a slow and sensitive journey"[8], and the Chicago Tribune remarked "Jake Allyn proves to be a compelling enough screen presence to carry a feature."[9] Other film roles include the Netflix Original Sweet Girl beside Jason Momoa[4], and the Blumhouse horror-thriller Run Sweetheart Run[10]. His breakout role in TV came in playing a white quarterback from a racist family who is suddenly forced to attend an all-black college in "The Quad". On the BET series, from showrunner Felicia D. Henderson and Rob Hardy, Jake's character finds himself torn between his old family and the new one he's making on campus and within the team.[3].
Margate House Films
Jake and brother Conor Allyn run their production company Margate House Films[11] out of Los Angeles, CA. Together they have produced over five feature films and have worked with top level studios and distributors such as Netflix, IFC Films, Showtime, Lifetime, and Samuel Goldwyn Films. The company's motto is "genre with purpose" and the brand focuses on commercial content that is intimate and reflective of relevant, real world issues. Margate House Films discovers, creates, develops, packages, and executes on premium content from start to finish.
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jake Allyn Channels His Past Life in The Quad". Television Academy.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jason Momoa's Netflix Movie 'Sweet Girl' Gets Release Date, First Photos". Streaming.
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Review: 'No Man's Land': An immigration tale told with empathy and humanity". Los Angeles Times. January 21, 2021.
- ↑ Catsoulis, Jeannette (January 21, 2021). "'No Man's Land' Review: Leaving Home, Learning Tolerance". The New York Times.
- ↑ Walsh, Katie. "'No Man's Land' review: Skillfully executed story of redemption, but the message is muddled". chicagotribune.com.
- ↑ "Run Sweetheart Run (2020) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ↑ "Margate House Films • Genre with Purpose". Margate House Films.
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