Jake Steinfeld
Biography
Jake Steinfeld is an American actor and fitness entrepreneur known for Body by Jake. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Baldwin on Long Island, he began as a personal trainer whose clients included Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford, and he trained Ford for the Indiana Jones films. He made his film debut in Americathon (1979) and played the lead in the slasher film Home Sweet Home (1981). He also appeared in Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980), Into the Night (1985), The Money Pit (1986), and Coming to America (1988), and he voiced the lab rat Git in the Disney film Ratatouille (2007). On television, he starred in the Family Channel sitcom Big Brother Jake and had roles on King of the Hill, Dream On, Shaping Up, and The Tracey Ullman Show. He was an executive producer of the Canadian film The Grizzlies, which won audience awards at several festivals.
68years old
Turns 69 on February 21in 103 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Jeffrey Steinfeld
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 27 years1980 to 2007
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A change of course
Jake Steinfeld's first work was as a personal trainer. Among the people he trained were Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford, and he got Ford ready for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
A first
Steinfeld co-founded Major League Lacrosse in 2001, the first professional outdoor lacrosse league, and its championship trophy was named the Steinfeld Cup.
Behind the camera
Steinfeld started FitTV, a network devoted to fitness lifestyle programming around the clock. He later sold that network to News Corp.
Behind the camera
Steinfeld started ExerciseTV, a fitness on-demand television network, following the sale of FitTV. Comcast, New Balance, and Time Warner were partners in the venture.
Behind the camera
Steinfeld served as executive producer on The Grizzlies, a Canadian film. It earned the DGC award for Best Director in Feature Film and Audience Awards at the Calgary, Minneapolis, and Palm Springs Film Festivals.
Jake Steinfeld movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Jake Steinfeld made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Christopher Plummer's page
Billy Zane's page
Dan Aykroyd's page
James Earl Jones's page
Charles Durning's page
All films by John Landis
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.